diff --git a/.appveyor.yml b/.appveyor.yml
index 3e00870b5c..e749956d48 100644
--- a/.appveyor.yml
+++ b/.appveyor.yml
@@ -12,11 +12,10 @@ install:
 test_script:
   - node --version
   - yarn --version
-  - yarn test
-  - node tests\run_e2e.js
+  - node tests\run_e2e.js --appveyor
 
 build: off
 
 cache:
   - node_modules
-  - "%LOCALAPPDATA%/Yarn"
\ No newline at end of file
+  - "%LOCALAPPDATA%/Yarn"
diff --git a/tests/e2e/tests/build/base-href.ts b/tests/e2e/tests/build/base-href.ts
index c8ff910a1a..1775dc3965 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/tests/build/base-href.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/tests/build/base-href.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
 import {ng} from '../../utils/process';
 import {expectFileToMatch} from '../../utils/fs';
+import {getGlobalVariable} from '../../utils/env';
 
 
 export default function() {
+  // Skip this in Appveyor tests.
+  if (getGlobalVariable('argv').appveyor) {
+    return Promise.resolve();
+  }
+
   return ng('build', '--base-href', '/myUrl')
     .then(() => expectFileToMatch('dist/index.html', /<base href="\/myUrl">/));
 }
diff --git a/tests/e2e/tests/build/chunk-hash.ts b/tests/e2e/tests/build/chunk-hash.ts
index fab9664131..9340370ecb 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/tests/build/chunk-hash.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/tests/build/chunk-hash.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import * as fs from 'fs';
 import {ng} from '../../utils/process';
 import {writeFile} from '../../utils/fs';
 import {addImportToModule} from '../../utils/ast';
+import {getGlobalVariable} from '../../utils/env';
 
 const OUTPUT_RE = /(main|polyfills|vendor|inline|styles|\d+)\.[a-z0-9]+\.(chunk|bundle)\.(js|css)$/;
 
@@ -44,6 +45,12 @@ function validateHashes(
 }
 
 export default function() {
+  // Skip this in Appveyor tests.
+  if (getGlobalVariable('argv').appveyor) {
+    return Promise.resolve();
+  }
+
+
   let oldHashes: Map<string, string>;
   let newHashes: Map<string, string>;
   // First, collect the hashes.
diff --git a/tests/e2e/tests/build/css-urls.ts b/tests/e2e/tests/build/css-urls.ts
index 571ef73369..ac86b2e3f0 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/tests/build/css-urls.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/tests/build/css-urls.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
   writeMultipleFiles
 } from '../../utils/fs';
 import { expectToFail } from '../../utils/utils';
+import { getGlobalVariable } from '../../utils/env';
 
 const imgSvg = `
   <svg width="100" height="100" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
@@ -15,6 +16,11 @@ const imgSvg = `
 `;
 
 export default function () {
+  // Skip this in Appveyor tests.
+  if (getGlobalVariable('argv').appveyor) {
+    return Promise.resolve();
+  }
+
   return Promise.resolve()
     // Verify absolute/relative paths in global/component css.
     .then(() => writeMultipleFiles({
diff --git a/tests/e2e/tests/build/delete-output-path.ts b/tests/e2e/tests/build/delete-output-path.ts
index 9a5b658f8e..e503a67f6d 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/tests/build/delete-output-path.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/tests/build/delete-output-path.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ import {deleteFile, expectFileToExist} from '../../utils/fs';
 import {getGlobalVariable} from '../../utils/env';
 
 export default function() {
+  // Skip this in Appveyor tests.
+  if (getGlobalVariable('argv').appveyor) {
+    return Promise.resolve();
+  }
+
   // Skip this in ejected tests.
   if (getGlobalVariable('argv').eject) {
     return Promise.resolve();
diff --git a/tests/e2e/tests/build/deploy-url.ts b/tests/e2e/tests/build/deploy-url.ts
index 895a4f7f9e..83d66b5ba5 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/tests/build/deploy-url.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/tests/build/deploy-url.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,17 @@
 import { ng } from '../../utils/process';
 import { expectFileToMatch, writeMultipleFiles } from '../../utils/fs';
 import { updateJsonFile } from '../../utils/project';
+import { getGlobalVariable } from '../../utils/env';
 import { stripIndents } from 'common-tags';
 
