diff --git a/debian/changelog.in b/debian/changelog.in
index c3bf77b..9801291 100644
--- a/debian/changelog.in
+++ b/debian/changelog.in
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-zrythm@DASH_TRIAL@ (@ZRYTHM_PKG_VERSION@-1) unstable; urgency=medium
+zrythm@DASH_TRIAL@ (@ZRYTHM_PKG_VERSION@) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Move from OBS
 
diff --git a/scripts/get_pkg_filename.sh.in b/scripts/get_pkg_filename.sh.in
index dad85df..625abcd 100755
--- a/scripts/get_pkg_filename.sh.in
+++ b/scripts/get_pkg_filename.sh.in
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ case "$pkg_type" in
     echo "zrythm${trial}-$zrythm_pkg_ver-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst"
     ;;
   "DEBIAN")
-    echo "zrythm${trial}_$zrythm_pkg_ver-1_amd64.deb"
+    echo "zrythm${trial}_${zrythm_pkg_ver}_amd64.deb"
     ;;
   "FEDORA")
     echo "zrythm${trial}-$zrythm_pkg_ver-1.x86_64.rpm"
diff --git a/scripts/make_debian_pkg.sh.in b/scripts/make_debian_pkg.sh.in
index 634f9ac..0290bdc 100755
--- a/scripts/make_debian_pkg.sh.in
+++ b/scripts/make_debian_pkg.sh.in
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ deb_control=$6
 deb_copyright=$7
 
 inner_dir="@ZRYTHM_INNER_DIR_NAME@"
+dash_trial="@DASH_TRIAL@"
 
 tempdir=`mktemp -d`
 deb_parent_dir=$tempdir/$inner_dir
@@ -37,6 +38,6 @@ pushd $deb_parent_dir
 debuild -us -uc
 popd
 
-mv $tempdir/*.deb "$out_pkg"
+mv "$tempdir/zrythm$dash_trial"_*.deb "$out_pkg"
 
 #rm -rf $tempdir
diff --git a/scripts/make_mingw_pkg.sh.in b/scripts/make_mingw_pkg.sh.in
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..eeb575f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/make_mingw_pkg.sh.in
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!@BASH@
+
+set -e
+
+out_file="$1"
+
+pkgbuild="$2"
+
+tempdir=`mktemp -d`
+cp $pkgbuild $tempdir/PKGBUILD
+pushd $tempdir
+MINGW_INSTALLS=mingw64 makepkg-mingw -fsi --noconfirm
+popd $tempdir
+
+cp $tempdir/*.pkg.tar.zst $out_file
+
+rm -rf $tempdir
diff --git a/scripts/make_user_manual.sh.in b/scripts/make_user_manual.sh.in
index 4b25064..12e883c 100644
--- a/scripts/make_user_manual.sh.in
+++ b/scripts/make_user_manual.sh.in
@@ -24,6 +24,6 @@ sed -i -e 's/latexpdf/latex/' doc/user/meson.build
 ninja -C build latex-manual-$lang ;
 make -C build/doc/user/$lang/latex ;
 
-cp build/doc/user/$lang/*.pdf $out_file
+cp build/doc/user/$lang/latex/Zrythm.pdf $out_file
 
 #rm -rf $tempdir
diff --git a/scripts/make_windows_chroot.sh.in b/scripts/make_windows_chroot.sh.in
index d43642b..c50f6a4 100755
--- a/scripts/make_windows_chroot.sh.in
+++ b/scripts/make_windows_chroot.sh.in
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@
 # chroot dir
 chroot_dir="$1"
 
