diff --git a/appveyor/install_xapian.cmd b/appveyor/install_xapian.cmd
index 625310c..a3d6002 100644
--- a/appveyor/install_xapian.cmd
+++ b/appveyor/install_xapian.cmd
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ REM ========================================================
 REM Install xapian
 curl -fsSL -O http://download.kiwix.org/dev/xapian-core-1.4.14.zip || exit /b 1
 7z x xapian-core-1.4.14.zip || exit /b 1
+%MINGW64_RUN% "cd /c/Projects/kiwix-build/xapian-core-1.4.14 && ../appveyor/apply_patch.sh xapian_remote.patch" || exit /b 1
 cd xapian-core-1.4.14
 mkdir build
 cd build