diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c7958537e8f..9c0bbac9422 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "ammonia 1.0.0-rc2 (git+https://github.com/notriddle/ammonia?rev=3d4e4073f8cdb7c60203b9036c09f4385a2fdbbd)",
  "cargo-registry-s3 0.2.0",
  "chrono 0.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "civet 0.9.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "civet 0.10.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "clippy 0.0.162 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "comrak 0.2.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "conduit 0.8.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio-service 0.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "toml 0.4.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "url 1.5.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "uuid 0.5.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -211,10 +212,10 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "civet"
-version = "0.9.1"
+version = "0.10.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
- "civet-sys 0.1.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "civet-sys 0.2.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "conduit 0.8.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "libc 0.2.30 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "semver 0.5.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -222,8 +223,11 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "civet-sys"
-version = "0.1.4"
+version = "0.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+dependencies = [
+ "cmake 0.1.25 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clippy"
@@ -1809,6 +1813,14 @@ dependencies = [
  "rand 0.3.16 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "uuid"
+version = "0.5.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+dependencies = [
+ "rand 0.3.16 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "vcpkg"
 version = "0.2.2"
@@ -1865,8 +1877,8 @@ dependencies = [
 "checksum cfg-if 0.1.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "d4c819a1287eb618df47cc647173c5c4c66ba19d888a6e50d605672aed3140de"
 "checksum chrono 0.3.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "158b0bd7d75cbb6bf9c25967a48a2e9f77da95876b858eadfabaa99cd069de6e"
 "checksum chrono 0.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "7c20ebe0b2b08b0aeddba49c609fe7957ba2e33449882cb186a180bc60682fa9"
-"checksum civet 0.9.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "6263e7af767a5bf9e4d3d0a6c3ceb5f3940ec85cf2fbfee59024b8a264be180f"
-"checksum civet-sys 0.1.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "958d15372bf28b7983cb35e1d4bf36dd843b0d42e507c1c73aad7150372c5936"
+"checksum civet 0.10.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "18dff78a41c25c2dda49df09557738720e1aec35915e2416131562089fb93221"
+"checksum civet-sys 0.2.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "d052aa9df6fb053a714736c3625508f3710e8cf08a10aafc2f8f2be97926d8c7"
 "checksum clippy 0.0.162 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "fcdb42cab913b8eb5d390ba612400ec581813fb59af29afd39333d7a550f332c"
 "checksum clippy_lints 0.0.162 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "b1c0da7936c88883ac09bc3b29584c275551eff961b2d0d87a22b60205088e55"
 "checksum cmake 0.1.25 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "0c8a6541a55bcd72d3de4faee2d101a5a66df29790282c7f797082a7228a9b3d"
@@ -2052,6 +2064,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "checksum utf8-ranges 0.1.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "a1ca13c08c41c9c3e04224ed9ff80461d97e121589ff27c753a16cb10830ae0f"
 "checksum utf8-ranges 1.0.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "662fab6525a98beff2921d7f61a39e7d59e0b425ebc7d0d9e66d316e55124122"
 "checksum uuid 0.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "7cfec50b0842181ba6e713151b72f4ec84a6a7e2c9c8a8a3ffc37bb1cd16b231"
+"checksum uuid 0.5.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "bcc7e3b898aa6f6c08e5295b6c89258d1331e9ac578cc992fb818759951bdc22"
 "checksum vcpkg 0.2.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "9e0a7d8bed3178a8fb112199d466eeca9ed09a14ba8ad67718179b4fd5487d0b"
 "checksum void 1.0.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "6a02e4885ed3bc0f2de90ea6dd45ebcbb66dacffe03547fadbb0eeae2770887d"
 "checksum winapi 0.2.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "167dc9d6949a9b857f3451275e911c3f44255842c1f7a76f33c55103a909087a"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f237f244699..09c5d5ab255 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ conduit-middleware = "0.8"
 conduit-router = "0.8"
 conduit-static = "0.8"
 conduit-git-http-backend = "0.8"
-civet = "0.9"
+civet = "0.10"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 conduit-test = "0.8"
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ hyper-tls = "0.1"
 futures = "0.1"
 tokio-core = "0.1"
 tokio-service = "0.1"
+uuid = { version = "0.5", features = ["v4"] }
 