+src_tarball="$2"
+
 # full paths to each package (pkg.tar.zst) to install
-packages="${@:2}"
+packages="${@:3}"
 
 rm -rf $chroot_dir
 mkdir -p $chroot_dir/var/lib/pacman
diff --git a/scripts/make_windows_installer.sh.in b/scripts/make_windows_installer.sh.in
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..c50f6a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/make_windows_installer.sh.in
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!@BASH@
+
+# chroot dir
+chroot_dir="$1"
+
+src_tarball="$2"
+
+# full paths to each package (pkg.tar.zst) to install
+packages="${@:3}"
+
+rm -rf $chroot_dir
+mkdir -p $chroot_dir/var/lib/pacman
+mkdir -p $chroot_dir/var/log
+mkdir -p $chroot_dir/tmp
+pacman -Syu --root $chroot_dir
+pacman -S \
+  filesystem bash pacman \
+  mingw-w64-x86_64-gtksourceview4 \
+  --noconfirm --needed --root $chroot_dir
+for pkg in "$packages"; do
+  pacman -U "$pkg" --noconfirm --needed --root $chroot_dir
+done
+pacman -U $zrythm_pkg_tar \
+  --noconfirm --needed --root $chroot_dir
+cp -R /mingw64/lib/carla "$chroot_dir/mingw64/lib/"
+glib-compile-schemas.exe \
+  "$chroot_dir/mingw64/share/glib-2.0/schemas"
diff --git a/scripts/make_zrythm_mingw_pkg.sh.in b/scripts/make_zrythm_mingw_pkg.sh.in
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..b64d6ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/make_zrythm_mingw_pkg.sh.in
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!@BASH@
+
+set -e
+
+out_file="$1"
+
+pkgbuild="$2"
+src_tarball="$3"
+
+tempdir=`mktemp -d`
+cp $pkgbuild $tempdir/PKGBUILD
+pushd $tempdir
+MINGW_INSTALLS=mingw64 makepkg-mingw -fsi --noconfirm
+popd $tempdir
+
+cp $tempdir/*.pkg.tar.zst $out_file
+
+rm -rf $tempdir
diff --git a/scripts/meson.build b/scripts/meson.build
index 3c04879..cc6b6d3 100644
--- a/scripts/meson.build
+++ b/scripts/meson.build
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ make_windows_chroot = configure_file (
   configuration: scripts_conf,
   )
 
+make_windows_installer = configure_file (
+  output: 'make_windows_installer.sh',
+  input: 'make_windows_installer.sh.in',
+  configuration: scripts_conf,
+  )
+
 make_debian_pkg = configure_file (
   output: 'make_debian_pkg.sh',
   input: 'make_debian_pkg.sh.in',
@@ -57,6 +63,18 @@ make_user_manual = configure_file (
   configuration: scripts_conf,
   )
 