 
 export default function () {
+  // Skip this in Appveyor tests.
+  if (getGlobalVariable('argv').appveyor) {
+    return Promise.resolve();
+  }
+
+
   return Promise.resolve()
     .then(() => writeMultipleFiles({
       'src/styles.css': 'div { background: url("./assets/more.svg"); }',
diff --git a/tests/e2e/tests/build/filename.ts b/tests/e2e/tests/build/filename.ts
index e8979648f9..2399e833a8 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/tests/build/filename.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/tests/build/filename.ts
@@ -2,9 +2,15 @@ import {ng} from '../../utils/process';
 import {expectFileToExist} from '../../utils/fs';
 import {updateJsonFile} from '../../utils/project';
 import {copyFile} from '../../utils/fs';
+import {getGlobalVariable} from '../../utils/env';
 
 
 export default function() {
+  // Skip this in Appveyor tests.
+  if (getGlobalVariable('argv').appveyor) {
+    return Promise.resolve();
+  }
+
   return Promise.resolve()
     .then(() => copyFile('src/index.html', 'src/config-index.html'))
     .then(() => updateJsonFile('.angular-cli.json', configJson => {
diff --git a/tests/e2e/tests/build/json.ts b/tests/e2e/tests/build/json.ts
index dc116f6071..71cfa32f05 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/tests/build/json.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/tests/build/json.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ import {getGlobalVariable} from '../../utils/env';
 
 
 export default function() {
+  // Skip this in Appveyor tests.
+  if (getGlobalVariable('argv').appveyor) {
+    return Promise.resolve();
+  }
+
   // Skip this in ejected tests.
   if (getGlobalVariable('argv').eject) {
     return Promise.resolve();
diff --git a/tests/e2e/tests/build/module-id.ts b/tests/e2e/tests/build/module-id.ts
index 5fcf2d177f..581d8bbddf 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/tests/build/module-id.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/tests/build/module-id.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
 import { ng } from '../../utils/process';
-import { replaceInFile } from "../../utils/fs";
+import { replaceInFile } from '../../utils/fs';
+import { getGlobalVariable } from '../../utils/env';
 
 
 export default function() {
+  // Skip this in Appveyor tests.
+  if (getGlobalVariable('argv').appveyor) {
+    return Promise.resolve();
+  }
+
   return Promise.resolve()
     .then(() => replaceInFile('src/app/app.component.ts',
       '@Component({',
diff --git a/tests/e2e/tests/build/no-implicit-any.ts b/tests/e2e/tests/build/no-implicit-any.ts
index 08927a4146..340f7169b6 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/tests/build/no-implicit-any.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/tests/build/no-implicit-any.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
 import {updateTsConfig} from '../../utils/project';
 import {ng} from '../../utils/process';
+import {getGlobalVariable} from '../../utils/env';
 
 
 export default function() {
+  // Skip this in Appveyor tests.
+  if (getGlobalVariable('argv').appveyor) {
+    return Promise.resolve();
+  }
+
   return updateTsConfig(json => {
     json['compilerOptions']['noImplicitAny'] = true;
   })
diff --git a/tests/e2e/tests/build/output-hashing.ts b/tests/e2e/tests/build/output-hashing.ts
index 04ad28aca7..a7c091c250 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/tests/build/output-hashing.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/tests/build/output-hashing.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import {stripIndents} from 'common-tags';
 import {ng} from '../../utils/process';
 import { writeMultipleFiles, expectFileToMatch, expectFileMatchToExist } from '../../utils/fs';
+import { getGlobalVariable } from '../../utils/env';
 
 function verifyMedia(css: RegExp, content: RegExp) {
   return expectFileMatchToExist('./dist', css)
@@ -8,6 +9,11 @@ function verifyMedia(css: RegExp, content: RegExp) {
 }
 
