diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 518c959a..c2331e25 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -319,6 +319,11 @@ else(HAVE_SUBUNIT)
 endif (HAVE_SUBUNIT)
 
 if (NOT ENABLE_REGEX AND WITH_PCREPOSIX)
+    find_package(PCREPOSIX)
+    if (PCREPOSIX_FOUND)
+        include_directories(${PCREPOSIX_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+        link_directories(${PCREPOSIX_LIBRARY_DIRS})
+    endif()
     # pcreposix functions are just wrappers for pcre functions
     check_library_exists(pcreposix regcomp "" HAVE_LIBPCREPOSIX)
     if (HAVE_LIBPCREPOSIX)
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 0ec681cf..f9473c2e 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ version: 1.0.{build}
 
 environment:
   matrix:
-  - platform: msvc
-  - platform: vs
-  - platform: cygwin
+#  - platform: msvc
+#  - platform: vs
+#  - platform: cygwin
   - platform: mingw32
-  - platform: mingw64msys
+#  - platform: mingw64msys
 
 # scripts that are called at very beginning, before repo cloning
 # init:
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ before_build:
   - if %platform%==cygwin bash -c "./configure"
   - if %platform%==mingw32 set PATH=C:\MinGW\bin;%PATH%
   - if %platform%==mingw32 appveyor-retry nuget install pcre -Verbosity detailed -OutputDirectory C:\pcre
+  - ps: Get-ChildItem -Recurse C:\pcre
+  - set CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=C:\pcre\pcre.8.33.0.1\build\native
   - if %platform%==mingw32 cmake -G "MinGW Makefiles" -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=%P%
   - if %platform%==mingw64msys set PATH=C:\msys64\mingw64\bin;C:\msys64\usr\bin;%PATH%
   - if %platform%==mingw64msys bash -c "autoreconf -i"
diff --git a/cmake/FindPCREPOSIX.cmake b/cmake/FindPCREPOSIX.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f0f6ac57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/FindPCREPOSIX.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
+
+find_path(PCREPOSIX_INCLUDE_DIR NAMES pcreposix.h)
+find_library(PCREPOSIX_LIBRARY NAMES pcreposix)
+find_library(PCRE_LIBRARY NAMES pcre)
+
+message("PCREPOSIX_LIBRARY: ${PCREPOSIX_LIBRARY}")
+message("PCRE_LIBRARY: ${PCRE_LIBRARY}")
+
+find_package_handle_standard_args(PCREPOSIX DEFAULT_MSG PCREPOSIX_LIBRARY PCREPOSIX_INCLUDE_DIR)
+
+if(PCREPOSIX_FOUND)
+	set(PCREPOSIX_LIBRARIES ${PCREPOSIX_LIBRARY})
+	set(PCREPOSIX_INCLUDE_DIRS ${PCREPOSIX_INCLUDE_DIR})
+else()
+	set(PCREPOSIX_LIBRARIES)
+	set(PCREPOSIX_INCLUDE_DIRS)
+endif()
+
+mark_as_advanced(PCREPOSIX_INCLUDE_DIRS PCREPOSIX_LIBRARIES)
+