diff --git a/cmake/build_mingw32.sh b/cmake/build_mingw32.sh
index f485daf9a..3ee88930d 100755
--- a/cmake/build_mingw32.sh
+++ b/cmake/build_mingw32.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ else
 	CMAKE_OPTS="$CMAKE_OPTS -DLMMS_BUILD_MSYS=1"
 fi
 
-export PATH=$PATH:$MINGW/bin
+export PATH=$MINGW/bin:$PATH
 export CFLAGS="-march=pentium3 -mtune=generic -mpreferred-stack-boundary=5 -mfpmath=sse"
 export CXXFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
 
diff --git a/cmake/build_mingw64.sh b/cmake/build_mingw64.sh
index ceb850455..da66299c5 100755
--- a/cmake/build_mingw64.sh
+++ b/cmake/build_mingw64.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ else
 	CMAKE_OPTS="$CMAKE_OPTS -DLMMS_BUILD_MSYS=1"
 fi
 
-export PATH=$PATH:$MINGW/bin
+export PATH=$MINGW/bin:$PATH
 
 if [ "$1" = "-qt5" ]; then
         QT5=True
diff --git a/cmake/msys/fetch_ppa.sh b/cmake/msys/fetch_ppa.sh
index de80e4010..17372f770 100644
--- a/cmake/msys/fetch_ppa.sh
+++ b/cmake/msys/fetch_ppa.sh
@@ -17,10 +17,20 @@ PPA_URL=$PPA_ROOT/dists/$PPA_DISTRO/main/binary-$PPA_ARCH/Packages
 ppa_dir=./ppa/
 
 temp_file=/tmp/ppa_listing_$$
+temp_temp_file=/tmp/ppa_listing_temp_$$
+
+skip_files="binutils openssl flac libgig libogg libvorbis x-bootstrap zlib"
+skip_files="$skip_files x-runtime gcc qt_4 qt5 x-stk pkgconfig" 
+skip_files="$skip_files glib2 libpng"
 
 echo "Connecting to $PPA_HOST to get list of packages..."
 wget -qO- $PPA_URL |grep "Filename:" > $temp_file
 
+for j in $skip_files ; do
+	grep -v $j $temp_file > $temp_temp_file
+	mv $temp_temp_file $temp_file
+done
+
 line_count=`wc -l $temp_file |awk '{print $1}'`
 
 echo "Found $line_count packages for download..."
diff --git a/cmake/msys/msys_helper.sh b/cmake/msys/msys_helper.sh
index f7b91dfc6..041036237 100644
--- a/cmake/msys/msys_helper.sh
+++ b/cmake/msys/msys_helper.sh
@@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ else
 fi
 
 fltkver="1.3.3"
+oggver="1.3.2"
+vorbisver="1.3.5"
+flacver="1.3.2"
+gigver="4.0.0"
+stkver="4.5.1"
 
 info "Downloading and building fltk $fltkver"
 
@@ -75,24 +80,207 @@ if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
 	pushd $HOME/fltk-$fltkver
 
 	info "  - Compiling fltk $fltkver..."
-	./configure
+	./configure --prefix=$mingw_root --enable-shared
 
 	make
 
 	info "  - Installing fltk..."
-	make install DESTDIR=$mingw_root
+	make install
 
 	if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
         	err "ERROR: Could not build/install fltk -- Zyn needs this.  Exiting."
 	fi
 	
-	ln -s $mingw_root/usr/local/bin/fluid.exe $mingw_root/bin/fluid.exe 	
+#	ln -s $mingw_root/usr/local/bin/fluid.exe $mingw_root/bin/fluid.exe 	
+	popd
 else
 	warn "  - Skipping, fluid binary already exists" 
 fi
 