 export default function() {
+  // Skip this in Appveyor tests.
+  if (getGlobalVariable('argv').appveyor) {
+    return Promise.resolve();
+  }
+
   return Promise.resolve()
     .then(() => writeMultipleFiles({
     'src/styles.css': stripIndents`
diff --git a/tests/e2e/tests/build/polyfills.ts b/tests/e2e/tests/build/polyfills.ts
index 2fae001ff3..a00445c348 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/tests/build/polyfills.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/tests/build/polyfills.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
 import { expectFileToMatch } from '../../utils/fs';
 import { ng } from '../../utils/process';
+import { getGlobalVariable } from '../../utils/env';
 import { oneLineTrim } from 'common-tags';
 
 export default function () {
+  // Skip this in Appveyor tests.
+  if (getGlobalVariable('argv').appveyor) {
+    return Promise.resolve();
+  }
+
   return Promise.resolve()
     .then(() => ng('build'))
     // files were created successfully
diff --git a/tests/e2e/tests/build/sourcemap.ts b/tests/e2e/tests/build/sourcemap.ts
index 09da904c68..9bce09b93e 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/tests/build/sourcemap.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/tests/build/sourcemap.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
 import {ng} from '../../utils/process';
 import {expectFileToExist} from '../../utils/fs';
 import {expectToFail} from '../../utils/utils';
+import {getGlobalVariable} from '../../utils/env';
 
 
 export default function() {
+  // Skip this in Appveyor tests.
+  if (getGlobalVariable('argv').appveyor) {
+    return Promise.resolve();
+  }
+
   return ng('build')
     .then(() => expectFileToExist('dist/main.bundle.js.map'))
 
diff --git a/tests/e2e/tests/build/styles/extract-css.ts b/tests/e2e/tests/build/styles/extract-css.ts
index ee0c704f31..c527232932 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/tests/build/styles/extract-css.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/tests/build/styles/extract-css.ts
@@ -6,9 +6,15 @@ import {
 import { ng } from '../../../utils/process';
 import { updateJsonFile } from '../../../utils/project';
 import { expectToFail } from '../../../utils/utils';
+import { getGlobalVariable } from '../../../utils/env';
 import { oneLineTrim } from 'common-tags';
 
 export default function () {
+  // Skip this in Appveyor tests.
+  if (getGlobalVariable('argv').appveyor) {
+    return Promise.resolve();
+  }
+
   return Promise.resolve()
     .then(() => writeMultipleFiles({
       'src/string-style.css': '.string-style { color: red }',
diff --git a/tests/e2e/tests/build/styles/postcss.ts b/tests/e2e/tests/build/styles/postcss.ts
index 14636a95c7..08600f69d6 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/tests/build/styles/postcss.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/tests/build/styles/postcss.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
 import * as glob from 'glob';
 import { writeFile, expectFileToMatch } from '../../../utils/fs';
 import { ng } from '../../../utils/process';
+import { getGlobalVariable } from '../../../utils/env';
 import { stripIndents } from 'common-tags';
 
 export default function () {
+  // Skip this in Appveyor tests.
+  if (getGlobalVariable('argv').appveyor) {
+    return Promise.resolve();
+  }
+
   return writeFile('src/styles.css', stripIndents`
       /* normal-comment */
       /*! important-comment */
diff --git a/tests/e2e/tests/commands/new/new-routing.ts b/tests/e2e/tests/commands/new/new-routing.ts
index 1726abad6c..953aa16190 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/tests/commands/new/new-routing.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/tests/commands/new/new-routing.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
 import {ng} from '../../../utils/process';
 import {createProject} from '../../../utils/project';
+import { getGlobalVariable } from '../../../utils/env';
 
 
 export default function() {
+  // Skip this in Appveyor tests.
+  if (getGlobalVariable('argv').appveyor) {
+    return Promise.resolve();
+  }
+
   return Promise.resolve()
     .then(() => createProject('routing-project', '--routing'))
 
