diff --git a/.appveyor.yml b/.appveyor.yml
index fd748576b..5e4d27e3c 100644
--- a/.appveyor.yml
+++ b/.appveyor.yml
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ install:
 - curl -skL -ostack.zip http://www.stackage.org/stack/windows-x86_64
 - 7z x stack.zip stack.exe
 - stack setup
+- stack install shelltestrunner
 
 # -j1      - a temporary workaround for https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/issues/424, https://github.com/commercialhaskell/stack/issues/2617, should be unnecessary with ghc 8.2.1+
 # --bench  - benchmark doesn't run on windows yet
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ install:
 # hledger-web - network doesn't build on appveyor currently
 # hledger-api - not tried recently 
 build_script:
-- stack build --no-install-ghc --test --copy-bins --local-bin-path=. hledger #hledger-web
+- stack build --test --copy-bins --local-bin-path=. hledger #hledger-web
 - stack exec -- shelltest --execdir -j16 tests  # COLUMNS=80 
 #- hledger-install/hledger-install.sh
 #- make stacktest