diff --git a/mingw-w64-whisper.cpp/0004-download-models-pwd.patch b/mingw-w64-whisper.cpp/0004-download-models-pwd.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d4ed2e4fb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mingw-w64-whisper.cpp/0004-download-models-pwd.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+--- whisper.cpp-1.5.1/models/download-ggml-model.sh.orig	2023-12-01 11:17:20.703388700 +0100
++++ whisper.cpp-1.5.1/models/download-ggml-model.sh	2023-12-01 11:17:38.547029400 +0100
+@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@
+     fi
+ }
+ 
+-models_path="$(get_script_path)"
++models_path="$(pwd)/models"
++mkdir -p "$models_path"
+ 
+ # Whisper models
+ models=(
diff --git a/mingw-w64-whisper.cpp/PKGBUILD b/mingw-w64-whisper.cpp/PKGBUILD
index 5478974be9..5e7d3504e4 100644
--- a/mingw-w64-whisper.cpp/PKGBUILD
+++ b/mingw-w64-whisper.cpp/PKGBUILD
@@ -24,10 +24,13 @@ makedepends=(
 source=("https://github.com/ggerganov/whisper.cpp/archive/refs/tags/v${pkgver}.tar.gz"
         "0001-fix-importlib-location.patch"
         "0002-fix-openblas-lookup.patch"
-        "0003-server-fix-missing-lib.patch")
+        "0003-server-fix-missing-lib.patch"
+        "0004-download-models-pwd.patch")
 sha256sums=('ccf17e3283bcde3d09d333889528f3494e196f8a173d5023fec068a0dfae8f76'
             '30765001468dbc40893a2a63e675b2b40f290e27c3314e82dd7f72404d2d1ccf'
-            '0314546c2ab5810ba84d4b2e14a84f992a282fc57698bd7a678756f8f6d13171')
+            '0314546c2ab5810ba84d4b2e14a84f992a282fc57698bd7a678756f8f6d13171'
+            '0d29b3df33df73683c2f3c3c02e3e522d9a1dbd3eaf8ac5fd6c920d81364fdd2'
+            '5d2290937b6407f97d60f8fb0bf0f270a95820611c951464a217e86a3a0f35e4')
 noextract=("v${pkgver}.tar.gz")
 
 prepare() {
@@ -37,6 +40,10 @@ prepare() {
   patch -p1 -i "${srcdir}/0001-fix-importlib-location.patch"
   patch -p1 -i "${srcdir}/0002-fix-openblas-lookup.patch"
   patch -p1 -i "${srcdir}/0003-server-fix-missing-lib.patch"
+
+  # So that "whisper.cpp-download-ggml-model.sh base.en"
+  # is all that's needed to get started
+  patch -p1 -i "${srcdir}/0004-download-models-pwd.patch"
 }
 
 build() {
@@ -82,5 +89,8 @@ package() {
   mv "${pkgdir}${MINGW_PREFIX}/bin/${_realname}-main.exe" \
     "${pkgdir}${MINGW_PREFIX}/bin/${_realname}.exe"
 
+   install -Dm755 "${srcdir}/${_realname}-${pkgver}/models/download-ggml-model.sh" \
+     "${pkgdir}${MINGW_PREFIX}/bin/${_realname}-download-ggml-model.sh"
+
   install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${_realname}-${pkgver}/LICENSE" "${pkgdir}${MINGW_PREFIX}/share/licenses/${_realname}/LICENSE"
 }