diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index df039102c44..4885986e271 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 # Change Log
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+## 0.0.116 — 2017-02-28
+* Fix `cargo clippy` on 64 bit windows systems
+
 ## 0.0.115 — 2017-02-27
 * Rustup to *rustc 1.17.0-nightly (60a0edc6c 2017-02-26)*
 * New lints: [`zero_ptr`], [`never_loop`], [`mut_from_ref`]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5fe74d4f663..c71287b0ea8 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "clippy"
-version = "0.0.115"
+version = "0.0.116"
 authors = [
 	"Manish Goregaokar <manishsmail@gmail.com>",
 	"Andre Bogus <bogusandre@gmail.com>",
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ test = false
 
 [dependencies]
 # begin automatic update
-clippy_lints = { version = "0.0.115", path = "clippy_lints" }
+clippy_lints = { version = "0.0.116", path = "clippy_lints" }
 # end automatic update
 cargo_metadata = "0.1.1"
 
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 74b659b0b0f..d83d3478c32 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -4,10 +4,8 @@ environment:
     matrix:
         - TARGET: i686-pc-windows-gnu
           MSYS2_BITS: 32
-          RUN_CARGO_CLIPPY: true
         - TARGET: i686-pc-windows-msvc
           MSYS2_BITS: 32
-          RUN_CARGO_CLIPPY: true
         - TARGET: x86_64-pc-windows-gnu
           MSYS2_BITS: 64
         - TARGET: x86_64-pc-windows-msvc
@@ -29,7 +27,7 @@ test_script:
     - cargo test --features debugging
     - copy target\debug\cargo-clippy.exe C:\Users\appveyor\.cargo\bin\
     - cargo clippy -- -D clippy
-    - if defined RUN_CARGO_CLIPPY cd clippy_lints && cargo clippy -- -D clippy && cd ..
+    - cd clippy_lints && cargo clippy -- -D clippy && cd ..
 
 notifications:
     - provider: Email
diff --git a/clippy_lints/Cargo.toml b/clippy_lints/Cargo.toml
index 7b545993b65..4c68b94a6fc 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/Cargo.toml
+++ b/clippy_lints/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "clippy_lints"
 # begin automatic update
-version = "0.0.115"
+version = "0.0.116"
 # end automatic update
 authors = [
 	"Manish Goregaokar <manishsmail@gmail.com>",
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 9d67ba3958a..12dd5d1f695 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -244,30 +244,32 @@ pub fn main() {
                 .expect("need to specify SYSROOT env var during clippy compilation, or use rustup or multirust")
         };
 
-        // this conditional check for the --sysroot flag is there so users can call `cargo-clippy` directly
-        // without having to pass --sysroot or anything
-        let mut args: Vec<String> = if env::args().any(|s| s == "--sysroot") {
-            env::args().collect()
-        } else {
-            env::args().chain(Some("--sysroot".to_owned())).chain(Some(sys_root)).collect()
-        };
+        rustc_driver::in_rustc_thread(|| {
+                // this conditional check for the --sysroot flag is there so users can call `cargo-clippy` directly
+                // without having to pass --sysroot or anything
+                let mut args: Vec<String> = if env::args().any(|s| s == "--sysroot") {
+                    env::args().collect()
+                } else {
+                    env::args().chain(Some("--sysroot".to_owned())).chain(Some(sys_root)).collect()
+                };
 
-        // this check ensures that dependencies are built but not linted and the final crate is
-        // linted but not built
-        let clippy_enabled = env::args().any(|s| s == "-Zno-trans");
+                // this check ensures that dependencies are built but not linted and the final crate is
+                // linted but not built
+                let clippy_enabled = env::args().any(|s| s == "-Zno-trans");
 
-        if clippy_enabled {
-            args.extend_from_slice(&["--cfg".to_owned(), r#"feature="cargo-clippy""#.to_owned()]);
-        }
+                if clippy_enabled {
+                    args.extend_from_slice(&["--cfg".to_owned(), r#"feature="cargo-clippy""#.to_owned()]);
+                }
 
-        let mut ccc = ClippyCompilerCalls::new(clippy_enabled);
-        let (result, _) = rustc_driver::run_compiler(&args, &mut ccc, None, None);
-
-        if let Err(err_count) = result {
-            if err_count > 0 {
-                std::process::exit(1);
-            }
-        }
+                let mut ccc = ClippyCompilerCalls::new(clippy_enabled);
+                let (result, _) = rustc_driver::run_compiler(&args, &mut ccc, None, None);
+                if let Err(err_count) = result {
+                    if err_count > 0 {
+                        std::process::exit(1);
+                    }
+                }
+            })
+            .expect("rustc_thread failed");
     }
 }