diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 80e30342a8..c00686952d 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 version: 1.0.{build}
 os: Visual Studio 2015
-configuration: Release
+configuration:
+# - Release
+ - ReleaseLLVM
 platform: x64
-clone_folder: c:\projects\rpcs3
+clone_folder: c:\rpcs3
 clone_depth: 1
 test: off
 
@@ -14,19 +16,21 @@ before_build:
  - git submodule update --init --depth 3 asmjit minidx9
  # until git for win 2.5 release with commit checkout
  - git submodule update --init ffmpeg
- - 7z x wxWidgets.7z -aos -oC:\projects\rpcs3\wxWidgets > null
- - cmake -G "Visual Studio 14 Win64"
+ - 7z x wxWidgets.7z -aos -oC:\rpcs3\wxWidgets > null
+ - if %configuration%==Release (cmake -G "Visual Studio 14 Win64")
+   else (7z x llvmlibs.7z -aos -oC:\rpcs3 > null && cmake -G "Visual Studio 14 Win64" -DLLVM_DIR=C:/rpcs3/llvm_build/share/llvm/cmake)
 
 build_script:
  - cmake --build . --config Release -- /logger:"C:\Program Files\AppVeyor\BuildAgent\Appveyor.MSBuildLogger.dll"
 
 install:
  - ps: Start-FileDownload 'https://402331b94f8e4b87ae2ef4677347f7956cf3861f.googledrive.com/host/0B6v_qtb9hkicfmt0NG0wTTRtUmF4X3VTQk5Oc2JidEVKVnUteDA1dXdrYlNsVW9kREpsSHc/wxWidgets.7z'
- - set WXWIN=C:\projects\rpcs3\wxWidgets;
- - set OPENALDIR=C:\projects\rpcs3\OpenAL;
+ - ps: Start-FileDownload 'https://402331b94f8e4b87ae2ef4677347f7956cf3861f.googledrive.com/host/0B6v_qtb9hkicfmt0NG0wTTRtUmF4X3VTQk5Oc2JidEVKVnUteDA1dXdrYlNsVW9kREpsSHc/llvmlibs.7z'
+ - set WXWIN=C:\rpcs3\wxWidgets
+ - set OPENALDIR=C:\rpcs3\OpenAL
  - set PATH=C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\14.0\Bin;C:\wxWidgets;%PATH%
  - set COMMIT_SHA=%APPVEYOR_REPO_COMMIT:~0,8%
 
 artifacts:
  - path: bin
-   name: rpcs3-$(COMMIT_SHA)
\ No newline at end of file
+   name: rpcs3-$(configuration)-$(COMMIT_SHA)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/rpcs3/CMakeLists.txt b/rpcs3/CMakeLists.txt
index 2f9c389394..0ee59a52f2 100644
--- a/rpcs3/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/rpcs3/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -97,6 +97,9 @@ ${LLVM_INCLUDE_DIRS}
 "${RPCS3_SRC_DIR}/.."
 "${RPCS3_SRC_DIR}/../asmjit/src/asmjit"
 )
+if(WIN32)
+	include_directories(BEFORE "${RPCS3_SRC_DIR}/../minidx9/Include")
+endif()
 
 if(LLVM_FOUND)
 	add_definitions(${LLVM_DEFINITIONS})
@@ -145,9 +148,9 @@ endif()
 if(WIN32) # I'm not sure we need all of these libs, but we link them in vs
 	target_link_libraries(rpcs3  odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib comctl32.lib ws2_32.lib shlwapi.lib winmm.lib kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib ole32.lib oleaut32.lib uuid.lib)
 	if(LLVM_FOUND)
-		target_link_libraries(rpcs3  asmjit.lib xaudio2.lib ${wxWidgets_LIBRARIES} ${OPENAL_LIBRARY} avformat.lib avcodec.lib avutil.lib swresample.lib swscale.lib ${LLVM_LIBS} ${ADDITIONAL_LIBS})
+		target_link_libraries(rpcs3  asmjit.lib ${wxWidgets_LIBRARIES} ${OPENAL_LIBRARY} avformat.lib avcodec.lib avutil.lib swresample.lib swscale.lib ${LLVM_LIBS} ${ADDITIONAL_LIBS})
 	else()
-		target_link_libraries(rpcs3  asmjit.lib xaudio2.lib ${wxWidgets_LIBRARIES} ${OPENAL_LIBRARY} avformat.lib avcodec.lib avutil.lib swresample.lib swscale.lib ${ADDITIONAL_LIBS})
+		target_link_libraries(rpcs3  asmjit.lib ${wxWidgets_LIBRARIES} ${OPENAL_LIBRARY} avformat.lib avcodec.lib avutil.lib swresample.lib swscale.lib ${ADDITIONAL_LIBS})
 	endif()
 else()
 	if(LLVM_FOUND)
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/Audio/XAudio2/XAudio2Thread.h b/rpcs3/Emu/Audio/XAudio2/XAudio2Thread.h
index 17eda37f13..b9bdfd2ba7 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/Audio/XAudio2/XAudio2Thread.h
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/Audio/XAudio2/XAudio2Thread.h
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 
 #include "Emu/Audio/AudioThread.h"
 #if defined (_WIN32)
-
+#define _WIN32_WINNT 0x0601 // This is to be sure that correct (2.7) header is included
 #include "XAudio2.h" // XAudio2 2.8 available only on Win8+, used XAudio2 2.7 from dxsdk
+#undef _WIN32_WINNT
 
 class XAudio2Thread : public AudioThread
 {