diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 8e0eea83c..37258dd1f 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -105,5 +105,5 @@ test_script:
 # simulation tests
 - cd %ROOT_DIRECTORY%\simulation
 - if defined sim (
-  b2.exe --hash openssl-version=pre1.1 warnings-as-errors=on -j2 %compiler% address-model=%model% debug-iterators=on picker-debugging=on invariant-checks=full variant=%variant% %linkflags% %include% link=shared crypto=built-in
+  b2.exe --hash openssl-version=pre1.1 warnings-as-errors=on -j2 %compiler% address-model=%model% debug-iterators=on picker-debugging=on invariant-checks=full variant=%variant% %linkflags% %include% boost-link=default link=static crypto=built-in
   )
diff --git a/simulation/libsimulator b/simulation/libsimulator
index c7322643e..26c08bd1d 160000
--- a/simulation/libsimulator
+++ b/simulation/libsimulator
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit c7322643e78cad0e1cc00f0f04ebb567a3f11b88
+Subproject commit 26c08bd1dd6e3d7ff7b22aae3be43addcd6cd584
diff --git a/simulation/utils.hpp b/simulation/utils.hpp
index d301ef735..2cdd92e79 100644
--- a/simulation/utils.hpp
+++ b/simulation/utils.hpp
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 #include <functional>
 #include "libtorrent/address.hpp"
 #include "libtorrent/socket.hpp"
+#include "simulator/simulator.hpp"
 
 namespace libtorrent
 {