diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 8f05d2cf..d544676d 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 build: off
 
 before_test:
+# http://help.appveyor.com/discussions/problems/6312-curl-command-not-found
+- set PATH=C:\Program Files\Git\mingw64\bin;%PATH%
+
 - curl -sS -ostack.zip -L --insecure http://www.stackage.org/stack/windows-i386
 - 7z x stack.zip stack.exe