diff --git a/scripts/appveyor-system-info.ps1 b/scripts/appveyor-system-info.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e061c98e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/appveyor-system-info.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+$SystemManaged  = Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_ComputerSystem | % {$_.AutomaticManagedPagefile} 
+$total_physicalmem = gwmi Win32_ComputerSystem | % {[Math]::round($_.TotalPhysicalMemory/1MB,0)} 
+$physical_mem = get-ciminstance -class 'cim_physicalmemory' | % { $_.Capacity/1024/1024}
+
+$PF =gwmi Win32_PageFileUsage 
+$PageFileLocation = $PF.Name;
+$PageFileSize = $PF.AllocatedBaseSize 
+
+Write-Host "physical memory          : $physical_mem"
+Write-Host "total physical memory    : $total_physicalmem"
+Write-Host "page file system managed : $SystemManaged"
+Write-Host "page file location       : $PageFileLocation"
+Write-Host "page file size           : $PageFileSize"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/build-appveyor.bat b/scripts/build-appveyor.bat
index 0cadb5ef8..4bfbe9b22 100644
--- a/scripts/build-appveyor.bat
+++ b/scripts/build-appveyor.bat
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ ECHO NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS^: %NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS%
 ECHO RAM [MB]^:
 powershell "get-ciminstance -class 'cim_physicalmemory' | %% { $_.Capacity/1024/1024}"
 IF %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 GOTO ERROR
+powershell .\scripts\appveyor-system-info.ps1
 
 ::only build on AppVeyor, if explicitly stated
 ECHO APPVEYOR_REPO_COMMIT_MESSAGE^: %APPVEYOR_REPO_COMMIT_MESSAGE%