-popd
+info "Downloading and building libogg $oggver"
+
+if [ ! -e $mingw_root/lib/libogg.dll.a ]; then 
+	wget http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/ogg/libogg-$oggver.tar.xz -O $HOME/libogg-source.tar.xz
+	if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+		err "ERROR: Could not download libogg.  Exiting."	
+	fi
+	tar xf $HOME/libogg-source.tar.xz -C $HOME/
+	pushd $HOME/libogg-$oggver
+
+	info "  - Compiling libogg $oggver..."
+	./configure --prefix=$mingw_root
+
+	make
+
+	info "  - Installing libogg..."
+	make install
+
+	# for some reason libgig needs this
+	./configure --prefix=/opt$mingw_root
+
+	make
+
+	info "  - Installing libogg..."
+	make install
+
+	if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+        	err "ERROR: Could not build/install fltk -- lmms needs this.  Exiting."
+	fi
+	
+	popd
+else
+	warn "  - Skipping, libogg binary already exists" 
+fi
+
+
+info "Downloading and building libvorbis $vorbisver"
+
+if [ ! -e $mingw_root/lib/libvorbis.dll.a ]; then 
+	wget http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/vorbis/libvorbis-$vorbisver.tar.xz -O $HOME/libvorbis-source.tar.xz
+	if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+		err "ERROR: Could not download libogg.  Exiting."	
+	fi
+	tar xf $HOME/libvorbis-source.tar.xz -C $HOME/
+	pushd $HOME/libvorbis-$vorbisver
+
+	info "  - Compiling libvorbis $vorbisver..."
+	./configure --prefix=$mingw_root
+
+	make
+
+	info "  - Installing libvorbis..."
+	make install
+
+	# for some reason libgig needs this
+	./configure --prefix=/opt$mingw_root
+
+	make
+
+	info "  - Installing libvorbis..."
+	make install
+
+	if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+        	err "ERROR: Could not build/install libvorbis -- lmms needs this.  Exiting."
+	fi
+	
+	popd
+else
+	warn "  - Skipping, libvorbis binary already exists" 
+fi
+
+info "Downloading and building flac $flacver"
+
+if [ ! -e $mingw_root/lib/libFLAC.dll.a ]; then 
+	wget http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/flac/flac-$flacver.tar.xz -O $HOME/flac-source.tar.xz
+	if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+		err "ERROR: Could not download flac.  Exiting."	
+	fi
+	tar xf $HOME/flac-source.tar.xz -C $HOME/
+	pushd $HOME/flac-$flacver
+
+	info "  - Compiling flac $flacver..."
+	./configure --prefix=$mingw_root
+
+	make
+
+	info "  - Installing flac..."
+	make install
+
+	# for some reason libgig needs this
+	./configure --prefix=/opt$mingw_root
+
+	make
+
+	info "  - Installing flac..."
+	make install
+
+	if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+        	err "ERROR: Could not build/install flac -- lmms needs this.  Exiting."
+	fi
+	
+	popd
+else
+	warn "  - Skipping, libvorbis flac already exists" 
+fi
+
+info "Downloading and building libgig $gigver"
+
+if [ ! -e $mingw_root/lib/libgig/libgig.dll.a ]; then 
+	wget http://download.linuxsampler.org/packages/libgig-$gigver.tar.bz2 -O $HOME/gig-source.tar.xz
+	if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+		err "ERROR: Could not download libgig.  Exiting."	
+	fi
+	tar xf $HOME/gig-source.tar.xz -C $HOME/
+	pushd $HOME/libgig-$gigver
+
+	info "  - Compiling libgig $gigver..."
+	./configure --prefix=$mingw_root
+
+	make
+
+	info "  - Installing libgig..."
+	make install
+
+	mv $mingw_root/lib/bin/libakai-0.dll $mingw_root/bin
+	mv $mingw_root/lib/bin/libgig-7.dll $mingw_root/bin
+
+	if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+        	err "ERROR: Could not build/install libgig -- gigplayer needs this.  Exiting."
+	fi
+	
+	popd
+else
+	warn "  - Skipping, libgig binary already exists" 
+fi
+
+info "Downloading and building stk $stkver"
+
+if [ ! -e $mingw_root/lib/libstk.dll ]; then 
+	wget http://ccrma.stanford.edu/software/stk/release/stk-$stkver.tar.gz -O $HOME/stk-source.tar.xz
+	if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+		err "ERROR: Could not download stk.  Exiting."
+	fi
+	tar xf $HOME/stk-source.tar.xz -C $HOME/
+	pushd $HOME/stk-$stkver
+
+	info "  - Compiling stk $stkver..."
+	./configure --prefix=$mingw_root
+
+	make
+
+	info "  - Installing stk..."
+	make install
+
+	if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+        	err "ERROR: Could not build/install stk -- mallotstk needs this.  Exiting."
+	fi
+
+	mv $mingw_root/lib/libstk.so $mingw_root/lib/libstk.dll
+	mv $mingw_root/lib/libstk-$stkver.so $mingw_root/lib/libstk-$stkver.dll
+
+	popd
+else
+	warn "  - Skipping, stk binary already exists" 
+fi
+
+# make a symlink to make cmake happy
+if [ $mingw_root = "/mingw64" ]; then
+	if [ ! -e /opt/mingw64/bin/x86_64-w64-mingw32-pkg-config ]; then 
+		ln -s /usr/bin/pkg-config /opt/mingw64/bin/x86_64-w64-mingw32-pkg-config
+	fi
+fi
+if [ $mingw_root = "/mingw32" ]; then
+
+	if [ ! -e /opt/mingw32/bin/i686-w64-mingw32-pkg-config ]; then 
+		ln -s /usr/bin/pkg-config /opt/mingw32/bin/i686-w64-mingw32-pkg-config
+	fi
+fi
 
 info "Cleaning up..."
 rm -rf $HOME/fltk-$fltkver
+rm -rf $HOME/libogg-$oggver
+rm -rf $HOME/libvorbis-$vorbisver
+rm -rf $HOME/flac-$flacver
+rm -rf $HOME/libgig-$gigver
+rm -rf $HOME/stk-$stkver
 info "Done."