 [build-dependencies]
 dotenv = "0.10"
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..aae5f9beb3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+version: '0.1.{build}'
+
+platform: x64
+
+services:
+  - postgresql96
+
+environment:
+  global:
+    PGUSER: postgres
+    PGPASSWORD: Password12!
+    OPENSSL_VERSION: 1_1_0f
+    OPENSSL_DIR: "c:\\openssl"
+    SSL_CERT_FILE: "c:\\openssl\\cacert.pem"
+    TEST_DATABASE_URL: "postgres://postgres:Password12!@localhost/cargo_registry_test"
+
+  matrix:
+    - APPVEYOR_RUST_CHANNEL: stable
+    - APPVEYOR_RUST_CHANNEL: beta
+    - APPVEYOR_RUST_CHANNEL: nightly
+
+matrix:
+  allow_failures:
+    - APPVEYOR_RUST_CHANNEL: nightly
+
+install:
+  # Install OpenSSL
+  - mkdir c:\openssl
+  - ps: Start-FileDownload "http://slproweb.com/download/Win64OpenSSL-${env:OPENSSL_VERSION}.exe"
+  - Win64OpenSSL-%OPENSSL_VERSION%.exe /SILENT /VERYSILENT /SP- /DIR="C:\openssl"
+  - appveyor DownloadFile https://curl.haxx.se/ca/cacert.pem -FileName c:\openssl\cacert.pem
+  # Install rust and cargo
+  - appveyor-retry appveyor DownloadFile https://win.rustup.rs/ -FileName rustup-init.exe
+  - rustup-init.exe -y --default-host x86_64-pc-windows-msvc --default-toolchain %APPVEYOR_RUST_CHANNEL%
+  - set PATH=%PATH%;C:\Users\appveyor\.cargo\bin
+  # Debug information
+  - rustc -V
+  - cargo -V
+
+build: false
+
+before_test:
+  # Setup test database
+  - set PATH=%PATH%;C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.6\bin
+  - createdb cargo_registry_test
+
+test_script:
+  - cargo test
+
+cache:
+  - C:\Users\appveyor\.cargo\registry -> Cargo.lock
diff --git a/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md b/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md
index e328727877f..f3f155d9054 100644
--- a/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ like to see all new types and functions, public and private, to have documentati
 comments on them. If you change an existing type or function, and it doesn't have
 a documentation comment on it, it'd be great if you could add one to it too.
 
-When you submit a pull request, it will be automatically tested on TravisCI. In
+When you submit a pull request, it will be automatically tested on TravisCI and Appveyor. In
 addition to running both the frontend and the backend tests described below,
 Travis runs [jslint], [clippy], and [rustfmt] on each PR.
 
@@ -312,12 +312,18 @@ diesel migration run
 
 ##### Setting up the git index
 
-Set up the git repo for the crate index by running:
+If you're running Linux or macOS, you can set up the git repo for the crate index by running:
 
 ```
 ./script/init-local-index.sh
 ```
 
+If you're running Windows, you can set up the git repo for the crate index by running the following command in PowerShell:
+
+```
+.\script\init-local-index.ps1
+```
+
 ##### Starting the server and the frontend
 
 Build and start the server by running this command (you'll need to stop this
diff --git a/script/init-local-index.ps1 b/script/init-local-index.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6a073c7a28b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/init-local-index.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+if (Test-Path -Path ".\tmp\index-bare") {
+    Write-Host "tmp\index-bare already exists, exiting"
+    exit
+}
+
+New-Item -Path "." -Name "tmp" -ItemType "directory" -Force 2>&1 | out-null
+Remove-Item -Path ".\tmp\index-bare" -Recurse -Force 2>&1 | out-null
+Remove-Item -Path ".\tmp\index-co" -Recurse -Force 2>&1 | out-null
+
+Write-Host "Initializing repository in tmp\index-bare..."
+git init -q --bare ".\tmp\index-bare"
+
+Write-Host "Creating checkout in tmp/index-bare..."
+git init -q ".\tmp\index-co"
+Set-Location ".\tmp\index-co"
+
+New-Item -Path "." -Name "config.json" -ItemType "file" -Value @'
+{
+  "dl": "http://localhost:8888/api/v1/crates",
+  "api": "http://localhost:8888/"
+}
+'@ 2>&1 | out-null
+git add config.json 2>&1 | out-null
+git commit -qm "Initial commit" 2>&1 | out-null
+$origin = [string]::Format("file:///{0}/../index-bare", (Get-Location))
+git remote add origin $origin 2>&1 | out-null
+git push -q origin master -u 2>&1 | out-null
+Set-Location ..\..
+New-Item -Path "tmp\index-co\.git" -Name "git-daemon-export-ok" -ItemType "file" 2>&1 | out-null
+
+Write-Host @'
+Your local git index is ready to go!
+
+Please refer to https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io/blob/master/README.md for more info!
+'@
diff --git a/src/tests/all.rs b/src/tests/all.rs
index 6f4f924556e..659fa677a4c 100644
--- a/src/tests/all.rs
+++ b/src/tests/all.rs
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ extern crate serde_derive;
 extern crate serde_json;
 extern crate tar;
 extern crate url;
+extern crate uuid;
 
