diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 631226728..02755fa17 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -85,11 +85,12 @@ after_build:
           rm .\msvc_build\bin\release\*.pdb
 
           mkdir $RELEASE_DIST
+          Copy-Item .\dlls\SDL2.dll -force -Destination $RELEASE_DIST
           Copy-Item .\msvc_build\bin\release\* -Destination $RELEASE_DIST -Recurse
           Copy-Item .\license.txt -Destination $RELEASE_DIST
           Copy-Item .\README.md -Destination $RELEASE_DIST
-          7z a -tzip $MSVC_BUILD_ZIP $RELEASE_DIST\* .\dlls\SDL2.dll
-          7z a $MSVC_SEVENZIP $RELEASE_DIST .\dlls\SDL2.dll
+          7z a -tzip $MSVC_BUILD_ZIP $RELEASE_DIST\*
+          7z a $MSVC_SEVENZIP $RELEASE_DIST
         } else {
           $MINGW_BUILD_ZIP = "citra-windows-mingw-$GITDATE-$GITREV.zip" -replace " ", ""
           $MINGW_SEVENZIP = "citra-windows-mingw-$GITDATE-$GITREV.7z" -replace " ", ""
@@ -111,7 +112,8 @@ after_build:
           mkdir $RELEASE_DIST/platforms
 
           # copy the compiled binaries and other release files to the release folder
-          Get-ChildItem "$CMAKE_BINARY_DIR" -Recurse -Filter "citra*.exe" | Copy-Item -destination $RELEASE_DIST
+          Copy-Item $CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR\dlls\SDL2.dll -force -Destination $RELEASE_DIST
+          Get-ChildItem "$CMAKE_BINARY_DIR" -Recurse -Filter "citra*.exe" | Copy-Item -destination $RELEASE_DIST          
           # copy the libcurl dll
           Get-ChildItem "$CMAKE_BINARY_DIR" -Recurse -Filter "libcurl.dll" | Copy-Item -destination $RELEASE_DIST
           Copy-Item -path "$CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR/license.txt" -destination $RELEASE_DIST
@@ -138,8 +140,8 @@ after_build:
           # copy the qt windows plugin dll to platforms
           Copy-Item -path "C:/msys64/mingw64/share/qt5/plugins/platforms/qwindows.dll" -force -destination "$RELEASE_DIST/platforms"
 
-          7z a -tzip $MINGW_BUILD_ZIP $RELEASE_DIST\* $CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR\dlls\SDL2.dll
-          7z a $MINGW_SEVENZIP $RELEASE_DIST $CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR\dlls\SDL2.dll
+          7z a -tzip $MINGW_BUILD_ZIP $RELEASE_DIST\*
+          7z a $MINGW_SEVENZIP $RELEASE_DIST
         }
 
 test_script: