diff --git a/.appveyor.yml b/.appveyor.yml
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 55ce6186..5765d9e6
--- a/.appveyor.yml
+++ b/.appveyor.yml
@@ -31,8 +31,11 @@ matrix:
 
 # scripts that run after cloning repository
 install:
-  - git clone https://github.com/google/googletest.git External/googletest
   - C:/Python27/python.exe update_glslang_sources.py
+  - git clone https://github.com/google/googletest.git External/googletest
+  - cd External/googletest
+  - git checkout 440527a61e1c91188195f7de212c63c77e8f0a45
+  - cd ../..
 
 build:
   parallel: true  # enable MSBuild parallel builds
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 544081dc..ba7160da 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -84,6 +84,15 @@ cd <the directory glslang was cloned to, "External" will be a subdirectory>
 git clone https://github.com/google/googletest.git External/googletest
 ```
 
+If you want to use googletest with Visual Studio 2013, you also need to check out an older version:
+
+```bash
+# to use googletest with Visual Studio 2013
+cd External/googletest
+git checkout 440527a61e1c91188195f7de212c63c77e8f0a45
+cd ../..
+```
+
 If you wish to assure that SPIR-V generated from HLSL is legal for Vulkan,
 or wish to invoke -Os to reduce SPIR-V size from HLSL or GLSL, install
 spirv-tools with this: