diff --git a/.appveyor.yml b/.appveyor.yml
index f946baef8..0b4b5fb39 100644
--- a/.appveyor.yml
+++ b/.appveyor.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ cache:
 install:
 - git -C C:\Tools\vcpkg pull --quiet
 - C:\Tools\vcpkg\bootstrap-vcpkg
-- vcpkg --triplet x64-windows install ffmpeg libepoxy libpng libzip sdl2 sqlite3
+- vcpkg --triplet x64-windows --recurse install ffmpeg libepoxy libpng libzip sdl2 sqlite3
 - vcpkg --no-dry-run upgrade
 - rd /Q /S C:\Tools\vcpkg\buildtrees
 before_build: