diff --git a/mingw-w64-ghostscript/001-mingw-build.patch b/mingw-w64-ghostscript/001-mingw-build.patch
index 937e5ce9ff..3c7a7473c4 100644
--- a/mingw-w64-ghostscript/001-mingw-build.patch
+++ b/mingw-w64-ghostscript/001-mingw-build.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 --- a/base/gp_mswin.c
 +++ b/base/gp_mswin.c
-@@ -989,7 +989,7 @@
+@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@
  
  /* -------------------------  _snprintf -----------------------------*/
  
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
  /* Microsoft Visual C++ 2005  doesn't properly define snprintf,
 --- a/base/gp_mswin.h
 +++ b/base/gp_mswin.h
-@@ -56,4 +56,13 @@
+@@ -58,4 +58,13 @@
  
  #endif /* !defined(RC_INVOKED) */
  
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
  #endif /* gp_mswin_INCLUDED */
 --- a/base/gs.mak
 +++ b/base/gs.mak
-@@ -520,6 +520,7 @@
+@@ -538,6 +538,7 @@
  # save our set of makefile variables that are defined in every build (paths, etc.)
  $(gconfigd_h) : $(ECHOGS_XE) $(GS_MAK) $(GLSRCDIR)$(D)version.mak $(MAKEDIRS)
  	$(EXP)$(ECHOGS_XE) -w $(gconfigd_h) -x 23 define -s -u GS_LIB_DEFAULT -x 2022 $(GS_LIB_DEFAULT) -x 22
@@ -191,9 +191,9 @@
                  /* Posix 1003.1b-1993 section 4.8.1.5 says that
 --- a/base/unix-aux.mak
 +++ b/base/unix-aux.mak
-@@ -69,6 +69,13 @@
-  $(UNIX_AUX_MAK) $(MAKEDIRS)
- 	$(GLCC) $(GLO_)gp_sysv.$(OBJ) $(C_) $(GLSRC)gp_sysv.c
+@@ -54,6 +54,13 @@
+   $(stdio__h) $(time__h) $(unistd__h) $(gx_h) $(gp_h) $(UNIX_AUX_MAK) $(MAKEDIRS)
+ 	$(GLCCAUX) $(AUXO_)gp_stdia.$(OBJ) $(C_) $(GLSRC)gp_stdia.c
  
 +# the MINGW platform / build environment, joining unix for the ride 
 +mingw__=$(GLOBJ)gp_wgetv.$(OBJ) $(GLOBJ)gp_wpapr.$(OBJ) $(GLOBJ)gp_win32.$(OBJ) $(GLOBJ)gp_mswin.$(OBJ) $(GLOBJ)gp_ntfs.$(OBJ) $(GLOBJ)gp_winfs.$(OBJ) $(GLOBJ)gp_stdia.$(OBJ) $(GLOBJ)gp_wutf8.$(OBJ) $(GLOBJ)gp_nxpsprn.$(OBJ)
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@
  # -------------------------- Auxiliary programs --------------------------- #
  
  $(ECHOGS_XE): $(GLSRC)echogs.c $(AK) $(stdpre_h) $(UNIX_AUX_MAK) $(MAKEDIRS)
-@@ -91,18 +98,31 @@
+@@ -79,18 +86,31 @@
  # To get GS to use the system zlib, you remove/hide the gs/zlib directory
  # which means that the mkromfs build can't find the zlib source it needs.
  # So it's split into two targets, one using the zlib source directly.....
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@
  GSSOC_XE=$(BINDIR)/$(GSSOC_XENAME)
  GSSOC=$(BINDIR)/$(GSSOC_XENAME)
  
-@@ -52,12 +52,28 @@
+@@ -52,12 +57,28 @@
  GPDLSOC=$(BINDIR)/$(GPDLSOC_XENAME)
  
  # loader suporting display device using Gtk+
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@
  PCL_SONAME_BASE=lib$(PCL_SO_BASE)
  XPS_SONAME_BASE=lib$(XPS_SO_BASE)
  GPDL_SONAME_BASE=lib$(GPDL_SO_BASE)
-@@ -140,13 +140,13 @@
+@@ -119,13 +140,13 @@
  
