diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index a66633af..6240f559 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,16 @@ image: Visual Studio 2015
 
 shallow_clone: true
 
+install:
+    - mkdir C:\projects\deps
+    - cd C:\projects\deps
+    - appveyor DownloadFile https://github.com/ninja-build/ninja/releases/download/v1.8.2/ninja-win.zip -FileName ninja.zip
+    - 7z x ninja.zip -oC:\projects\deps\ninja > nul
+    - set PATH=C:\projects\deps\ninja;%PATH%
+    - ninja --version
+
 before_build:
+    - cmd: cd C:\projects\exiv2
     - cmd: if not exist envs mkdir envs
     - cmd: cd envs
     - cmd: python -m virtualenv conan
@@ -22,7 +31,9 @@ build_script:
     - cmd: md build
     - cmd: cd build
     - cmd: conan install .. --build missing --profile release
-    - cmd: cmake -G "Visual Studio 14 2015 Win64" -T "host=x64" -DEXIV2_ENABLE_XMP=ON -DEXIV2_ENABLE_NLS=OFF -DEXIV2_ENABLE_PNG=ON -DEXIV2_ENABLE_WEBREADY=ON -DEXIV2_ENABLE_CURL=ON -DEXIV2_BUILD_UNIT_TESTS=ON -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=install ..
+    - cmd: call "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\vcvarsall.bat" amd64
+    - cmd: cmake -G "Ninja" -DEXIV2_ENABLE_XMP=ON -DEXIV2_ENABLE_NLS=OFF -DEXIV2_ENABLE_PNG=ON -DEXIV2_ENABLE_WEBREADY=ON -DEXIV2_ENABLE_CURL=ON -DEXIV2_BUILD_UNIT_TESTS=ON -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=install ..
+    #- cmd: cmake -G "Visual Studio 14 2015 Win64" -T "host=x64" -DEXIV2_ENABLE_XMP=ON -DEXIV2_ENABLE_NLS=OFF -DEXIV2_ENABLE_PNG=ON -DEXIV2_ENABLE_WEBREADY=ON -DEXIV2_ENABLE_CURL=ON -DEXIV2_BUILD_UNIT_TESTS=ON -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=install ..
     - cmd: cmake --build . --config Release
     - cmd: cmake --build . --target install
     - cmd: cd bin