diff --git a/R/exec.R b/R/exec.R
index a61eb539d..63cb189f4 100644
--- a/R/exec.R
+++ b/R/exec.R
@@ -42,24 +42,37 @@ path_derive_precommit_exec <- function() {
   if (path == "") {
     os <- tolower(Sys.info()[["sysname"]])
     if (os == "darwin") {
-      path <- c(
-        fs::path(fs::dir_ls(path_if_exist("~/Library/Python/")), "bin"), # pip
-        "/usr/local/bin" # homebrew
-      ) %>%
-        path_derive_precommit_exec_impl()
+      path <- path_derive_precommit_exec_macOS()
     } else if (os == "windows") {
-      # path <- path_derive_precommit_exec_impl("~/.local/bin")
+      path <- path_derive_precommit_exec_win()
     } else if (os == "linux") {
-      path <- path_derive_precommit_exec_impl(
-        "~/.local/bin" # pip: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/240037/why-did-pip-install-a-package-into-local-bin
-      )
+      path <- path_derive_precommit_exec_linux()
     }
   }
   path
 }
 
+path_derive_precommit_exec_linux <- function() {
+  path_derive_precommit_exec_impl(
+    "~/.local/bin" # pip: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/240037/why-did-pip-install-a-package-into-local-bin
+  )
+}
+
+path_derive_precommit_exec_win <- function() {
+  path_derive_precommit_exec_impl(fs::path_home("AppData/Roaming/Python/Scripts"))
+}
+
+path_derive_precommit_exec_macOS <- function() {
+  c(
+    fs::path(fs::dir_ls(path_if_exist("~/Library/Python/")), "bin"), # pip
+    "/usr/local/bin" # homebrew
+  ) %>%
+    path_derive_precommit_exec_impl()
+}
+
+
 path_derive_precommit_exec_impl <- function(candidate) {
-  assumed <- fs::path(candidate, "pre-commit")
+  assumed <- fs::path(candidate, precommit_executable())
   existant <- assumed[fs::file_exists(assumed)]
   if (length(existant) > 0) {
     existant[1]
@@ -74,7 +87,7 @@ path_derive_precommit_exec_impl <- function(candidate) {
 #' Returns `""` if no executable is found.
 #' @keywords internal
 path_derive_precommit_exec_path <- function() {
-  unname(Sys.which("pre-commit")[1])
+  unname(Sys.which(precommit_executable())[1])
 }
 
 path_derive_precommit_exec_conda <- function() {
@@ -86,10 +99,14 @@ path_derive_precommit_exec_conda <- function() {
       derived <- fs::path(
         path_reticulate,
         ifelse(is_windows(), "Scripts", ""),
-        ifelse(is_windows(), "pre-commit.exe", "pre-commit")
+        precommit_executable()
       )
       unname(ifelse(fs::file_exists(derived), derived, ""))
     },
     error = function(e) ""
   )
 }
+
+precommit_executable <- function() {
+  ifelse(is_windows(), "pre-commit.exe", "pre-commit")
+}
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 3c79731b6..359486c7d 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,11 @@ before_build: Rscript -e "tic::before_install()"
 build_script: Rscript -e "tic::install()"
 after_build: Rscript -e "tic::after_install()"
 before_test: Rscript -e "tic::before_script()"
-test_script: Rscript -e "tic::script()"
+test_script: 
+   - cmd: Rscript -e "tic::script()"
+   - cmd: "R CMD INSTALL ."
+   - cmd: pip install pre-commit --user
+   - cmd: Rscript -e "if (precommit:::path_derive_precommit_exec_win() == '') stop('Could not find pip executable.')"
 on_success: Rscript -e "try(tic::after_success(), silent = TRUE)"
 on_failure: Rscript -e "tic::after_failure()"
 before_deploy: Rscript -e "tic::before_deploy()"
@@ -45,6 +49,7 @@ environment:
   #  secure: VXO22OHLkl4YhVIomSMwCZyOTx03Xf2WICaVng9xH7gISlAg8a+qrt1DtFtk8sK5
   PYTHON: "C:\Python36"
   PYTHON_ARCH: "64"
+  PYTHON_VERSION: "3.6.0"
   USE_RTOOLS: true
 
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