  # Create symbolic links to the Ghostscript interpreter library
  
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@
  
  $(PCL_SO): $(PCL_SO_MAJOR) $(UNIX_DLL_MAK) $(MAKEDIRS)
  	$(RM_) $(PCL_SO)
-@@ -212,12 +212,12 @@
+@@ -170,12 +191,12 @@
  
  # Build the small Ghostscript loaders, with Gtk+ and without
  $(GSSOC_XE): gs-so-links-subtarget $(PSSRC)dxmainc.c $(UNIX_DLL_MAK) $(MAKEDIRS)
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@
  
  $(PCLSOC_XE): gpcl6-so-links-subtarget $(UNIX_DLL_MAK) $(PLOBJ)$(REALMAIN_SRC).$(OBJ) $(MAKEDIRS)
  	$(GLCC) -L$(BINDIR) $(LDFLAGS) $(O_) $(PCLSOC_XE) $(PLOBJ)$(REALMAIN_SRC).$(OBJ) -l$(PCL_SO_BASE)
-@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@
+@@ -222,7 +243,7 @@
  SODEFS=\
   GS_DOT_O= \
   REALMAIN_OBJ= \
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@
   GPCL_XE=$(BINDIR)/$(PCL_SONAME_MAJOR_MINOR) \
   GXPS_XE=$(BINDIR)/$(XPS_SONAME_MAJOR_MINOR) \
   GPDL_XE=$(BINDIR)/$(GPDL_SONAME_MAJOR_MINOR) \
-@@ -313,11 +313,17 @@
+@@ -311,11 +332,17 @@
  	-mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(gsincludedir)
  	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) $(GSSOC) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/$(GSSOC_XENAME)
  	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) $(GSSOX) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/$(GSSOX_XENAME)
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@
 +++ b/base/unix-gcc.mak
 @@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
  INSTALL_DATA = $(INSTALL) -m 644
- INSTALL_SHARED = 
+ INSTALL_SHARED =
  
 -prefix = /usr/local
 +prefix = /usr
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@
          fontpath="$datadir/fonts/default/ghostscript"
 --- a/Makefile.in
 +++ b/Makefile.in
-@@ -60,6 +60,14 @@
+@@ -65,6 +65,14 @@
  
  CONTRIBDIR=@srcdir@/contrib
  
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@
  # Do not edit the next group of lines.
  
  include $(GLSRCDIR)/version.mak
-@@ -433,7 +441,7 @@
+@@ -499,7 +507,7 @@
  # Solaris may need -lnsl -lsocket -lposix4.
  # (Libraries required by individual drivers are handled automatically.)
  
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@
  AUXEXTRALIBS=@AUXEXTRALIBS@ @AUX_SHARED_ZLIB@
  
  # Define the standard libraries to search at the end of linking.
-@@ -484,9 +492,10 @@
+@@ -550,9 +558,10 @@
  RM=rm -f
  
  # ------ Dynamic loader options ------- #
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@
  
  # on virtually every Unix-a-like system, this is "so",
  # but Apple just had to be different, so it's now set
-@@ -637,7 +646,16 @@
+@@ -702,7 +711,16 @@
  CC_LEAF=$(CC_)
  
  CCFLAGSAUX=$(GENOPTAUX) $(CAPOPTAUX) $(CFLAGSAUX)
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@
  
  # note gcc can't use -fomit-frame-pointer with -pg.
  CC_LEAF_PG=$(CC_)
-@@ -707,6 +726,12 @@
+@@ -786,6 +804,12 @@
  @CONTRIBINCLUDE@
  @CUPSINCLUDE@
  
diff --git a/mingw-w64-ghostscript/002-ghostscript-sys-zlib.patch b/mingw-w64-ghostscript/002-ghostscript-sys-zlib.patch
index 19bce4d04e..b0fb4fde9b 100644
--- a/mingw-w64-ghostscript/002-ghostscript-sys-zlib.patch
+++ b/mingw-w64-ghostscript/002-ghostscript-sys-zlib.patch
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 --- a/configure.ac
 +++ b/configure.ac
-@@ -912,7 +912,7 @@
+@@ -1390,7 +1390,7 @@
  dnl zlib is needed for language level 3, and libpng
  # we must define ZLIBDIR regardless because png.mak does a -I$(ZLIBDIR)
  # this seems a harmless default
 -ZLIBDIR=src
 +ZLIBDIR=$includedir
  AUX_SHARED_ZLIB=
+ ZLIBCFLAGS=""
  
