diff --git a/src/generators/app.ts b/src/generators/app.ts
index fb2aeea98..b2d495d51 100644
--- a/src/generators/app.ts
+++ b/src/generators/app.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ class App extends Generator {
     defaults?: boolean
     mocha: boolean
     circleci: boolean
+    appveyor: boolean
     codecov: boolean
     'semantic-release': boolean
     typescript: boolean
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ class App extends Generator {
     options: {
       mocha: boolean
       circleci: boolean
+      appveyor: boolean
       codecov: boolean
       typescript: boolean
       tslint: boolean
@@ -75,6 +77,7 @@ class App extends Generator {
   }
   mocha!: boolean
   circleci!: boolean
+  appveyor!: boolean
   codecov!: boolean
   semantic_release!: boolean
   ts!: boolean
@@ -97,6 +100,7 @@ class App extends Generator {
       defaults: opts.defaults,
       mocha: opts.options.includes('mocha'),
       circleci: opts.options.includes('circleci'),
+      appveyor: opts.options.includes('appveyor'),
       codecov: opts.options.includes('codecov'),
       'semantic-release': opts.options.includes('semantic-release'),
       typescript: opts.options.includes('typescript'),
@@ -231,6 +235,7 @@ class App extends Generator {
             {name: 'yarn (npm alternative)', value: 'yarn', checked: this.options.yarn || hasYarn},
             {name: 'mocha (testing framework)', value: 'mocha', checked: true},
             {name: 'circleci (continuous integration/delivery service)', value: 'circleci', checked: true},
+            {name: 'appveyor (continuous integration/delivery service)', value: 'appveyor', checked: true},
             {name: 'codecov (online code coverage report viewer)', value: 'codecov', checked: true},
             {name: 'typescript (static typing for javascript)', value: 'typescript', checked: true},
             {name: 'tslint (static analysis tool for typescript)', value: 'tslint', checked: true},
@@ -254,6 +259,7 @@ class App extends Generator {
     this.yarn = this.options.yarn
     this.mocha = this.options.mocha
     this.circleci = this.options.circleci
+    this.appveyor = this.options.appveyor
     this.codecov = this.options.codecov
     this.semantic_release = this.options['semantic-release']
 
@@ -373,8 +379,10 @@ class App extends Generator {
       // this.fs.copyTpl(this.templatePath('scripts/setup_git'), this.destinationPath('.circleci/setup_git'), this)
       this.fs.copyTpl(this.templatePath('circle.yml.ejs'), this.destinationPath('.circleci/config.yml'), this)
     }
+    if (this.appveyor) {
+      this.fs.copyTpl(this.templatePath('appveyor.yml.ejs'), this.destinationPath('appveyor.yml'), this)
+    }
     this.fs.copyTpl(this.templatePath('README.md.ejs'), this.destinationPath('README.md'), this)
-    this.fs.copyTpl(this.templatePath('appveyor.yml.ejs'), this.destinationPath('appveyor.yml'), this)
     if (this.pjson.license === 'MIT' && (this.pjson.repository.startsWith('oclif') || this.pjson.repository.startsWith('heroku'))) {
       this.fs.copyTpl(this.templatePath('LICENSE.mit'), this.destinationPath('LICENSE'), this)
     }
diff --git a/templates/README.md.ejs b/templates/README.md.ejs
index ddc096e7a..9b12e1e71 100644
--- a/templates/README.md.ejs
+++ b/templates/README.md.ejs
@@ -5,10 +5,12 @@
 
 [![oclif](https://img.shields.io/badge/cli-oclif-brightgreen.svg)](https://oclif.io)
 [![Version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/<%= pjson.name %>.svg)](https://npmjs.org/package/<%= pjson.name %>)
-<% if(circleci) { %>
+<% if (circleci) { %>
 [![CircleCI](https://circleci.com/gh/<%= repository %>/tree/master.svg?style=shield)](https://circleci.com/gh/<%= repository %>/tree/master)
 <% } %>
+<% if (appveyor) { %>
 [![Appveyor CI](https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/github/<%= repository %>?branch=master&svg=true)](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/<%= repository %>/branch/master)
+<% } %>
 <% if (codecov) { %>
 [![Codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/<%= repository %>/branch/master/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/<%= repository %>)
 <% } %>