diff --git a/mingw-w64-python-pywin32/001-compile-and-setup-fixes.patch b/mingw-w64-python-pywin32/001-compile-and-setup-fixes.patch
index 881c4a0ffad2a..a79a215b6473d 100644
--- a/mingw-w64-python-pywin32/001-compile-and-setup-fixes.patch
+++ b/mingw-w64-python-pywin32/001-compile-and-setup-fixes.patch
@@ -1,21 +1,31 @@
 diff -aur 000/setup.py 001/setup.py
 --- 000/setup.py	2015-04-09 21:00:48.725278100 -0300
 +++ 001/setup.py	2015-04-09 21:02:02.350399800 -0300
-@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@
- # languishing and will probably never be fixed for Python 2.6...
- if sys.version_info > (2,6):
-     from distutils.spawn import spawn
--    from distutils.msvc9compiler import MSVCCompiler
-+    from distutils.msvccompiler import MSVCCompiler
-     MSVCCompiler._orig_spawn = MSVCCompiler.spawn
-     MSVCCompiler._orig_link = MSVCCompiler.link
- 
-@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@
-     MSVCCompiler.link = monkeypatched_link
- 
- 
--sdk_dir = find_platform_sdk_dir()
-+sdk_dir = ''
+@@ -173,8 +173,8 @@
+ # to prevent the extension from loading.  For more details, see
+ # http://bugs.python.org/issue7833 (which has landed for Python 2.7 and on 3.2
+ # and later, which are all we care about currently)
+-from distutils.msvc9compiler import MSVCCompiler
++from distutils.msvc9compiler import MSVCCompiler
+ MSVCCompiler._orig_spawn = MSVCCompiler.spawn
+ MSVCCompiler._orig_link = MSVCCompiler.link
+ 
+ 
+@@ -300,16 +300,7 @@
+ MSVCCompiler.link = monkeypatched_link
+ 
+ 
+-sdk_info = find_platform_sdk_dir()
+-if not sdk_info:
+-    print()
+-    print("It looks like you are trying to build pywin32 in an environment without")
+-    print("the necessary tools installed. It's much easier to grab binaries!")
+-    print()
+-    print("Please read the docstring at the top of this file, or read README.md")
+-    print("for more information.")
+-    print()
+-    raise RuntimeError("Can't find the Windows SDK")
++sdk_info = { 'include': '', 'lib': '' }
  
  class WinExt (Extension):
      # Base class for all win32 extensions, with some predefined
@@ -64,9 +74,9 @@ diff -aur 000/setup.py 001/setup.py
 +        if self.mingw32:
 +            self.compiler.shared_lib_extension = '.dll'
 +
-         if sdk_dir:
-             self._fixup_sdk_dirs()
- 
+         self._fixup_sdk_dirs()
+
+         # Here we hack a "pywin32" directory (one of 'win32', 'win32com',
 @@ -1226,7 +1233,7 @@
              # XXX This has to be changed for mingw32
              # Get the .lib files we need.  This is limited to pywintypes,
@@ -88,7 +98,7 @@ diff -aur 000/setup.py 001/setup.py
 @@ -1652,7 +1659,7 @@
          sources = info[4].split()
      extra_compile_args = []
-     ext = WinExt_win32(name, 
+     ext = WinExt_win32(name,
 -                 libraries=lib_names,
 +                 libraries=(lib_names + ' pywintypes27'),
                   extra_compile_args = extra_compile_args,
diff --git a/mingw-w64-python-pywin32/PKGBUILD b/mingw-w64-python-pywin32/PKGBUILD
index 9831b4870357a..5b9890cfa53c5 100644
--- a/mingw-w64-python-pywin32/PKGBUILD
+++ b/mingw-w64-python-pywin32/PKGBUILD
@@ -6,25 +6,27 @@ url='https://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32'
 pkgdesc='Python for Windows Extensions (mingw-w64)'
 license=('PSF')
 arch=('any')
-pkgver=219
+pkgver=224
 pkgrel=1
-makedepends=(${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-python2 ${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-python3 rsync)
+makedepends=(${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-python2 ${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-python2-setuptools
+             ${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-python3 ${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-python3-setuptools
+	     rsync)
 pkgbase=mingw-w64-python-${_realname}
 pkgname=(${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-python2-${_realname} ${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-python3-${_realname})
-source=("https://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/${_realname}/${_realname}-${pkgver}.zip"
+source=("https://github.com/mhammond/${_realname}/archive/b${pkgver}.zip"
         001-compile-and-setup-fixes.patch)
-sha256sums=('30c3dbcd45d0c126ad9102d4bbcdeb6b9846869d0b1721faa4f8c9b563ccdb49'
-            '522e2bc33d439eb539252416162169f42f1703195edb53540a4bef2d24bbaca7')
+sha256sums=('fa01a3b9f5e6afd0412013b216d40120b92bbc575dbb3d1a0afb45d8bc1c88d8'
+            '7a81918338f3cf419fee4a7363dd673c5825efad3e01d8fb11c84a982be84cc9')
 
 prepare() {
-    cd "${srcdir}/${_realname}-${pkgver}"
+    cd "${srcdir}/${_realname}-b${pkgver}"
     patch -p1 < "${startdir}"/001-compile-and-setup-fixes.patch
 }
 
 build() {
     for _python in python2 python3; do
         msg2 "Synchronizing ${_python} build directory"
-        rsync --recursive --times "${srcdir}/${_realname}-${pkgver}"/* "${srcdir}/build-${_python}-${CARCH}-${_realname}-${pkgver}"
+        rsync --recursive --times "${srcdir}/${_realname}-b${pkgver}"/* "${srcdir}/build-${_python}-${CARCH}-${_realname}-${pkgver}"
         cd "${srcdir}/build-${_python}-${CARCH}-${_realname}-${pkgver}"
         CFLAGS="-Wno-narrowing -fno-operator-names -fpermissive" \
         LIB="${MINGW_PREFIX}/lib:${MINGW_PREFIX}/${CARCH}-w64-mingw32/lib" \