diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0044112bb..eb2ae5d19 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -56,10 +56,12 @@ spelling:
 # Builds minio, runs the verifiers then runs the tests.
 check: test
 test: verifiers build
-	@echo "Running all minio testing"
+	@echo "Running unit tests"
 	@go test $(GOFLAGS) .
 	@go test $(GOFLAGS) github.com/minio/minio/cmd...
 	@go test $(GOFLAGS) github.com/minio/minio/pkg...
+	@echo "Verifying build"
+	@(env bash $(PWD)/buildscripts/verify-build.sh)
 
 coverage: build
 	@echo "Running all coverage for minio"
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 3dd13af1d..60e6c898e 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -11,13 +11,12 @@ clone_folder: c:\gopath\src\github.com\minio\minio
 
 # Environment variables
 environment:
-  GOVERSION: 1.8.3
   GOPATH: c:\gopath
   GOROOT: c:\go18
 
 # scripts that run after cloning repository
 install:
-  - set PATH=%GOPATH%\bin;c:\go18\bin;%PATH%
+  - set PATH=%GOPATH%\bin;%GOROOT%\bin;%PATH%
   - go version
   - go env
   - python --version
diff --git a/buildscripts/verify-build.sh b/buildscripts/verify-build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..13d938045
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildscripts/verify-build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,272 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Minio Cloud Storage, (C) 2017 Minio, Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+WORK_DIR="$PWD/verify-$RANDOM"
+MINIO_CONFIG_DIR="$WORK_DIR/.minio"
+MC_CONFIG_DIR="$WORK_DIR/.mc"
+SERVER_ALIAS="myminio"
+ACCESS_KEY="minio"
+SECRET_KEY="minio123"
+BUCKET_NAME="mc-test-bucket-$RANDOM"
+MINIO="$PWD/minio"
+MC_CMD="$WORK_DIR/mc"
+FILE_1_MB="$WORK_DIR/datafile-1-MB"
+FILE_65_MB="$WORK_DIR/datafile-65-MB"
+
+function create_minio_config()
+{
+    ## version is purposefully set to '3' for minio to migrate configuration file
+    echo '{"version": "3", "credential": {"accessKey": "minio", "secretKey": "minio123"}, "region": "us-east-1"}' > "$MINIO_CONFIG_DIR/config.json"
+}
+
+function assert_run_mc_command()
+{
+    outfile="$WORK_DIR/cmd.out.$RANDOM"
+
+    rv=0
+    if ! "${MC_CMD}" --config-folder "$MC_CONFIG_DIR" --quiet --no-color "$@" >"$outfile" 2>&1; then
+        echo "failed to run command: ${MC_CMD}" "$@"
+        cat "$outfile"
+        rv=1
+    fi
+
+    rm -f "$outfile"
+
+    if [ "$rv" -ne 0 ]; then
+        exit 1
+    fi
+}
+
+function assert_download_mc()
+{
+    if ! wget -q -O "${MC_CMD}" https://dl.minio.io/client/mc/release/linux-amd64/mc; then
+        echo "failed to download 'mc'"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
+    chmod a+x "${MC_CMD}"
+    assert_run_mc_command config host add "${SERVER_ALIAS}" http://127.0.0.1:9000 minio minio123
+}
+
+function start_minio_fs()
+{
+    "$MINIO" --config-dir "$MINIO_CONFIG_DIR" server "${WORK_DIR}/fs-disk" >"$WORK_DIR/fs-minio.log" 2>&1 &
+    minio_pid=$!
+    sleep 3
+
+    echo "$minio_pid"
+}
+
+function start_minio_xl()
+{
+    "$MINIO" --config-dir "$MINIO_CONFIG_DIR" server "${WORK_DIR}/xl-disk1" "${WORK_DIR}/xl-disk2" "${WORK_DIR}/xl-disk3" "${WORK_DIR}/xl-disk4" >"$WORK_DIR/xl-minio.log" 2>&1 &
+    minio_pid=$!
+    sleep 3
+
+    echo "$minio_pid"
+}
+
+function start_minio_dist()
+{
+    declare -a minio_pids
+    "$MINIO" --config-dir "$MINIO_CONFIG_DIR" server --address=:9000 "http://127.0.0.1:9000${WORK_DIR}/dist-disk1" "http://127.0.0.1:9001${WORK_DIR}/dist-disk2" "http://127.0.0.1:9002${WORK_DIR}/dist-disk3" "http://127.0.0.1:9003${WORK_DIR}/dist-disk4" >"$WORK_DIR/dist-minio-9000.log" 2>&1 &
+    minio_pids[0]=$!
+    "$MINIO" --config-dir "$MINIO_CONFIG_DIR" server --address=:9001 "http://127.0.0.1:9000${WORK_DIR}/dist-disk1" "http://127.0.0.1:9001${WORK_DIR}/dist-disk2" "http://127.0.0.1:9002${WORK_DIR}/dist-disk3" "http://127.0.0.1:9003${WORK_DIR}/dist-disk4" >"$WORK_DIR/dist-minio-9001.log" 2>&1 &
+    minio_pids[1]=$!
+    "$MINIO" --config-dir "$MINIO_CONFIG_DIR" server --address=:9002 "http://127.0.0.1:9000${WORK_DIR}/dist-disk1" "http://127.0.0.1:9001${WORK_DIR}/dist-disk2" "http://127.0.0.1:9002${WORK_DIR}/dist-disk3" "http://127.0.0.1:9003${WORK_DIR}/dist-disk4" >"$WORK_DIR/dist-minio-9002.log" 2>&1 &
+    minio_pids[2]=$!
