diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 24b4cfc9b..c57cbd911 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ include tox.ini
 include setup.py
 
 recursive-include scripts *.py
+recursive-include scripts *.bat
 
 include .coveragerc
 
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 64c9d6018..7192ec06f 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -6,30 +6,30 @@ environment:
     # https://www.appveyor.com/docs/build-configuration#secure-variables
 
   matrix:
-  # create multiple jobs to execute a set of tox runs on each; this is to workaround having
-  # builds timing out in AppVeyor
-  - TOXENV: "linting,py26,py27,py33,py34,py35"
-  - TOXENV: "py27-pexpect,py27-xdist,py27-trial,py35-pexpect,py35-xdist,py35-trial"
-  - TOXENV: "py27-nobyte,doctesting,freeze,docs"
+  # note: please use "tox --listenvs" to populate the build matrix below
+  - TOXENV: "linting"
+  - TOXENV: "py26"
+  - TOXENV: "py27"
+  - TOXENV: "py33"
+  - TOXENV: "py34"
+  - TOXENV: "py35"
   - TOXENV: "pypy"
-
-matrix:
-  allow_failures:
-    # pypy is disabled until #1963 gets fixed
-    - TOXENV: "pypy"
+  - TOXENV: "py27-pexpect"
+  - TOXENV: "py27-xdist"
+  - TOXENV: "py27-trial"
+  - TOXENV: "py35-pexpect"
+  - TOXENV: "py35-xdist"
+  - TOXENV: "py35-trial"
+  - TOXENV: "py27-nobyte"
+  - TOXENV: "doctesting"
+  - TOXENV: "freeze"
+  - TOXENV: "docs"
 
 install:
   - echo Installed Pythons
   - dir c:\Python*
 
-  # install pypy using choco (redirect to a file and write to console in case
-  # choco install returns non-zero, because choco install python.pypy is too
-  # noisy)
-  # pypy is disabled until #1963 gets fixed
-  - choco install python.pypy > pypy-inst.log 2>&1 || (type pypy-inst.log & exit /b 1)
-  - set PATH=C:\tools\pypy\pypy;%PATH% # so tox can find pypy
-  - echo PyPy installed
-  - pypy --version
+  - if "%TOXENV%" == "pypy" scripts\install-pypy.bat
 
   - C:\Python35\python -m pip install tox
 
diff --git a/scripts/install-pypy.bat b/scripts/install-pypy.bat
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8012ea46a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/install-pypy.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+REM install pypy using choco
+REM redirect to a file because choco install python.pypy is too noisy. If the command fails, write output to console
+choco install python.pypy > pypy-inst.log 2>&1 || (type pypy-inst.log & exit /b 1)
+set PATH=C:\tools\pypy\pypy;%PATH% # so tox can find pypy
+echo PyPy installed
+pypy --version