diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 0142d58..014e4eb 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -6,13 +6,17 @@ os:
 julia:
   - 0.7
   - 1.0
+  - 1.1
   - nightly
+notifications:
+  email: false
+
 matrix:
   allow_failures:
-    - julia: nightly
-notifications:
-    email: false
+  - julia: nightly
+
+## uncomment the following lines to override the default test script
 
 after_success:
-  # push coverage results to Coveralls
-  - julia -e 'using Pkg; Pkg.add("WignerSymbols"); using Coverage; Codecov.submit(Codecov.process_folder()); Coveralls.submit(Coveralls.process_folder());'
+  # push coverage results to Codecov and Coveralls
+  - julia -e 'using Pkg; Pkg.add("Coverage"); using Coverage; Codecov.submit(Codecov.process_folder()); Coveralls.submit(Coveralls.process_folder())'
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d2c4499
--- /dev/null
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+environment:
+  matrix:
+  - julia_version: 0.7
+  - julia_version: 1
+  - julia_version: nightly
+
+platform:
+  - x86 # 32-bit
+  - x64 # 64-bit
+
+# # Uncomment the following lines to allow failures on nightly julia
+# # (tests will run but not make your overall status red)
+matrix:
+  allow_failures:
+  - julia_version: nightly
+
+branches:
+  only:
+    - master
+    - /release-.*/
+
+notifications:
+  - provider: Email
+    on_build_success: false
+    on_build_failure: false
+    on_build_status_changed: false
+
+install:
+  - ps: iex ((new-object net.webclient).DownloadString("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JuliaCI/Appveyor.jl/version-1/bin/install.ps1"))
+
+build_script:
+  - echo "%JL_BUILD_SCRIPT%"
+  - C:\julia\bin\julia -e "%JL_BUILD_SCRIPT%"
+
+test_script:
+  - echo "%JL_TEST_SCRIPT%"
+  - C:\julia\bin\julia -e "%JL_TEST_SCRIPT%"
+
+# # Uncomment to support code coverage upload. Should only be enabled for packages
+# # which would have coverage gaps without running on Windows
+# on_success:
+#   - echo "%JL_CODECOV_SCRIPT%"
+#   - C:\julia\bin\julia -e "%JL_CODECOV_SCRIPT%"