diff --git a/.github/appveyor.yml b/.github/appveyor.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..5a40005660b781
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/appveyor.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+version: 3.6.1rc1+.{build}
+clone_depth: 5
+build_script:
+- cmd: PCbuild\build.bat -e
+test_script:
+- cmd: PCbuild\rt.bat -q -uall -rwW --slowest --timeout=1200 -j0
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 242572c5e361db..6b4c2dba306ca5 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ This is Python version 3.6.1 release candidate 1
    :alt: CPython build status on Travis CI
    :target: https://travis-ci.org/python/cpython
 
+.. image:: https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/4mew1a93xdkbf5ua/branch/3.6?svg=true
+   :alt: CPython build status on Appveyor
+   :target: https://ci.appveyor.com/project/python/cpython/branch/3.6
+
 .. image:: https://codecov.io/gh/python/cpython/branch/3.6/graph/badge.svg
    :alt: CPython code coverage on Codecov
    :target: https://codecov.io/gh/python/cpython