diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e310a1e3..358d07a3 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -350,6 +350,12 @@ if (NANO_GUI OR RAIBLOCKS_GUI)
 
 	if (WIN32)
 		target_link_libraries (nano_wallet Qt5::WinExtras)
+		# nano_wallet.com executable for Windows console
+		add_executable(nano_wallet_com
+			nano/nano_wallet/entry_com.cpp)
+		target_link_libraries (nano_wallet_com
+			node)
+		set_target_properties (nano_wallet_com PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS "-DBOOST_ASIO_HAS_STD_ARRAY=1" OUTPUT_NAME "nano_wallet" SUFFIX ".com")
 	endif()
 
 	add_executable (qt_system
@@ -399,6 +405,7 @@ if (NANO_GUI OR RAIBLOCKS_GUI)
 		get_target_property (Qt5WindowsPlugin Qt5::QWindowsIntegrationPlugin LOCATION)
 		get_filename_component (Qt5_bin_DIR ${Qt5_DIR}/../../../bin ABSOLUTE)
 		install (TARGETS nano_wallet DESTINATION .)
+		install (TARGETS nano_wallet_com DESTINATION .)
 		install (FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${WIN_REDIST} DESTINATION .)
 		install (FILES ${Qt5_bin_DIR}/libGLESv2.dll DESTINATION .)
 		install (FILES ${Qt5_bin_DIR}/Qt5Core.dll DESTINATION .)
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 2f1987c3..1ea9acd1 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ install:
 
 
 
-- ps: Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://download.microsoft.com/download/5/7/b/57b2947c-7221-4f33-b35e-2fc78cb10df4/vc_redist.x64.exe -OutFile .\vc_redist.x64.exe
+- ps: Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://aka.ms/vs/15/release/vc_redist.x64.exe -OutFile .\vc_redist.x64.exe
 build:
   project: INSTALL.vcxproj
   parallel: true
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ after_build:
 - cmd: >-
     cpack -NSIS --verbose
 
-    7z a nano.zip %APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER%\Release\*.exe
+    7z a nano.zip %APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER%\Release\*.exe %APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER%\Release\*.com
 artifacts:
 - path: nano.zip
   name: nano_release_%network%
diff --git a/nano/nano_wallet/entry_com.cpp b/nano/nano_wallet/entry_com.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..60777ffe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nano/nano_wallet/entry_com.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+#include <nano/lib/errors.hpp>
+#include <nano/lib/utility.hpp>
+#include <nano/node/cli.hpp>
+#include <nano/node/rpc.hpp>
+#include <nano/node/working.hpp>
+
+#include <boost/make_shared.hpp>
+#include <boost/program_options.hpp>
+
+int main (int argc, char * const * argv)
+{
+	nano::set_umask ();
+	try
+	{
+		boost::program_options::options_description description ("Command line options");
+		description.add_options () ("help", "Print out options");
+		nano::add_node_options (description);
+		boost::program_options::variables_map vm;
+		boost::program_options::store (boost::program_options::command_line_parser (argc, argv).options (description).allow_unregistered ().run (), vm);
+		boost::program_options::notify (vm);
+		int result (0);
+
+		if (!vm.count ("data_path"))
+		{
+			std::string error_string;
+			if (!nano::migrate_working_path (error_string))
+			{
+				throw std::runtime_error (error_string);
+			}
+		}
+
+		auto ec = nano::handle_node_options (vm);
+		if (ec == nano::error_cli::unknown_command && vm.count ("help") != 0)
+		{
+			std::cout << description << std::endl;
+		}
+		return result;
+	}
+	catch (std::exception const & e)
+	{
+		std::cerr << boost::str (boost::format ("Exception while initializing %1%") % e.what ());
+	}
+	catch (...)
+	{
+		std::cerr << boost::str (boost::format ("Unknown exception while initializing"));
+	}
+	return 1;
+}