diff --git a/tests/e2e/tests/commands/new/new-skip-commit.ts b/tests/e2e/tests/commands/new/new-skip-commit.ts
index 95a4328f21..c57e34b67f 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/tests/commands/new/new-skip-commit.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/tests/commands/new/new-skip-commit.ts
@@ -2,9 +2,15 @@ import {ng} from '../../../utils/process';
 import {createProject} from '../../../utils/project';
 import {expectToFail} from '../../../utils/utils';
 import {expectGitToBeClean} from '../../../utils/git';
+import {getGlobalVariable} from '../../../utils/env';
 
 
 export default function() {
+  // Skip this in Appveyor tests.
+  if (getGlobalVariable('argv').appveyor) {
+    return Promise.resolve();
+  }
+
   return Promise.resolve()
     .then(() => createProject('new-project', '--skip-commit'))
     .then(() => expectToFail(() => expectGitToBeClean()))
diff --git a/tests/e2e/tests/commands/new/new-skip-tests.ts b/tests/e2e/tests/commands/new/new-skip-tests.ts
index 95dde0a38e..62c5328b85 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/tests/commands/new/new-skip-tests.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/tests/commands/new/new-skip-tests.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
 import {createProject} from '../../../utils/project';
 import {expectFileNotToExist} from '../../../utils/fs';
+import {getGlobalVariable} from '../../../utils/env';
 
 
 export default function() {
+  // Skip this in Appveyor tests.
+  if (getGlobalVariable('argv').appveyor) {
+    return Promise.resolve();
+  }
+
   return Promise.resolve()
     .then(() => createProject('new-project-skip-tests', '--skip-tests'))
     .then(() => expectFileNotToExist('src/app/app.component.spec.ts'));
diff --git a/tests/e2e/tests/lint/lint-no-config-section.ts b/tests/e2e/tests/lint/lint-no-config-section.ts
index d2bfc1e499..79378681ca 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/tests/lint/lint-no-config-section.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/tests/lint/lint-no-config-section.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 import { ng } from '../../utils/process';
+import { getGlobalVariable } from '../../utils/env';
 import { oneLine } from 'common-tags';
 
 export default function () {
+  // Skip this in Appveyor tests.
+  if (getGlobalVariable('argv').appveyor) {
+    return Promise.resolve();
+  }
+
   return Promise.resolve()
     .then(() => ng('set', 'lint', '[]'))
     .then(() => ng('lint'))
diff --git a/tests/e2e/tests/lint/lint-no-project.ts b/tests/e2e/tests/lint/lint-no-project.ts
index d558a76c8d..9e374ef040 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/tests/lint/lint-no-project.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/tests/lint/lint-no-project.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
 import { ng } from '../../utils/process';
 import { writeFile } from '../../utils/fs';
 import { expectToFail } from '../../utils/utils';
+import { getGlobalVariable } from '../../utils/env';
 import { oneLine } from 'common-tags';
 
 export default function () {
+  // Skip this in Appveyor tests.
+  if (getGlobalVariable('argv').appveyor) {
+    return Promise.resolve();
+  }
+
   return Promise.resolve()
     .then(() => ng('set', 'lint.0.project', ''))
     .then(() => ng('lint', '--type-check'))
diff --git a/tests/e2e/tests/lint/lint-with-exclude.ts b/tests/e2e/tests/lint/lint-with-exclude.ts
index bcf193acc6..be792e2e95 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/tests/lint/lint-with-exclude.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/tests/lint/lint-with-exclude.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
 import { ng } from '../../utils/process';
 import { writeFile } from '../../utils/fs';
+import { getGlobalVariable } from '../../utils/env';
 import { oneLine } from 'common-tags';
 
 export default function () {
+  // Skip this in Appveyor tests.
+  if (getGlobalVariable('argv').appveyor) {
+    return Promise.resolve();
+  }
+
   const fileName = 'src/app/foo.ts';
 
   return Promise.resolve()
diff --git a/tests/e2e/tests/lint/lint-with-force.ts b/tests/e2e/tests/lint/lint-with-force.ts
index 1f40b16a23..ac3f2975e6 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/tests/lint/lint-with-force.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/tests/lint/lint-with-force.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
 import { ng } from '../../utils/process';
 import { writeFile } from '../../utils/fs';
+import { getGlobalVariable } from '../../utils/env';
 import { oneLine } from 'common-tags';
 
 export default function () {
+  // Skip this in Appveyor tests.
+  if (getGlobalVariable('argv').appveyor) {
+    return Promise.resolve();
+  }
+
   const fileName = 'src/app/foo.ts';
 
   return Promise.resolve()
diff --git a/tests/e2e/tests/lint/lint-with-format.ts b/tests/e2e/tests/lint/lint-with-format.ts
index 50ee8b5454..ed21f1ae87 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/tests/lint/lint-with-format.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/tests/lint/lint-with-format.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
 import { ng } from '../../utils/process';
 import { writeFile } from '../../utils/fs';
+import { getGlobalVariable } from '../../utils/env';
 import { oneLine } from 'common-tags';
 
 export default function () {
+  // Skip this in Appveyor tests.
+  if (getGlobalVariable('argv').appveyor) {
+    return Promise.resolve();
+  }
+
   const fileName = 'src/app/foo.ts';
 
   return Promise.resolve()
diff --git a/tests/e2e/tests/lint/lint-with-nested-configs.ts b/tests/e2e/tests/lint/lint-with-nested-configs.ts
index 244cd82922..d0580fa8f1 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/tests/lint/lint-with-nested-configs.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/tests/lint/lint-with-nested-configs.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
 import { createDir, writeFile } from '../../utils/fs';
 import { ng } from '../../utils/process';
 import { expectToFail } from '../../utils/utils';
+import { getGlobalVariable } from '../../utils/env';
 
 export default function () {
+  // Skip this in Appveyor tests.
+  if (getGlobalVariable('argv').appveyor) {
+    return Promise.resolve();
+  }
+
   const fileName = 'src/app/foo/foo.ts';
   const nestedConfigContent = `
   {
diff --git a/tests/e2e/tests/lint/lint-with-type-check-fail.ts b/tests/e2e/tests/lint/lint-with-type-check-fail.ts
index 70c79433a5..ce8437d018 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/tests/lint/lint-with-type-check-fail.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/tests/lint/lint-with-type-check-fail.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
 import { ng } from '../../utils/process';
 import { expectToFail } from '../../utils/utils';
 import { writeFile } from '../../utils/fs';
+import { getGlobalVariable } from '../../utils/env';
 
 export default function () {
+  // Skip this in Appveyor tests.
+  if (getGlobalVariable('argv').appveyor) {
+    return Promise.resolve();
+  }
+
   const fileName = 'src/app/foo.ts';
   const fileContents = `
 const ANIMATION_CSS_VALUE_REGEX = 'asda';
diff --git a/tests/e2e/tests/lint/lint-with-type-check.ts b/tests/e2e/tests/lint/lint-with-type-check.ts
index 7e020a5228..59b8642cf6 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/tests/lint/lint-with-type-check.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/tests/lint/lint-with-type-check.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 import { ng } from '../../utils/process';
 import { writeFile } from '../../utils/fs';
+import { getGlobalVariable } from '../../utils/env';
 
 export default function () {
+  // Skip this in Appveyor tests.
+  if (getGlobalVariable('argv').appveyor) {
+    return Promise.resolve();
+  }
+
   const fileName = 'src/app/foo.ts';
   const fileContents = `
 const ANIMATION_CSS_VALUE_REGEX = 'asda';
diff --git a/tests/e2e/tests/misc/coverage.ts b/tests/e2e/tests/misc/coverage.ts
index f7e008b550..280a5cca84 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/tests/misc/coverage.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/tests/misc/coverage.ts
@@ -2,9 +2,15 @@ import {expectFileToExist, expectFileToMatch} from '../../utils/fs';
 import {updateJsonFile} from '../../utils/project';
 import {expectToFail} from '../../utils/utils';
 import {ng} from '../../utils/process';
+import {getGlobalVariable} from '../../utils/env';
 
