diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 29a18ef625..597caabdbf 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -71,4 +71,19 @@ before_build:
 
 build_script: c:\projects\wxwidgets\build\tools\appveyor.bat
 
+before_test:
+- ps: |
+    Write-Output "Getting and launching httpbin."
+    pip install httpbin
+    Start-Job -Name wx_httpbin { python -m httpbin.core > c:\projects\wxwidgets\httpbin.log }
+    curl http://127.0.0.1:5000/ip
+    $env:WX_TEST_WEBREQUEST_URL="http://127.0.0.1:5000"
+
 test_script: c:\projects\wxwidgets\build\tools\appveyor-test.bat
+
+after_test:
+- ps: |
+    Stop-Job -Name wx_httpbin
+    Write-Output "--- httpbin output ---"
+    Get-Content c:\projects\wxwidgets\httpbin.log
+    Write-Output "--- httpbin output end ---"
diff --git a/build/tools/appveyor-test.bat b/build/tools/appveyor-test.bat
index 5100ef9e9d..f0319c16ed 100755
--- a/build/tools/appveyor-test.bat
+++ b/build/tools/appveyor-test.bat
@@ -1,12 +1,3 @@
-echo.
-echo --- Running httpbin...
-echo.
-
-pip install httpbin
-start /b python -m httpbin.core
-set WX_TEST_WEBREQUEST_URL=http://127.0.0.1:5000
-curl http://127.0.0.1:5000/ip
-
 echo.
 echo --- Running tests.
 echo.