diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 8155c48..5e663ef 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -38,9 +38,10 @@ init:
   - "ECHO %PYTHON% %PYTHON_VERSION% %PYTHON_ARCH%"
 
 install:
+  - "SET PATH=%PYTHON%;%PYTHON%\\Scripts;%PATH%"
   - "%CMD_IN_ENV%  pip install setuptools>=18.5 --upgrade"
-  - "%CMD_IN_ENV%  pip install nose coverage"
-  - "%CMD_IN_ENV%  pip install -r ipython\requires.txt"
+  - "%CMD_IN_ENV%  pip install nose coverage ipython[test] --upgrade"
+  - "%CMD_IN_ENV%  python setup.py install"
 test_script:
-  - "%PYTHON%/Scripts/nosetests"
-  
\ No newline at end of file
+  - "%PYTHON%/Scripts/iptest"
+  
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0c36869..ddfe7a4 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ See IPython `README.rst` file for more information:
 
     https://github.com/ipython/ipython/blob/master/README.rst
 
-"""
+Python {} detected.
+
+""".format(sys.version_info)
 
     print(error, file=sys.stderr)
     sys.exit(1)