Build on Windows using AppVeyor
diff --git a/.appveyor.yml b/.appveyor.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9cb7e83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.appveyor.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+install:
+  - curl -LsS "http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi?action=download&filename=maven/maven-3/3.3.9/binaries/apache-maven-3.3.9-bin.zip" > apache-maven-3.3.9-bin.zip
+  - unzip apache-maven-3.3.9-bin.zip
+  - SET PATH=%CD%\apache-maven-3.3.9\bin;%PATH%
+
+build_script:
+  - mvn -V -B -e verify -Dbytecode.version=1.8
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 56d1ac1..b379e18 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 =================================
 
 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/jacoco/jacoco.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/jacoco/jacoco)
+[![Build status](https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/g28egytv4tb898d7/branch/master?svg=true)](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/JaCoCo/jacoco/branch/master)
 [![Maven Central](https://maven-badges.herokuapp.com/maven-central/org.jacoco/org.jacoco.core/badge.svg?style=flat)](http://search.maven.org/#search|ga|1|g%3Aorg.jacoco)
 
 JaCoCo is a free Java code coverage library distributed under the Eclipse Public