diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 4d4e0751..6e9287d8 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ environment:
 
 install:
   - cd ..
-  - git clone -b %APPVEYOR_REPO_BRANCH% --depth 1 https://github.com/boostorg/boost.git .
+  - git clone -b %APPVEYOR_REPO_BRANCH% --depth 1 https://github.com/boostorg/boost.git boost-root
+  - cd boost-root
   - git submodule update --init tools/build
   - git submodule update --init libs/config
   - git submodule update --init tools/boostdep
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ install:
 build: off
 
 test_script:
-  - cd libs/config/test
+  - cd boost-root\libs\config\test
   - ..\..\..\b2 config_info_travis_install toolset=%TOOLSET%
   - config_info.exe
   - ..\..\..\b2 -j3 toolset=%TOOLSET%