diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index fc7dabb..259a185 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -50,10 +50,26 @@ build_script:
 # download and unpack the  OpenBLAS library, integer*4 (or i32lp64) version
 - ps: wget http://skylink.dl.sourceforge.net/project/openblas/v0.2.14/OpenBLAS-v0.2.14-Win64-int32.zip -OutFile OpenBLAS-v0.2.14-Win64-int32.zip
 - 7z x OpenBLAS-v0.2.14-Win64-int32.zip > NUL
-
+#
 # add both OpenBLAS dynamic (libopenblas.dll) and static (libopenblas.a) library files dir to path
 - set path=%path%;C:\software\OpenBLAS-v0.2.14-Win64-int32\bin;C:\software\OpenBLAS-v0.2.14-Win64-int32\lib;C:\software\OpenBLAS-v0.2.14-Win64-int32\include
 
+# download and unpack MSMPI library (Windows version of OpenMPI)
+# follow http://www.symscape.com/configure-msmpi-for-mingw-w64#comment-1824
+- mkdir C:\software\msmpi && cd C:\software\msmpi
+- ps: wget http://download.microsoft.com/download/A/1/3/A1397A8C-4751-433C-8330-F738C3BE2187/mpi_x64.Msi -OutFile mpi_x64.Msi
+- 7z x mpi_x64.Msi
+- gendef msmpi64.dll
+- dlltool -d msmpi64.def -l libmsmpi64.a -D msmpi64.dll
+- del mpi.f90
+- ps: wget http://web-docs.gsi.de/~milias/msmpi/mpi.F90 -OutFile mpi.F90
+- gfortran  -c  -D_WIN64  -D INT_PTR_KIND()=8 -fno-range-check   mpi.F90
+- del mpif.h
+- ps: wget http://web-docs.gsi.de/~milias/msmpi/mpif.h -OutFile mpif.h
+- dir
+
+# add msmpi to path
+- set path=%path%;C:\software\msmpi
 
 # download and upgrade pip
 - ps: wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py -OutFile get-pip.py
diff --git a/test/fc_mpi/cmake/autocmake.cfg b/test/fc_mpi/cmake/autocmake.cfg
index 7c3e118..97d8bc6 100644
--- a/test/fc_mpi/cmake/autocmake.cfg
+++ b/test/fc_mpi/cmake/autocmake.cfg
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ source: ../../../modules/fc.cmake
 [mpi]
 source: ../../../modules/mpi.cmake
 
-[int64]
-source: ../../../modules/int64.cmake
-
 [default_build_paths]
 source: ../../../modules/default_build_paths.cmake
 
 [src]
 source: ../../../modules/src.cmake
+
+[definitions]
+source: ../../../modules/definitions.cmake
diff --git a/test/fc_mpi/src/CMakeLists.txt b/test/fc_mpi/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 693f675..0829498 100644
--- a/test/fc_mpi/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/fc_mpi/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 if (MPI_FOUND)
     add_executable(example example.F90)
+    if (CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Windows")
+        # respect paths in appveyor.yml
+        target_link_libraries(example "C:/software/msmpi/libmsmpi64.a")
+    endif()
 else()
     message(FATAL "MPI not found!")
 endif()
diff --git a/test/test.py b/test/test.py
index 3d0548d..d0975ae 100644
--- a/test/test.py
+++ b/test/test.py
@@ -157,14 +157,18 @@ def test_fc_int64():
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
-@skip_on_windows
-def test_fc_mpi_module():
-    configure_build_and_exe('fc_mpi', 'python setup.py --mpi --fc=mpif90  --extra-fc-flags="-D USE_MPI_MODULE"', 'mpirun -np 2')
+def test_fc_mpi():
+    if sys.platform == 'win32':
+        configure_build_and_exe('fc_mpi', 'python setup.py --mpi --fc=gfortran --extra-fc-flags="-D_WIN64 -D INT_PTR_KIND()=8 -fno-range-check" --add-definitions="-D USE_MPI_MODULE"', 'mpiexec -n 2')
+    else:
+        configure_build_and_exe('fc_mpi', 'python setup.py --mpi --fc=mpif90 --add-definitions="-D USE_MPI_MODULE"', 'mpirun -np 2')
 
 
-@skip_on_windows
 def test_fc_mpi_include():
-    configure_build_and_exe('fc_mpi', 'python setup.py --mpi --fc=mpif90', 'mpirun -np 2')
+    if sys.platform == 'win32':
+        configure_build_and_exe('fc_mpi', 'python setup.py --mpi --fc=gfortran --extra-fc-flags="-D_WIN64 -D INT_PTR_KIND()=8 -fno-range-check"', 'mpiexec -np 2')
+    else:
+        configure_build_and_exe('fc_mpi', 'python setup.py --mpi --fc=mpif90', 'mpirun -np 2')
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------