diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 518c959a..c092c16c 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(PCRE)
+    if (PCRE_FOUND)
+        include_directories(${PCRE_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+        link_directories(${PCRE_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..aa3c9880 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ 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
+  - if %platform%==mingw32 set CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=C:\pcre
   - 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"