diff --git a/.appveyor.yml b/.appveyor.yml
index 3f1a71d4..09c356ca 100644
--- a/.appveyor.yml
+++ b/.appveyor.yml
@@ -151,14 +151,18 @@ for:
 
     init:
       - sh: |
-          source ~/venv${PY_VERSION}/bin/activate
-          python --version
           if [[ "${PY_VERSION}" == "3.4" ]]; then
-              HOMEBREW_NO_AUTO_UPDATE=1 brew update
-              HOMEBREW_NO_AUTO_UPDATE=1 brew upgrade openssl
-              ln -s /usr/local/opt/openssl/lib/libcrypto.1.0.0.dylib /usr/local/lib/
-              ln -s /usr/local/opt/openssl/lib/libssl.1.0.0.dylib /usr/local/lib/
+              export HOMEBREW_NO_AUTO_UPDATE=1
+              brew update
+              brew install pyenv
+
+              pyenv install --skip-existing $PY_VERSION
+              pyenv local $PY_VERSION
+              eval "$(pyenv init -)"
+          else
+              source ~/venv${PY_VERSION}/bin/activate
           fi
+           python --version
 
     install:
       # python requirements needed to create distribution