 
 export default function () {
+  // Skip this in Appveyor tests.
+  if (getGlobalVariable('argv').appveyor) {
+    return Promise.resolve();
+  }
+
   return ng('test', '--single-run', '--code-coverage')
     .then(() => expectFileToExist('coverage/src/app'))
     .then(() => expectFileToExist('coverage/lcov.info'))
diff --git a/tests/e2e/tests/misc/default-port.ts b/tests/e2e/tests/misc/default-port.ts
index 8ab525c455..a010173f29 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/tests/misc/default-port.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/tests/misc/default-port.ts
@@ -2,8 +2,14 @@ import { request } from '../../utils/http';
 import { killAllProcesses } from '../../utils/process';
 import { ngServe } from '../../utils/project';
 import { updateJsonFile } from '../../utils/project';
+import { getGlobalVariable } from '../../utils/env';
 
 export default function() {
+  // Skip this in Appveyor tests.
+  if (getGlobalVariable('argv').appveyor) {
+    return Promise.resolve();
+  }
+
   return Promise.resolve()
     .then(() => updateJsonFile('.angular-cli.json', configJson => {
       const app = configJson.defaults;
diff --git a/tests/e2e/tests/misc/deploy-url.ts b/tests/e2e/tests/misc/deploy-url.ts
index adb32fef9a..ed3d28c48f 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/tests/misc/deploy-url.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/tests/misc/deploy-url.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
 import { killAllProcesses } from '../../utils/process';
 import { request } from '../../utils/http';
 import { ngServe } from '../../utils/project';
+import { getGlobalVariable } from '../../utils/env';
 
 export default function () {
+  // Skip this in Appveyor tests.
+  if (getGlobalVariable('argv').appveyor) {
+    return Promise.resolve();
+  }
+
   return Promise.resolve()
     // check when setup through command line arguments
     .then(() => ngServe('--deploy-url', '/deployurl/', '--base-href', '/deployurl/'))
diff --git a/tests/e2e/tests/misc/different-file-format.ts b/tests/e2e/tests/misc/different-file-format.ts
index 9f1abbb7ea..df2fe4ff42 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/tests/misc/different-file-format.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/tests/misc/different-file-format.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import {ng} from '../../utils/process';
 import * as fs from '../../utils/fs';
+import {getGlobalVariable} from '../../utils/env';
 
 
 const options = {
@@ -8,6 +9,11 @@ const options = {
 
 
 export default function() {
+  // Skip this in Appveyor tests.
+  if (getGlobalVariable('argv').appveyor) {
+    return Promise.resolve();
+  }
+
   return Promise.resolve()
     .then(() => fs.prependToFile('./src/tsconfig.app.json', '\ufeff', options))
     .then(() => fs.prependToFile('./.angular-cli.json', '\ufeff', options))
diff --git a/tests/e2e/tests/misc/fallback.ts b/tests/e2e/tests/misc/fallback.ts
index 6c3cefe868..c3cf7067aa 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/tests/misc/fallback.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/tests/misc/fallback.ts
@@ -3,9 +3,15 @@ import { killAllProcesses } from '../../utils/process';
 import { ngServe } from '../../utils/project';
 import { updateJsonFile } from '../../utils/project';
 import { moveFile } from '../../utils/fs';
+import { getGlobalVariable } from '../../utils/env';
 
 
 export default function () {
+  // Skip this in Appveyor tests.
+  if (getGlobalVariable('argv').appveyor) {
+    return Promise.resolve();
+  }
+
   // should fallback to config.app[0].index (index.html by default)
   return Promise.resolve()
     .then(() => ngServe())
diff --git a/tests/e2e/tests/misc/ssl-default-config.ts b/tests/e2e/tests/misc/ssl-default-config.ts
index 6dc287a1dd..c87641a54d 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/tests/misc/ssl-default-config.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/tests/misc/ssl-default-config.ts
@@ -2,13 +2,19 @@ import { request } from '../../utils/http';
 import { killAllProcesses } from '../../utils/process';
 import { ngServe } from '../../utils/project';
 import { updateJsonFile } from '../../utils/project';
+import { getGlobalVariable } from '../../utils/env';
 
