diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index b0eb26474548e..cd61f95875f7f 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ environment:
     DEPLOY: 1
   - MSYS_BITS: 32
     RUST_CONFIGURE_ARGS: --build=i686-pc-windows-msvc --target=i586-pc-windows-msvc
-    SCRIPT: python x.py test && python x.py dist
+    SCRIPT: python x.py test --host i686-pc-windows-msvc --target i686-pc-windows-msvc && python x.py dist
     DEPLOY: 1
 
   # MSVC makefiles