diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 6a1a5e9833..9718383798 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ build_script:
 
     echo %MSBUILD_EXE% %SLN_FILE% /p:Platform=%PLATFORM% /p:Configuration=%CONFIGURATION%      /t:"Clean","Rebuild"  %EXTRA_CMD%
          %MSBUILD_EXE% %SLN_FILE% /p:Platform=%PLATFORM% /p:Configuration=%CONFIGURATION%      /t:"Clean","Rebuild"  %EXTRA_CMD%
+    
+    call zipArtifacts.bat %PLATFORM% %CONFIGURATION%
 
     echo appveyor_yml
 
 artifacts:
-- path: '$(platform)\$(configuration)\*.exe'
-- path: '$(platform)\$(configuration)\*.dll'
-- path: '$(platform)\$(configuration)\*.pdb'
+- path: 'sakura-$(platform)-$(configuration).zip'
diff --git a/zipArtifacts.bat b/zipArtifacts.bat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1f46f0fac2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zipArtifacts.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+set platform=%1
+set configuration=%2
+set WORKDIR=sakura-%platform%-%configuration%
+set OUTFILE=sakura-%platform%-%configuration%.zip
+
+@rem cleanup for local testing
+if exist "%OUTFILE%" (
+	del %OUTFILE%
+)
+if exist "%WORKDIR%" (
+	rmdir /s /q %WORKDIR%
+)
+
+mkdir %WORKDIR%
+copy %platform%\%configuration%\*.exe %WORKDIR%\
+copy %platform%\%configuration%\*.dll %WORKDIR%\
+copy %platform%\%configuration%\*.pdb %WORKDIR%\
+
+7z a %OUTFILE%  -r %WORKDIR%
+7z l %OUTFILE%
+
+if exist %WORKDIR% (
+	rmdir /s /q %WORKDIR%
+)