diff --git a/.appveyor.yml b/.appveyor.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..175bf4dee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.appveyor.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+version: "{build}"
+
+image: Visual Studio 2017
+
+clone_folder: c:\gopath\src\github.com\containerd\containerd
+
+environment:
+  GOPATH: C:\gopath
+  CGO_ENABLED: 1
+
+before_build:
+  - choco install -y mingw
+  - choco install codecov
+
+build_script:
+  - bash.exe -lc "export PATH=/c/tools/mingw64/bin:/c/gopath/src/github.com/containerd/containerd/bin:$PATH ; mingw32-make.exe fmt"
+  - bash.exe -lc "export PATH=/c/tools/mingw64/bin:/c/gopath/src/github.com/containerd/containerd/bin:$PATH ; mingw32-make.exe vet"
+  - bash.exe -lc "export PATH=/c/tools/mingw64/bin:$PATH ; mingw32-make.exe build"
+  - bash.exe -lc "export PATH=/c/tools/mingw64/bin:$PATH ; mingw32-make.exe binaries"
+
+test_script:
+  # TODO: need an equivalent of TRAVIS_COMMIT_RANGE
+  # - GIT_CHECK_EXCLUDE="./vendor" TRAVIS_COMMIT_RANGE="${TRAVIS_COMMIT_RANGE/.../..}" C:\MinGW\bin\mingw32-make.exe dco
+  - bash.exe -lc "export PATH=/c/tools/mingw64/bin:/c/gopath/src/github.com/containerd/containerd/bin:$PATH ; mingw32-make.exe integration"
+  - bash.exe -lc "export PATH=/c/tools/mingw64/bin:/c/gopath/src/github.com/containerd/containerd/bin:$PATH ; mingw32-make.exe coverage"
+  - bash.exe -lc "export PATH=/c/tools/mingw64/bin:/c/gopath/src/github.com/containerd/containerd/bin:$PATH ; mingw32-make.exe root-coverage"
+
+on_success:
+  # Note that, a Codecov upload token is not required.
+  - codecov -f coverage.txt
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 135d38ffe..6d0bae844 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -9,15 +9,18 @@ VERSION=$(shell git describe --match 'v[0-9]*' --dirty='.m' --always)
 REVISION=$(shell git rev-parse HEAD)$(shell if ! git diff --no-ext-diff --quiet --exit-code; then echo .m; fi)
 
 ifneq "$(strip $(shell command -v go 2>/dev/null))" ""
-GOOS ?= $(shell go env GOOS)
+	GOOS ?= $(shell go env GOOS)
 else
-GOOS ?= $$GOOS
+	GOOS ?= $$GOOS
 endif
+
 WHALE = "🇩"
 ONI = "👹"
+FIX_PATH = $1
 ifeq ("$(OS)", "Windows_NT")
 	WHALE="+"
 	ONI="-"
+	FIX_PATH = $(subst /,\,$1)
 endif
 GOARCH ?= $(shell go env GOARCH)
 
@@ -88,7 +91,7 @@ vet: binaries ## run go vet
 
 fmt: ## run go fmt
 	@echo "$(WHALE) $@"
-	@test -z "$$(gofmt -s -l . | grep -v vendor/ | grep -v ".pb.go$$" | tee /dev/stderr)" || \
+	@test -z "$$(gofmt -s -l . | grep -Fv $(call FIX_PATH,'vendor/') | grep -v ".pb.go$$" | tee /dev/stderr)" || \
 		(echo "$(ONI) please format Go code with 'gofmt -s -w'" && false)
 	@test -z "$$(find . -path ./vendor -prune -o ! -name timestamp.proto ! -name duration.proto -name '*.proto' -type f -exec grep -Hn -e "^ " {} \; | tee /dev/stderr)" || \
 		(echo "$(ONI) please indent proto files with tabs only" && false)
@@ -97,7 +100,7 @@ fmt: ## run go fmt
 
 lint: ## run go lint
 	@echo "$(WHALE) $@"
-	@test -z "$$(golint ./... | grep -v vendor/ | grep -v ".pb.go:" | tee /dev/stderr)"
+	@test -z "$$(golint ./... | grep -Fv $(call FIX_PATH,'vendor/') | grep -v ".pb.go:" | tee /dev/stderr)"
 
 dco: ## dco check
 	@which git-validation > /dev/null 2>/dev/null || (echo "ERROR: git-validation not found" && false)
@@ -109,11 +112,11 @@ endif
 
 ineffassign: ## run ineffassign
 	@echo "$(WHALE) $@"
-	@test -z "$$(ineffassign . | grep -v vendor/ | grep -v ".pb.go:" | tee /dev/stderr)"
+	@test -z "$$(ineffassign . | grep -Fv $(call FIX_PATH,'vendor/') | grep -v ".pb.go:" | tee /dev/stderr)"
 
 #errcheck: ## run go errcheck
 #	@echo "$(WHALE) $@"
-#	@test -z "$$(errcheck ./... | grep -v vendor/ | grep -v ".pb.go:" | tee /dev/stderr)"
+#	@test -z "$$(errcheck ./... | grep -Fv $(call FIX_PATH,'vendor/') | grep -v ".pb.go:" | tee /dev/stderr)"
 
 build: ## build the go packages
 	@echo "$(WHALE) $@"
diff --git a/archive/path_test.go b/archive/path_test.go
index 942ab19c0..6cb83ef62 100644
--- a/archive/path_test.go
+++ b/archive/path_test.go
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// +build !windows
+
 package archive
 
 import (
diff --git a/archive/tar_test.go b/archive/tar_test.go
index 02e0109df..1cc9149e1 100644
--- a/archive/tar_test.go
+++ b/archive/tar_test.go
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// +build !windows
+
 package archive
 
 import (