diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8ed65c8..b30625f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ if(RAPIDJSON_BUILD_EXAMPLES)
 endif()
 
 if(RAPIDJSON_BUILD_TESTS)
+    if(MSVC11)
+        # required for VS2012 due to missing support for variadic templates
+        add_definitions(-D_VARIADIC_MAX=10)
+    endif(MSVC11)
     add_subdirectory(test)
     include(CTest)
 endif()
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4c3928e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+version: 0.12.{build}
+
+configuration:
+- Debug
+- Release
+
+environment:
+  matrix:
+  - VS_VERSION: 11
+    VS_PLATFORM: win32
+  - VS_VERSION: 11
+    VS_PLATFORM: x64
+  - VS_VERSION: 12
+    VS_PLATFORM: win32
+  - VS_VERSION: 12
+    VS_PLATFORM: x64
+
+before_build:
+- git submodule update --init --recursive
+- cmake -H. -BBuild/VS -G "Visual Studio %VS_VERSION%" -DCMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM=%VS_PLATFORM% -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=true -Wno-dev
+
+build:
+  project: Build\VS\RapidJSON.sln
+  parallel: true
+  verbosity: minimal
+
+test_script:
+- cd Build\VS && ctest --verbose --build-config %CONFIGURATION%
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 05c0ec3..965f436 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ Copyright (c) 2011-2014 Milo Yip (miloyip@gmail.com)
 
 [RapidJSON Documentation](http://miloyip.github.io/rapidjson/)
 
+## Build status
+* Tavis CI (Linux): [![Travis Build status](https://travis-ci.org/miloyip/rapidjson.png)](https://travis-ci.org/miloyip/rapidjson)
+* AppVeyor (Windows): [![AppVeyor Build status](https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/3xw2isxomp5r4do7/branch/master?svg=true)](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/Kosta-Github/rapidjson/branch/master)
+
 ## Introduction
 
 RapidJSON is a JSON parser and generator for C++. It was inspired by [RapidXml](http://rapidxml.sourceforge.net/).
@@ -43,7 +47,7 @@ RapidJSON is a header-only C++ library. Just copy the `include/rapidjson` folder
 
 RapidJSON uses following software as its dependencies:
 * [CMake](http://www.cmake.org) as a general build tool
-* (optional)[Doxygen](http://www.goxygen.org) to build documentation
+* (optional)[Doxygen](http://www.doxygen.org) to build documentation
 * (optional)[googletest](https://code.google.com/p/googletest/) for unit and performance testing
 
 To generate user documentation and run tests please proceed with the steps below:
diff --git a/test/unittest/CMakeLists.txt b/test/unittest/CMakeLists.txt
index 41e5695..66cf0c6 100644
--- a/test/unittest/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/unittest/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,12 +21,15 @@ add_test(NAME unittest
     COMMAND ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/unittest
     WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/bin)
 
-add_test(NAME valgrind_unittest
-    COMMAND valgrind --leak-check=full --error-exitcode=1 ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/unittest
-    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/bin)
+if(NOT MSVC)
+    add_test(NAME valgrind_unittest
+        COMMAND valgrind --leak-check=full --error-exitcode=1 ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/unittest
+        WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/bin)
 
-IF((NOT MSVC) AND (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug"))
-add_test(NAME symbol_check
-    COMMAND sh -c "objdump -t -C libnamespacetest.a | grep rapidjson ; test $? -ne 0"
-    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
-ENDIF()
+    if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
+        add_test(NAME symbol_check
+        COMMAND sh -c "objdump -t -C libnamespacetest.a | grep rapidjson ; test $? -ne 0"
+        WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
+    endif(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
+
+endif(NOT MSVC)
diff --git a/test/unittest/documenttest.cpp b/test/unittest/documenttest.cpp
index f8be65a..93f7a3d 100644
--- a/test/unittest/documenttest.cpp
+++ b/test/unittest/documenttest.cpp
@@ -253,8 +253,8 @@ TEST(Document, Traits) {
 
     static_assert(!std::is_nothrow_constructible<Document>::value, "");
     static_assert(!std::is_nothrow_default_constructible<Document>::value, "");
-    static_assert(!std::is_nothrow_copy_constructible<Document>::value, "");
 #ifndef _MSC_VER
+    static_assert(!std::is_nothrow_copy_constructible<Document>::value, "");
     static_assert(std::is_nothrow_move_constructible<Document>::value, "");
 #endif
 
diff --git a/test/unittest/valuetest.cpp b/test/unittest/valuetest.cpp
index 8644e1f..f09d4c1 100644
--- a/test/unittest/valuetest.cpp
+++ b/test/unittest/valuetest.cpp
@@ -54,9 +54,7 @@ TEST(Value, Traits) {
 #ifndef _MSC_VER
     static_assert(std::is_nothrow_constructible<Value>::value, "");
     static_assert(std::is_nothrow_default_constructible<Value>::value, "");
-#endif
     static_assert(!std::is_nothrow_copy_constructible<Value>::value, "");
-#ifndef _MSC_VER
     static_assert(std::is_nothrow_move_constructible<Value>::value, "");
 #endif