diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 26f0a1224..033854abf 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -6,21 +6,44 @@ os: Visual Studio 2015
 clone_depth: 1
 environment:
   matrix:
+  - variant: test_debug
+    compiler: msvc-14.0
+    sim: 1
+    linkflags32: '"/LIBPATH:C:\\openssl-1.0.1p-vs2015\\lib"'
+    linkflags64: '"/LIBPATH:C:\\openssl-1.0.1p-vs2015\\lib64"'
+    include: '"c:\\openssl-1.0.1p-vs2015\\include"'
   - variant: test_debug
     compiler: msvc-12.0
-    linkflags: '"/LIBPATH:C:\\OpenSSL-Win32\\lib"'
+    x64: 1
+    linkflags32: '"/LIBPATH:C:\\openssl-1.0.1p-vs2013\\lib"'
+    linkflags64: '"/LIBPATH:C:\\openssl-1.0.1p-vs2013\\lib64"'
+    include: '"c:\\openssl-1.0.1p-vs2013\\include"'
+  - variant: test_debug
+    compiler: msvc-12.0
+    linkflags32: '"/LIBPATH:C:\\openssl-1.0.1p-vs2013\\lib"'
+    linkflags64: '"/LIBPATH:C:\\openssl-1.0.1p-vs2013\\lib64"'
+    include: '"c:\\openssl-1.0.1p-vs2013\\include"'
   - variant: test_debug
     compiler: msvc-10.0
-    linkflags: '"/LIBPATH:C:\\OpenSSL-Win32\\lib"'
-  - variant: test_debug
-    compiler: msvc-14.0
-    linkflags: '"/LIBPATH:C:\\OpenSSL-Win32\\lib"'
+    linkflags32: '"/LIBPATH:C:\\openssl-1.0.1p-vs2010\\lib"'
+    linkflags64: '"/LIBPATH:C:\\openssl-1.0.1p-vs2010\\lib64"'
+    include: '"c:\\openssl-1.0.1p-vs2010\\include"'
   - variant: test_barebones
     compiler: msvc-12.0
-    linkflags: '"/LIBPATH:C:\\OpenSSL-Win32\\lib"'
+    linkflags32: '"/LIBPATH:C:\\openssl-1.0.1p-vs2013\\lib"'
+    linkflags64: '"/LIBPATH:C:\\openssl-1.0.1p-vs2013\\lib64"'
+    include: '"c:\\openssl-1.0.1p-vs2013\\include"'
+  - variant: test_barebones
+    compiler: msvc-12.0
+    x64: 1
+    linkflags32: '"/LIBPATH:C:\\openssl-1.0.1p-vs2013\\lib"'
+    linkflags64: '"/LIBPATH:C:\\openssl-1.0.1p-vs2013\\lib64"'
+    include: '"c:\\openssl-1.0.1p-vs2013\\include"'
   - variant: test_release
     compiler: msvc-12.0
-    linkflags: '"/LIBPATH:C:\\OpenSSL-Win32\\lib"'
+    linkflags32: '"/LIBPATH:C:\\openssl-1.0.1p-vs2013\\lib"'
+    linkflags64: '"/LIBPATH:C:\\openssl-1.0.1p-vs2013\\lib64"'
+    include: '"c:\\openssl-1.0.1p-vs2013\\include"'
 