+make_mingw_pkg = configure_file (
+  output: 'make_mingw_pkg.sh',
+  input: 'make_mingw_pkg.sh.in',
+  configuration: scripts_conf,
+  )
+
+make_zrythm_mingw_pkg = configure_file (
+  output: 'make_zrythm_mingw_pkg.sh',
+  input: 'make_zrythm_mingw_pkg.sh.in',
+  configuration: scripts_conf,
+  )
+
 make_carla = configure_file (
   output: 'make_carla.sh',
   input: 'make_carla.sh.in',
diff --git a/PKGBUILD-jack2-mingw b/windows-msys/PKGBUILD-jack2-mingw
similarity index 100%
rename from PKGBUILD-jack2-mingw
rename to windows-msys/PKGBUILD-jack2-mingw
diff --git a/PKGBUILD-lilv-mingw b/windows-msys/PKGBUILD-lilv-mingw
similarity index 100%
rename from PKGBUILD-lilv-mingw
rename to windows-msys/PKGBUILD-lilv-mingw
diff --git a/PKGBUILD-lsp-dsp-lib-mingw b/windows-msys/PKGBUILD-lsp-dsp-lib-mingw
similarity index 100%
rename from PKGBUILD-lsp-dsp-lib-mingw
rename to windows-msys/PKGBUILD-lsp-dsp-lib-mingw
diff --git a/PKGBUILD-lv2-mingw b/windows-msys/PKGBUILD-lv2-mingw
similarity index 100%
rename from PKGBUILD-lv2-mingw
rename to windows-msys/PKGBUILD-lv2-mingw
diff --git a/PKGBUILD-meson b/windows-msys/PKGBUILD-meson
similarity index 100%
rename from PKGBUILD-meson
rename to windows-msys/PKGBUILD-meson
diff --git a/PKGBUILD-serd-mingw b/windows-msys/PKGBUILD-serd-mingw
similarity index 100%
rename from PKGBUILD-serd-mingw
rename to windows-msys/PKGBUILD-serd-mingw
diff --git a/PKGBUILD-sord-mingw b/windows-msys/PKGBUILD-sord-mingw
similarity index 100%
rename from PKGBUILD-sord-mingw
rename to windows-msys/PKGBUILD-sord-mingw
diff --git a/PKGBUILD-sratom-mingw b/windows-msys/PKGBUILD-sratom-mingw
similarity index 100%
rename from PKGBUILD-sratom-mingw
rename to windows-msys/PKGBUILD-sratom-mingw
diff --git a/PKGBUILD-w10.in b/windows-msys/PKGBUILD-w10.in
similarity index 95%
rename from PKGBUILD-w10.in
rename to windows-msys/PKGBUILD-w10.in
index 608c6aa..aa6d957 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD-w10.in
+++ b/windows-msys/PKGBUILD-w10.in
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 # Maintainer: Alexandros Theodotou <alex at zrythm dot org>
-_realname=zrythm
-_zplugins_ver=@ZPLUGINS_VERSION@
+_realname=zrythm@DASH_TRIAL@
+_zplugins_ver=@ZPLUGINS_VER@
 _zrythm_builddir="build-zrythm-${MINGW_CHOST}"
 _zplugins_builddir="build-zplugins-${MINGW_CHOST}"
 pkgbase=mingw-w64-${_realname}
 pkgname="${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-${_realname}"
-pkgver=@VERSION@
+pkgver=@ZRYTHM_PKG_VERSION@
 pkgrel=2
 arch=('any')
 pkgdesc='a highly automated and intuitive digital audio workstation (mingw-w64)'
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ build() {
     -Dguile=disabled \
     -Dfallback_version=@VERSION@ \
     -Dmanpage=false \
-    -Dtrial_ver=false \
+    -Dtrial_ver=@TRIAL_TRUE_FALSE@ \
     -Dwindows_release=true -Dcarla=enabled \
     --buildtype=debugoptimized \
     -Dextra_debug_info=true \
diff --git a/windows-msys/meson.build b/windows-msys/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c918f69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/windows-msys/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2020 Alexandros Theodotou <alex at zrythm dot org>
+#
+# This file is part of Zrythm
+#
+# Zrythm is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Zrythm is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+# along with Zrythm.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+windows_msys_conf = configuration_data ()
+windows_msys_conf.merge_from (global_conf)
+
+mingw_zrythm_pkgbuild = configure_file (