+    "$MINIO" --config-dir "$MINIO_CONFIG_DIR" server --address=:9003 "http://127.0.0.1:9000${WORK_DIR}/dist-disk1" "http://127.0.0.1:9001${WORK_DIR}/dist-disk2" "http://127.0.0.1:9002${WORK_DIR}/dist-disk3" "http://127.0.0.1:9003${WORK_DIR}/dist-disk4" >"$WORK_DIR/dist-minio-9003.log" 2>&1 &
+    minio_pids[3]=$!
+
+    sleep 30
+    echo "${minio_pids[@]}"
+}
+
+function test_make_bucket()
+{
+    bucket_name="mc-test-bucket-$RANDOM"
+    assert_run_mc_command mb "${SERVER_ALIAS}/${bucket_name}"
+    assert_run_mc_command rm "${SERVER_ALIAS}/${bucket_name}"
+}
+
+function setup()
+{
+    assert_run_mc_command mb "${SERVER_ALIAS}/${BUCKET_NAME}"
+}
+
+function teardown()
+{
+    assert_run_mc_command rm --force --recursive "${SERVER_ALIAS}/${BUCKET_NAME}"
+}
+
+function test_put_object()
+{
+    object_name="mc-test-object-$RANDOM"
+    assert_run_mc_command cp "${FILE_1_MB}" "${SERVER_ALIAS}/${BUCKET_NAME}/${object_name}"
+    assert_run_mc_command rm "${SERVER_ALIAS}/${BUCKET_NAME}/${object_name}"
+}
+
+function test_put_object_multipart()
+{
+    object_name="mc-test-object-$RANDOM"
+    assert_run_mc_command cp "${FILE_65_MB}" "${SERVER_ALIAS}/${BUCKET_NAME}/${object_name}"
+    assert_run_mc_command rm "${SERVER_ALIAS}/${BUCKET_NAME}/${object_name}"
+}
+
+function test_get_object()
+{
+    object_name="mc-test-object-$RANDOM"
+    assert_run_mc_command cp "${FILE_1_MB}" "${SERVER_ALIAS}/${BUCKET_NAME}/${object_name}"
+    assert_run_mc_command cp "${SERVER_ALIAS}/${BUCKET_NAME}/${object_name}" "${object_name}.downloaded"
+    assert_run_mc_command rm "${object_name}.downloaded" "${SERVER_ALIAS}/${BUCKET_NAME}/${object_name}"
+}
+
+function test_get_object_multipart()
+{
+    object_name="mc-test-object-$RANDOM"
+    assert_run_mc_command cp "${FILE_65_MB}" "${SERVER_ALIAS}/${BUCKET_NAME}/${object_name}"
+    assert_run_mc_command cp "${SERVER_ALIAS}/${BUCKET_NAME}/${object_name}" "${object_name}.downloaded"
+    assert_run_mc_command rm "${object_name}.downloaded" "${SERVER_ALIAS}/${BUCKET_NAME}/${object_name}"
+}
+
+function run_test()
+{
+    test_make_bucket
+
+    setup
+
+    test_put_object
+    test_put_object_multipart
+    test_get_object
+    test_get_object_multipart
+
+    teardown
+}
+
+function run_test_fs()
+{
+    minio_pid="$(start_minio_fs)"
+
+    ( run_test )
+    rv=$?
+
+    kill "$minio_pid"
+    sleep 3
+
+    if [ "$rv" -ne 0 ]; then
+        cat fs-minio.log
+    fi
+    rm -f fs-minio.log
+
+    return "$rv"
+}
+
+function run_test_xl()
+{
+    minio_pid="$(start_minio_xl)"
+
+    ( run_test )
+    rv=$?
+
+    kill "$minio_pid"
+    sleep 3
+
+    if [ "$rv" -ne 0 ]; then
+        cat xl-minio.log
+    fi
+    rm -f xl-minio.log
+
+    return "$rv"
+}
+
+function run_test_dist()
+{
+    minio_pids=( $(start_minio_dist) )
+
+    ( run_test )
+    rv=$?
+
+    for pid in "${minio_pids[@]}"; do
+        kill "$pid"
+    done
+    sleep 3
+
+    if [ "$rv" -ne 0 ]; then
+        echo "server1 log:"
+        cat dist-minio-9000.log
+        echo "server2 log:"
+        cat dist-minio-9001.log
+        echo "server3 log:"
+        cat dist-minio-9002.log
+        echo "server4 log:"
+        cat dist-minio-9003.log
+    fi
+
+    rm -f dist-minio-900{0..3}.log
+
+   return "$rv"
+}
+
+function main()
+{
+    mkdir "$WORK_DIR"
+    mkdir "$MINIO_CONFIG_DIR"
+    mkdir "$MC_CONFIG_DIR"
+
+    if ! base64 /dev/urandom | head -c 1048576 >"$FILE_1_MB"; then
+        echo "unable to create 1 MiB file"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
+    if ! base64 /dev/urandom | head -c 68157440 >"$FILE_65_MB"; then
+        echo "unable to create 65 MiB file"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
+    create_minio_config
+
+    echo "downloading mc"
+    assert_download_mc
+
+    cd "$WORK_DIR"
+
+    echo "running test in FS setup"
+    if ! run_test_fs; then
+        echo "running test for FS setup failed"
+        rm -fr "$WORK_DIR"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
+    echo "running test in XL setup"
+    if ! run_test_xl; then
+        echo "running test for XL setup"
+        rm -fr "$WORK_DIR"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
+    echo "running test in Distribute XL setup"
+    if ! run_test_dist; then
+        echo "running test for Distribute setup"
+        rm -fr "$WORK_DIR"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
+    rm -fr "$WORK_DIR"
+}
+
+set -e
+main "$@"