- if test -d $srcdir/zlib; then
diff --git a/mingw-w64-ghostscript/003-libspectre.patch b/mingw-w64-ghostscript/003-libspectre.patch
index b1c1201693..a6449af7a9 100644
--- a/mingw-w64-ghostscript/003-libspectre.patch
+++ b/mingw-w64-ghostscript/003-libspectre.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 --- a/psi/iapi.h
 +++ b/psi/iapi.h
-@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@
+@@ -312,6 +312,7 @@
      int argc, char **argv);
  
  #ifdef __WIN32__
diff --git a/mingw-w64-ghostscript/PKGBUILD b/mingw-w64-ghostscript/PKGBUILD
index 8dc5ce8fec..7855f3d1fd 100644
--- a/mingw-w64-ghostscript/PKGBUILD
+++ b/mingw-w64-ghostscript/PKGBUILD
@@ -36,25 +36,32 @@ source=(https://github.com/ArtifexSoftware/ghostpdl-downloads/releases/download/
         003-libspectre.patch
         004-FT_CALLBACK_DEF-deprecated.patch
         005-add-arm-arch-config.patch)
-options=('staticlibs' 'strip')
 sha256sums=('9c9f5bc85b6c7eb08368c05b1e3339f7aaf9677ddca710c6283f872d55e2a234'
-            '4638b24bb6e399e67e18f82317be1b54aa9bb87a0ae3b60585b607d529cb0342'
-            '9cf9805e6b8329e83656c16475c9fc7b7b8c3e459a782b4755abdabbb8f22df4'
-            '5b0ef04d59658885f183a6c820a5dbbb89e57e4c43774bc6c90ae4fb742b2be7'
+            '0119e3d36e30248e5608a05c4c771ce0709fdb6e860371fb2930220269f3546b'
+            'd657267d49c93f1e23e10373671077a882090620ae254b20dc6c9cbf7a696c91'
+            '671ceebf281a60b06ad77c9be0cf66e37f931f955c05c595e475cab851e92e67'
             'e338e4b6877119acdc2899e4d89b9b31e3993dc0564f16744e320789387eebf9'
             'a67daf2e14244602a8804bddf27450b111b88e4aefc5946d0deda9aa482a5881')
 noextract=(ghostscript-${pkgver}.tar.xz)
 
+_apply_patch_with_msg() {
+  for _patch in "$@"
+  do
+    msg2 "Applying ${_patch}"
+    patch -p1 -i "${srcdir}/${_patch}"
+  done
+}
+
 prepare() {
-  [[ -d ${srcdir}/${_realname}-${pkgver} ]] && rm -rf ${srcdir}/${_realname}-${pkgver}
   tar -xJf ${srcdir}/${_realname}-${pkgver}.tar.xz -C ${srcdir} || true
 
   cd "${srcdir}/${_realname}-${pkgver}"
-  patch -p1 -i ${srcdir}/001-mingw-build.patch
-  patch -p1 -i ${srcdir}/002-ghostscript-sys-zlib.patch
-  patch -p1 -i ${srcdir}/003-libspectre.patch
-  patch -p1 -i ${srcdir}/004-FT_CALLBACK_DEF-deprecated.patch
-  patch -p1 -i ${srcdir}/005-add-arm-arch-config.patch
+  _apply_patch_with_msg \
+    001-mingw-build.patch \
+    002-ghostscript-sys-zlib.patch \
+    003-libspectre.patch \
+    004-FT_CALLBACK_DEF-deprecated.patch \
+    005-add-arm-arch-config.patch
 
   sed -e "s|/usr|${MINGW_PREFIX}/${MINGW_CHOST}|g" -i base/all-arch.mak base/unix-aux.mak