 export default function() {
+  // Skip this in Appveyor tests.
+  if (getGlobalVariable('argv').appveyor) {
+    return Promise.resolve();
+  }
+
   return Promise.resolve()
     .then(() => updateJsonFile('.angular-cli.json', configJson => {
       const app = configJson.defaults;
       app.serve = { ssl: true };
-    }))  
+    }))
     .then(() => ngServe())
     .then(() => request('https://localhost:4200/'))
     .then(body => {
diff --git a/tests/e2e/tests/misc/ssl-default.ts b/tests/e2e/tests/misc/ssl-default.ts
index 80c3952b16..5f32001067 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/tests/misc/ssl-default.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/tests/misc/ssl-default.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
 import { request } from '../../utils/http';
 import { killAllProcesses } from '../../utils/process';
 import { ngServe } from '../../utils/project';
+import { getGlobalVariable } from '../../utils/env';
 
 
 export default function() {
+  // Skip this in Appveyor tests.
+  if (getGlobalVariable('argv').appveyor) {
+    return Promise.resolve();
+  }
+
   return Promise.resolve()
     .then(() => ngServe('--ssl', 'true'))
     .then(() => request('https://localhost:4200/'))
diff --git a/tests/e2e/tests/misc/ssl-with-cert-config.ts b/tests/e2e/tests/misc/ssl-with-cert-config.ts
index 605c987269..50e03f2485 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/tests/misc/ssl-with-cert-config.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/tests/misc/ssl-with-cert-config.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,14 @@ import { assetDir } from '../../utils/assets';
 import { killAllProcesses } from '../../utils/process';
 import { ngServe } from '../../utils/project';
 import { updateJsonFile } from '../../utils/project';
+import { getGlobalVariable } from '../../utils/env';
 
 export default function() {
+  // Skip this in Appveyor tests.
+  if (getGlobalVariable('argv').appveyor) {
+    return Promise.resolve();
+  }
+
   return Promise.resolve()
     .then(() => updateJsonFile('.angular-cli.json', configJson => {
       const app = configJson.defaults;
@@ -13,7 +19,7 @@ export default function() {
         sslKey: assetDir('ssl/server.key'),
         sslCert: assetDir('ssl/server.crt')
       };
-    }))      
+    }))
     .then(() => ngServe())
     .then(() => request('https://localhost:4200/'))
     .then(body => {
diff --git a/tests/e2e/tests/misc/ssl-with-cert.ts b/tests/e2e/tests/misc/ssl-with-cert.ts
index e15aaed9d2..de2e0c90ca 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/tests/misc/ssl-with-cert.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/tests/misc/ssl-with-cert.ts
@@ -2,9 +2,15 @@ import { request } from '../../utils/http';
 import { assetDir } from '../../utils/assets';
 import { killAllProcesses } from '../../utils/process';
 import { ngServe } from '../../utils/project';
+import { getGlobalVariable } from '../../utils/env';
 
 
 export default function() {
+  // Skip this in Appveyor tests.
+  if (getGlobalVariable('argv').appveyor) {
+    return Promise.resolve();
+  }
+
   return Promise.resolve()
     .then(() => ngServe(
       '--ssl', 'true',
diff --git a/tests/e2e/tests/test/e2e-baseurl.ts b/tests/e2e/tests/test/e2e-baseurl.ts
index f7d0f32f91..8a70d4ef61 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/tests/test/e2e-baseurl.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/tests/test/e2e-baseurl.ts
@@ -2,8 +2,14 @@ import { ng, killAllProcesses } from '../../utils/process';
 import { expectToFail } from '../../utils/utils';
 import { ngServe } from '../../utils/project';
 import { updateJsonFile } from '../../utils/project';
+import { getGlobalVariable } from '../../utils/env';
 
