diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index dc271d2c7..0554834c2 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ before_build:
   - ps: if (-Not (Test-Path .\build)) { mkdir build }
   - cd build
   - set PATH=%PATH:C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin;=%
-  - set PATH=C:\MinGW\bin;C:\msys64\usr\bin;C:\mingw-w64\x86_64-7.2.0-posix-seh-rt_v5-rev1\mingw64\bin;%PATH%
+  - if [%COMPILER%]==[MinGW-gcc-5.3.0] set PATH=C:\MinGW\bin;%PATH%
+  - if [%COMPILER%]==[MinGW64-gcc-7.2.0] set PATH=C:\msys64\usr\bin;C:\mingw-w64\x86_64-7.2.0-posix-seh-rt_v5-rev1\mingw64\bin;%PATH%
   - if [%COMPILER%]==[cl] cmake -G "Visual Studio 15 2017 Win64" ..
   - if [%COMPILER%]==[MinGW64-gcc-7.2.0-mingw] cmake -G "MinGW Makefiles" -DBINARY=32 -DNOFORTRAN=1 ..
   - if [%COMPILER%]==[MinGW64-gcc-7.2.0] cmake -G "MSYS Makefiles"  -DBINARY=32 -DNOFORTRAN=1 ..