 # mingw and boost.random don't like each other. Comment this back in once there
 # is support
@@ -33,11 +56,36 @@ install:
 - git submodule update --init --recursive
 - set ROOT_DIRECTORY=%CD%
 - cd %ROOT_DIRECTORY%
-- if not exist c:\OpenSSL-Win32\nul (
-  appveyor DownloadFile https://strcpy.net/packages/Win32OpenSSL-1_0_2a.exe
-  && Win32OpenSSL-1_0_2a.exe /silent /verysilent /sp- /suppressmsgboxes )
-- copy c:\OpenSSL-Win32\ssleay32.dll %WINDIR%\system32
-- copy c:\OpenSSL-Win32\libeay32.dll %WINDIR%\system32
+- if %compiler% == msvc-12.0 (
+    if not exist openssl-1.0.1p-vs2013.7z (
+      appveyor DownloadFile http://www.npcglib.org/~stathis/downloads/openssl-1.0.1p-vs2013.7z
+    )
+    & 7z x -oc:\ -aoa openssl-1.0.1p-vs2013.7z
+    & copy c:\openssl-1.0.1p-vs2013\lib64\ssleay32MT.lib c:\openssl-1.0.1p-vs2013\lib64\ssleay32.lib
+    & copy c:\openssl-1.0.1p-vs2013\lib64\libeay32MT.lib c:\openssl-1.0.1p-vs2013\lib64\libeay32.lib
+    & copy c:\openssl-1.0.1p-vs2013\lib\ssleay32MT.lib c:\openssl-1.0.1p-vs2013\lib\ssleay32.lib
+    & copy c:\openssl-1.0.1p-vs2013\lib\libeay32MT.lib c:\openssl-1.0.1p-vs2013\lib\libeay32.lib
+  )
+- if %compiler% == msvc-10.0 (
+    if not exist openssl-1.0.1p-vs2010.7z (
+      appveyor DownloadFile http://www.npcglib.org/~stathis/downloads/openssl-1.0.1p-vs2010.7z
+    )
+  & 7z x -oc:\ -aoa openssl-1.0.1p-vs2010.7z
+  & copy c:\openssl-1.0.1p-vs2010\lib64\ssleay32MT.lib c:\openssl-1.0.1p-vs2010\lib64\ssleay32.lib
+  & copy c:\openssl-1.0.1p-vs2010\lib64\libeay32MT.lib c:\openssl-1.0.1p-vs2010\lib64\libeay32.lib
+  & copy c:\openssl-1.0.1p-vs2010\lib\ssleay32MT.lib c:\openssl-1.0.1p-vs2010\lib\ssleay32.lib
+  & copy c:\openssl-1.0.1p-vs2010\lib\libeay32MT.lib c:\openssl-1.0.1p-vs2010\lib\libeay32.lib
+  )
+- if %compiler% == msvc-14.0 (
+    if not exist openssl-1.0.1p-vs2015.7z (
+      appveyor DownloadFile http://www.npcglib.org/~stathis/downloads/openssl-1.0.1p-vs2015.7z
+    )
+  & 7z x -oc:\ -aoa openssl-1.0.1p-vs2015.7z
+  & copy c:\openssl-1.0.1p-vs2015\lib64\ssleay32MT.lib c:\openssl-1.0.1p-vs2015\lib64\ssleay32.lib
+  & copy c:\openssl-1.0.1p-vs2015\lib64\libeay32MT.lib c:\openssl-1.0.1p-vs2015\lib64\libeay32.lib
+  & copy c:\openssl-1.0.1p-vs2015\lib\ssleay32MT.lib c:\openssl-1.0.1p-vs2015\lib\ssleay32.lib
+  & copy c:\openssl-1.0.1p-vs2015\lib\libeay32MT.lib c:\openssl-1.0.1p-vs2015\lib\libeay32.lib
+  )
 - cd %ROOT_DIRECTORY%
 - set BOOST_ROOT=c:\Libraries\boost
 - set BOOST_BUILD_PATH=%BOOST_ROOT%\tools\build
@@ -55,16 +103,23 @@ install:
 - python --version
 - echo %ROOT_DIRECTORY%
 cache:
-- C:\OpenSSL-Win32
+- openssl-1.0.1p-vs2010.7z
+- openssl-1.0.1p-vs2013.7z
+- openssl-1.0.1p-vs2015.7z
 build_script:
-- cd %ROOT_DIRECTORY%\examples
-- b2.exe --hash -j2 %compiler% variant=%variant% linkflags=%linkflags% include="C:\\OpenSSL-Win32\\include"
 - cd %ROOT_DIRECTORY%\test
-- b2.exe --hash -j2 address-model=32 win-tests %compiler% variant=%variant% link=shared linkflags=%linkflags% include="C:\\OpenSSL-Win32\\include"
-- cd %ROOT_DIRECTORY%\bindings\python
-- b2.exe --hash -j2 %compiler% variant=%variant% linkflags=%linkflags% include="C:\\OpenSSL-Win32\\include" stage_module
-- python test.py
-- if %variant% == "test_debug" (
+- if defined x64 (
+  b2.exe --hash -j2 address-model=64 win-tests %compiler% variant=%variant% link=shared linkflags=%linkflags64% include=%include%
+  ) else (
+  b2.exe --hash -j2 address-model=32 win-tests %compiler% variant=%variant% link=shared linkflags=%linkflags32% include=%include%
+  & cd %ROOT_DIRECTORY%\examples
+  & b2.exe --hash -j2 %compiler% variant=%variant% linkflags=%linkflags32% include=%include%
+  & cd %ROOT_DIRECTORY%\bindings\python
+  & b2.exe --hash -j2 %compiler% stage_module variant=%variant% linkflags=%linkflags32% include=%include%
+  & python test.py
+  )
+- if defined sim (
   cd %ROOT_DIRECTORY%\simulation
-  && b2.exe --hash -j2 crypto=built-in %compiler% )
+  & b2.exe --hash -j2 link=shared crypto=built-in %compiler%
+  )
 
diff --git a/src/thread.cpp b/src/thread.cpp
index 1dd80c748..42736c69d 100644
--- a/src/thread.cpp
+++ b/src/thread.cpp
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ namespace libtorrent
 		l.lock();
 		--m_num_waiters;
 	}
-	
+
 	void condition_variable::wait_for(mutex::scoped_lock& l, time_duration rel_time)
 	{
 		TORRENT_ASSERT(l.locked());
diff --git a/test/Jamfile b/test/Jamfile
index 364baf59f..0379bb67f 100644
--- a/test/Jamfile
+++ b/test/Jamfile
@@ -193,7 +193,6 @@ test-suite libtorrent :
 alias win-tests :
 	test_primitives
 	test_pe_crypto
-	test_utp
 	test_remap_files
 	test_auto_unchoke
 	test_torrent
diff --git a/test/setup_transfer.cpp b/test/setup_transfer.cpp
index 4779171ed..f535d1d26 100644
--- a/test/setup_transfer.cpp
+++ b/test/setup_transfer.cpp
@@ -335,14 +335,22 @@ bool downloading_alert(libtorrent::alert const* a)
 
 void wait_for_downloading(lt::session& ses, char const* name)
 {
+	time_point start = clock_type::now();
 	downloading_done = false;
 	alert const* a = 0;
 	do
 	{
 		print_alerts(ses, name, true, true, true, &downloading_alert, false);
 		if (downloading_done) break;
-		a = ses.wait_for_alert(milliseconds(500));
+		if (total_seconds(clock_type::now() - start) > 10) break;
+		a = ses.wait_for_alert(seconds(2));
 	} while (a);
+	if (!downloading_done)
+	{
+		fprintf(stderr, "did not receive a state_changed_alert indicating "
+			"the torrent is downloading. waited: %d ms\n"
+			, int(total_milliseconds(clock_type::now() - start)));
+	}
 }
 
 void print_ses_rate(float time
diff --git a/test/swarm_suite.cpp b/test/swarm_suite.cpp
index 2f3efd19a..d8c781443 100644
--- a/test/swarm_suite.cpp
+++ b/test/swarm_suite.cpp
@@ -211,23 +211,31 @@ void test_swarm(int flags)
 	alert const* ret;
 	while ((ret = ses1.wait_for_alert(seconds(2))))
 	{
+		fprintf(stderr, "wait returned: %d ms\n"
+			, int(total_milliseconds(clock_type::now() - start)));
 		std::vector<alert*> alerts;
 		ses1.pop_alerts(&alerts);
 		for (std::vector<alert*>::iterator i = alerts.begin()
 			, end(alerts.end()); i != end; ++i)
 		{
-			std::cerr << ret->message() << std::endl;
+			fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", ret->message().c_str());
 		}
 		start = clock_type::now();
 	}
 
+	fprintf(stderr, "loop returned: %d ms\n"
+		, int(total_milliseconds(clock_type::now() - start)));
+
 	// this allows shutting down the sessions in parallel
 	p1 = ses1.abort();
 	p2 = ses2.abort();
 	p3 = ses3.abort();
 
-	TEST_CHECK(clock_type::now() - start < seconds(3));
-	TEST_CHECK(clock_type::now() - start >= seconds(2));
+	time_point end = clock_type::now();
+
+	fprintf(stderr, "time: %d ms\n", int(total_milliseconds(end - start)));
+	TEST_CHECK(end - start < seconds(3));
+	TEST_CHECK(end - start >= seconds(2));
 
 	TEST_CHECK(!exists("tmp1_swarm/temporary"));
 	TEST_CHECK(!exists("tmp2_swarm/temporary"));