+  output: 'PKGBUILD',
+  input: 'PKGBUILD-w10.in',
+  configuration: windows_msys_conf,
+  )
+
+# install dependencies
+independent_dep_names = [ 'jack2', 'lsp-dsp-lib', ]
+independent_deps = []
+foreach dep_name : independent_dep_names
+  independent_deps += custom_target (
+    'mingw-' + dep_name,
+    output: dep_name + '.pkg.tar.zst',
+    input: 'PKGBUILD-' + dep_name + '-mingw',
+    command: [
+      make_mingw_pkg, '@OUTPUT@', '@INPUT@',
+      ],
+    install: false,
+    )
+endforeach
+lv2_pkg = custom_target (
+  'mingw-lv2',
+  output: 'lv2.pkg.tar.zst',
+  input: 'PKGBUILD-lv2-mingw',
+  command: [
+    make_mingw_pkg, '@OUTPUT@', '@INPUT@',
+    ],
+  install: false,
+  )
+serd_pkg = custom_target (
+  'mingw-serd',
+  output: 'serd.pkg.tar.zst',
+  input: 'PKGBUILD-serd-mingw',
+  command: [
+    make_mingw_pkg, '@OUTPUT@', '@INPUT@',
+    ],
+  depends: lv2_pkg,
+  install: false,
+  )
+sord_pkg = custom_target (
+  'mingw-sord',
+  output: 'sord.pkg.tar.zst',
+  input: 'PKGBUILD-sord-mingw',
+  command: [
+    make_mingw_pkg, '@OUTPUT@', '@INPUT@',
+    ],
+  depends: serd_pkg,
+  install: false,
+  )
+sratom_pkg = custom_target (
+  'mingw-sratom',
+  output: 'sratom.pkg.tar.zst',
+  input: 'PKGBUILD-sratom-mingw',
+  command: [
+    make_mingw_pkg, '@OUTPUT@', '@INPUT@',
+    ],
+  depends: sord_pkg,
+  install: false,
+  )
+lilv_pkg = custom_target (
+  'mingw-lilv',
+  output: 'lilv.pkg.tar.zst',
+  input: 'PKGBUILD-lilv-mingw',
+  command: [
+    make_mingw_pkg, '@OUTPUT@', '@INPUT@',
+    ],
+  depends: sord_pkg,
+  install: false,
+  )
+
+mingw_install_carla_bins_target = custom_target (
+  'mingw-install-carla',
+  output: 'carla-installed',
+  input: [
+    carla_woe32_binary_64_zip, carla_woe32_binary_32_zip,
+    ],
+  command: [
+    'unzip', '-o', '@INPUT0@', '-d', '/mingw64/', '&&',
+    'unzip', '-o', '@INPUT1@', '-d', '/mingw64/lib/carla',
+    ],
+  install: false,
+  )
+
+mingw_zrythm_pkg = custom_target (
+  'mingw-zrythm-pkg',
+  output: 'zrythm' + dash_trial + '.pkg.tar.zst',
+  input: [
+    mingw_zrythm_pkgbuild, zrythm_src_tarball,
+    ],
+  command: [
+    make_zrythm_mingw_pkg, '@OUTPUT@', '@INPUT0@', '@INPUT1@',
+    ],
+  depends: [
+    carla_installation,
+    lsp_dsp_lib_installation,
+    zplugins_installation,
+    ],
+  install: true,
+  install_dir: get_option ('prefix'),
+  )
+
+chroot_dir = '/tmp/zrythm' + dash_trial + '-chroot'
+windows_chroot_target = custom_target (
+  'windows-chroot',
+  output: 'zrythm-test',
+  input: [
+    zrythm_src_tarball, independent_deps[0],
+    independent_deps[1], lv2_pkg, serd_pkg, sord_pkg,
+    sratom_pkg, lilv_pkg,
+    ],
+  command: [
+    make_windows_chroot, chroot_dir,
+    '@INPUT0@', '@INPUT1@', '@INPUT2@',
+    '@INPUT3@', '@INPUT4@', '@INPUT5@', '@INPUT6@', '@INPUT7@',
+    ],
+  depends: [
+    ],
+  install: false,
+  )
+
+windows_msys_installer_filename = run_command (
+  get_pkg_filename, 'WINDOWS_MSYS', dash_trial).stdout ().strip ()
+windows_msys_installer = custom_target (
+  'windows-msys-installer',
+  output: windows_msys_installer_filename,
+  input: [
+    specfile, zrythm_src_tarball,
+    ],
+  command: [
+    make_windows_msys_pkg, '@OUTPUT@', '@INPUT0@', '@INPUT1@',
+    ],
+  depends: [
+    carla_installation,
+    lsp_dsp_lib_installation,
+    zplugins_installation,
+    ],
+  install: true,
+  install_dir: get_option ('prefix'),
+  )
+
+run_target (
+  'windows-msys',
+  command: [ 'echo', 'done' ],
+  depends: windows_msys_installer)