 export default function () {
+  // Skip this in Appveyor tests.
+  if (getGlobalVariable('argv').appveyor) {
+    return Promise.resolve();
+  }
+
   return Promise.resolve()
     .then(() => expectToFail(() => ng('e2e', '--no-serve')))
     .then(() => updateJsonFile('.angular-cli.json', configJson => {
diff --git a/tests/e2e/tests/test/test-assets.ts b/tests/e2e/tests/test/test-assets.ts
index 12d247aad6..adf3ee2732 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/tests/test/test-assets.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/tests/test/test-assets.ts
@@ -2,10 +2,16 @@ import { writeMultipleFiles } from '../../utils/fs';
 import { ng } from '../../utils/process';
 import { updateJsonFile } from '../../utils/project';
 import { expectToFail } from '../../utils/utils';
+import { getGlobalVariable } from '../../utils/env';
 import { stripIndent } from 'common-tags';
 
 // Make sure asset files are served
 export default function () {
+  // Skip this in Appveyor tests.
+  if (getGlobalVariable('argv').appveyor) {
+    return Promise.resolve();
+  }
+
   return Promise.resolve()
     .then(() => writeMultipleFiles({
       'src/assets/file.txt': 'assets-folder-content',
diff --git a/tests/e2e/tests/test/test-backwards-compat.ts b/tests/e2e/tests/test/test-backwards-compat.ts
index 3cd2ecc0cf..067f19b9c3 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/tests/test/test-backwards-compat.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/tests/test/test-backwards-compat.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 import { ng } from '../../utils/process';
 import { replaceInFile } from '../../utils/fs';
+import { getGlobalVariable } from '../../utils/env';
 
 export default function () {
+  // Skip this in Appveyor tests.
+  if (getGlobalVariable('argv').appveyor) {
+    return Promise.resolve();
+  }
+
   // Old configs (with the cli preprocessor listed) should still supported.
   return Promise.resolve()
     .then(() => replaceInFile('karma.conf.js',
diff --git a/tests/e2e/tests/test/test-scripts.ts b/tests/e2e/tests/test/test-scripts.ts
index f3ee3993f0..4ca07efd65 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/tests/test/test-scripts.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/tests/test/test-scripts.ts
@@ -2,9 +2,15 @@ import { writeMultipleFiles } from '../../utils/fs';
 import { ng } from '../../utils/process';
 import { updateJsonFile } from '../../utils/project';
 import { expectToFail } from '../../utils/utils';
+import { getGlobalVariable } from '../../utils/env';
 import { stripIndent } from 'common-tags';
 
 export default function () {
+  // Skip this in Appveyor tests.
+  if (getGlobalVariable('argv').appveyor) {
+    return Promise.resolve();
+  }
+
   return Promise.resolve()
     .then(() => ng('test', '--watch=false'))
     // prepare global scripts test files
@@ -30,8 +36,8 @@ export default function () {
 
         describe('AppComponent', () => {
           beforeEach(async(() => {
-            TestBed.configureTestingModule({ 
-              declarations: [ AppComponent ] 
+            TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+              declarations: [ AppComponent ]
             }).compileComponents();
           }));
 
diff --git a/tests/e2e_runner.ts b/tests/e2e_runner.ts
index 5e9bb14d2e..7fa9ff8444 100644
--- a/tests/e2e_runner.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e_runner.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Error.stackTraceLimit = Infinity;
  * If unnamed flags are passed in, the list of tests will be filtered to include only those passed.
  */
 const argv = minimist(process.argv.slice(2), {
-  'boolean': ['debug', 'nolink', 'nightly', 'noproject', 'verbose', 'eject'],
+  'boolean': ['debug', 'nolink', 'nightly', 'noproject', 'verbose', 'eject', 'appveyor'],
   'string': ['glob', 'ignore', 'reuse', 'ng-sha', ]
 });