diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index ba8c2aab..952ade4a 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ before_build:
         # Remove path to Git bin directory from PATH because it breaks MinGW config.
         $env:PATH = $env:PATH -replace "C:\\Program Files \(x86\)\\Git\\bin",""
         $generator = "-GMinGW Makefiles"
+      } else {
+        $generator = "-GVisual Studio 12 Win64"
       }
       cmake -DFMT_EXTRA_TESTS=ON "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=$env:Configuration" "$generator" .