 use std::borrow::Cow;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
diff --git a/src/tests/git.rs b/src/tests/git.rs
index 9ae8bc8cfcf..15d9381f42a 100644
--- a/src/tests/git.rs
+++ b/src/tests/git.rs
@@ -1,17 +1,18 @@
-use std::fs;
 use std::env;
+use std::fs;
+use std::io;
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::thread;
-use std::path::PathBuf;
-use std::sync::{Once, ONCE_INIT};
 
 use git2;
 use url::Url;
+use uuid::Uuid;
 
 fn root() -> PathBuf {
     env::current_dir()
         .unwrap()
         .join("tmp")
-        .join(thread::current().name().unwrap())
+        .join(thread::current().name().unwrap().replace("::", "_"))
 }
 
 pub fn checkout() -> PathBuf {
@@ -21,14 +22,60 @@ pub fn bare() -> PathBuf {
     root().join("bare")
 }
 
-pub fn init() {
-    static INIT: Once = ONCE_INIT;
-    let _ = fs::remove_dir_all(&checkout());
-    let _ = fs::remove_dir_all(&bare());
+#[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
+fn remove_dir_all(path: &Path) -> Result<(), io::Error> {
+    fn rename_temp(path: &Path) -> Result<PathBuf, io::Error> {
+        let temp_name = Uuid::new_v4().hyphenated().to_string();
+        let temp_path = env::temp_dir().join(temp_name);
+        fs::rename(path, &temp_path)?;
+        Ok(temp_path)
+    }
+
+    fn remove_file(path: &Path) -> Result<(), io::Error> {
+        let temp_path = rename_temp(path)?;
+        fs::remove_file(&temp_path)
+    }
+
+    fn remove_dir(path: &Path) -> Result<(), io::Error> {
+        let temp_path = rename_temp(path)?;
+        fs::remove_dir(&temp_path)
+    }
+
+    for cursor in fs::read_dir(path)? {
+        let entry = cursor?;
+        let file_type = entry.file_type()?;
+        if file_type.is_dir() {
+            remove_dir_all(&entry.path())?;
+        } else {
+            let mut permissions = entry.metadata()?.permissions();
+            if permissions.readonly() {
+                permissions.set_readonly(false);
+                fs::set_permissions(entry.path(), permissions)?;
+            }
+            remove_file(&entry.path())?;
+        }
+    }
+    remove_dir(path)
+}
 
-    INIT.call_once(|| {
-        fs::create_dir_all(root().parent().unwrap()).unwrap();
-    });
+#[cfg(not(target_os = "windows"))]
+fn remove_dir_all(path: &Path) -> Result<(), io::Error> {
+    fs::remove_dir_all(path)
+}
+
+pub fn init() {
+    if let Err(e) = remove_dir_all(&checkout()) {
+        println!("Errored: {:?}", e);
+    }
+    if let Err(e) = remove_dir_all(&bare()) {
+        println!("Errored: {:?}", e);
+    }
+    if let Err(e) = fs::create_dir_all(&checkout()) {
+        println!("Errored: {:?}", e);
+    }
+    if let Err(e) = fs::create_dir_all(&bare()) {
+        println!("Errored: {:?}", e);
+    }
 
     // Prepare a bare remote repo
     {