diff --git a/mingw-w64-python-h5py/PKGBUILD b/mingw-w64-python-h5py/PKGBUILD
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5b5063a8c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mingw-w64-python-h5py/PKGBUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+# Contributor: Runar Tenfjord < runar dot tenfjord at gmail dot com >
+
+_realname=h5py
+pkgname=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-python2-$_realname"
+         "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-python3-$_realname")
+pkgver=2.3.1
+pkgrel=1
+pkgdesc="General-purpose Python bindings for the HDF5 library. (mingw-w64)"
+arch=('any')
+url="http://www.h5py.org"
+license=('BSD')
+makedepends=(
+    "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-python2-numpy"
+    "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-python3-numpy"
+    "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-cython"
+    "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-cython2"
+    "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-gcc"
+    "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-hdf5"
+)
+source=(
+  https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/h/h5py/h5py-$pkgver.tar.gz
+  setup.py.patch
+  lzf_c.c.patch
+)
+md5sums=('8f32f96d653e904d20f9f910c6d9dd91'
+         '07604b410e29df82c06a9add19b755a5'
+         '8c28048812d378a8a9330dbd21def864')
+
+prepare() {
+  cd $_realname-$pkgver
+  patch -p1 -i ${srcdir}/setup.py.patch
+  patch -p1 -i ${srcdir}/lzf_c.c.patch
+  cd ..
+  
+  cp -a $_realname-$pkgver $_realname-py2-$pkgver
+  cp -a $_realname-$pkgver $_realname-py3-$pkgver
+}
+
+build() {
+  # build for python2
+  cd ${srcdir}/$_realname-py2-$pkgver
+  
+  MSYS2_ARG_CONV_EXCL="--prefix=;--install-scripts=;--install-platlib=" \
+  ${MINGW_PREFIX}/bin/python2 setup.py build
+  
+  # build for python3
+  cd ${srcdir}/$_realname-py3-$pkgver
+  
+  MSYS2_ARG_CONV_EXCL="--prefix=;--install-scripts=;--install-platlib=" \
+  ${MINGW_PREFIX}/bin/python3 setup.py build
+}
+
+package_python2-h5py() {
+  depends=(
+    "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-python2-numpy"
+    "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-hdf5"
+  )
+  
+  cd $_realname-py2-$pkgver
+  MSYS2_ARG_CONV_EXCL="--prefix=;--install-scripts=;--install-platlib=" \
+  ${MINGW_PREFIX}/bin/python2 setup.py install --skip-build \
+  --prefix=${MINGW_PREFIX} --root=${pkgdir} --optimize=1
+
+  install -Dm644 licenses/license.txt \
+    "${pkgdir}${MINGW_PREFIX}/share/licenses/python2-${_realname}/LICENSE.txt"
+}
+
+package_python3-h5py() {
+  depends=(
+    "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-python3-numpy"
+    "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-hdf5"
+  )
+  
+  cd $_realname-py3-$pkgver
+  MSYS2_ARG_CONV_EXCL="--prefix=;--install-scripts=;--install-platlib=" \
+  ${MINGW_PREFIX}/bin/python3 setup.py install --skip-build \
+  --prefix=${MINGW_PREFIX} --root=${pkgdir} --optimize=1
+
+  install -Dm644 licenses/license.txt \
+    "${pkgdir}${MINGW_PREFIX}/share/licenses/python3-${_realname}/LICENSE.txt"
+}
+
+package_mingw-w64-i686-python2-h5py() {
+  package_python2-h5py
+}
+
+package_mingw-w64-i686-python3-h5py() {
+  package_python3-h5py
+}
+
+package_mingw-w64-x86_64-python2-h5py() {
+  package_python2-h5py
+}
+
+package_mingw-w64-x86_64-python3-h5py() {
+  package_python3-h5py
+}
diff --git a/mingw-w64-python-h5py/lzf_c.c.patch b/mingw-w64-python-h5py/lzf_c.c.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f3fed6f7dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mingw-w64-python-h5py/lzf_c.c.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- h5py-py3-2.3.1/lzf/lzf/lzf_c.c	2014-06-18 22:57:51.000000000 +0200
++++ h5py-py2-2.3.1/lzf/lzf/lzf_c.c	2014-09-25 21:37:54.438298600 +0200
+@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
+    * special workaround for it.
+    */
+ #if ( defined (WIN32) && defined (_M_X64) ) || defined (_WIN64)
+-  unsigned _int64 off; /* workaround for missing POSIX compliance */
++  unsigned long off;
+ #else
+   unsigned long off;
+ #endif
diff --git a/mingw-w64-python-h5py/setup.py.patch b/mingw-w64-python-h5py/setup.py.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c8a008e6ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mingw-w64-python-h5py/setup.py.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+--- h5py-py3-2.3.1/setup.py	2014-06-23 01:13:59.000000000 +0200
++++ h5py-py2-2.3.1/setup.py	2014-09-25 21:35:00.415345000 +0200
+@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
+ 
+ VERSION = '2.3.1'
+ 
++MSYS = "MSYSTEM" in os.environ
+ 
+ # --- Encapsulate NumPy imports in a specialized Extension type ---------------
+ 
+@@ -131,7 +132,7 @@
+ 
+ # --- Configure Cython and create extensions ----------------------------------
+ 
+-if sys.platform.startswith('win'):
++if sys.platform.startswith('win') and not MSYS:
+     COMPILER_SETTINGS = {
+         'libraries'     : ['h5py_hdf5','h5py_hdf5_hl'],
+         'include_dirs'  : [localpath('lzf'),