diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
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+environment:
+  msvs_toolset: 14
+  BOOST_VERSION: 58
+  matrix:
+    - platform: x64
+      configuration: Release
+
+os: Visual Studio 2015
+
+shallow_clone: true
+
+install:
+  - scripts\build-appveyor.bat
+
+build: off
+test: off
+deploy: off
diff --git a/scripts/build-appveyor.bat b/scripts/build-appveyor.bat
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+@ECHO OFF
+SETLOCAL
+SET EL=0
+
+ECHO =========== %~f0 ===========
+
+SET PATH=C:\Python27;%PATH%
+SET PATH=C:\Program Files\7-Zip;%PATH%
+
+if EXIST gyp ECHO gyp already cloned && GOTO GYP_ALREADY_HERE
+CALL git clone https://chromium.googlesource.com/external/gyp.git gyp
+IF %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 GOTO ERROR
+:GYP_ALREADY_HERE
+CD gyp
+IF %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 GOTO ERROR
+git pull
+CD ..
+IF %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 GOTO ERROR
+
+SET DEPS_URL=https://mapbox.s3.amazonaws.com/windows-builds/windows-build-deps/mapnik-win-sdk-binary-deps-%msvs_toolset%.0-%platform%.7z
+ECHO fetching binary deps^: %DEPS_URL%
+IF EXIST deps.7z (ECHO already downloaded) ELSE (powershell Invoke-WebRequest "${env:DEPS_URL}" -OutFile deps.7z)
+IF %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 GOTO ERROR
+ECHO extracting binary deps
+IF EXIST mapnik-sdk (ECHO already extracted) ELSE (7z -y x deps.7z | %windir%\system32\FIND "ing archive")
+IF %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 GOTO ERROR
+
+SET MAPNIK_SDK=%APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER%\mapnik-sdk
+
+ECHO generating solution file, calling gyp...
+CALL gyp\gyp.bat mapnik.gyp --depth=. ^
+ --debug=all ^
+ -Dincludes=%MAPNIK_SDK%/include ^
+ -Dlibs=%MAPNIK_SDK%/lib ^
+ -Dconfiguration=%configuration% ^
+ -Dplatform=%platform% ^
+ -Dboost_version=1_%BOOST_VERSION% ^
+ -f msvs -G msvs_version=2015 ^
+ --generator-output=build
+IF %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 (ECHO error during solution file generation && GOTO ERROR) ELSE (ECHO solution file generated)
+
+
+GOTO DONE
+
+:ERROR
+ECHO =========== ERROR %~f0 ===========
+ECHO ERRORLEVEL^: %ERRORLEVEL%
+SET EL=%ERRORLEVEL%
+
+:DONE
+ECHO =========== DONE %~f0 ===========
+
+EXIT /b %EL%
diff --git a/scripts/build-local.bat b/scripts/build-local.bat
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+@ECHO OFF
+SETLOCAL
+SET EL=0
+
+ECHO =========== %~f0 ===========
+
+SET MAPNIK_GIT=3.0.5
+SET BOOST_VERSION=58
+SET msvs_toolset=14
+SET platform=x64
+SET APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER=%CD%
+CALL scripts\build-appveyor.bat
+IF %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 GOTO ERROR
+
+GOTO DONE
+
+:ERROR
+ECHO =========== ERROR %~f0 ===========
+ECHO ERRORLEVEL^: %ERRORLEVEL%
+SET EL=%ERRORLEVEL%
+
+:DONE
+ECHO =========== DONE %~f0 ===========
+
+EXIT /b %EL%