diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0dc5c9880..6e2f49029 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ find_package(CURL 7.28.0)
 if (NOT CURL_FOUND)
     set(CURL_SOURCE_PREFIX "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/externals/curl")
     set(CURL_BUILT_PREFIX "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/externals/curl")
-    externalproject_add(
+    externalproject_add(curl
         PREFIX SOURCE_DIR ${CURL_SOURCE_PREFIX}
         CMAKE_CACHE_ARGS
           -DBUILD_CURL_EXE:string=off
@@ -201,7 +201,11 @@ if (NOT CURL_FOUND)
         )
     include_directories("${CURL_BUILT_PREFIX}/include")
     link_directories("${CURL_BUILT_PREFIX}/lib")
-    set(CURL_LIBRARIES "curl")
+    if (NOT MSVC)
+        set(CURL_LIBRARIES "curl")
+    else()
+        set(CURL_LIBRARIES "libcurl_imp")
+    endif()
 else()
     include_directories(${CURL_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 endif()
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 722b607b3..edcf61d8e 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ platform:
 configuration:
   - Release
 
+build:
+  parallel: true
+  project: build/ALL_BUILD.vcxproj
+
 install:
   - git submodule update --init --recursive
 
diff --git a/src/core/CMakeLists.txt b/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
index 6930e0485..d366b3cd2 100644
--- a/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -220,3 +220,4 @@ set(HEADERS
 create_directory_groups(${SRCS} ${HEADERS})
 
 add_library(core STATIC ${SRCS} ${HEADERS})
+add_dependencies(core curl)