diff --git a/mingw-w64-python-matplotlib/PKGBUILD b/mingw-w64-python-matplotlib/PKGBUILD
index 0ce9aa5875..7289f6247d 100644
--- a/mingw-w64-python-matplotlib/PKGBUILD
+++ b/mingw-w64-python-matplotlib/PKGBUILD
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 _realname=matplotlib
 pkgbase=mingw-w64-python-${_realname}
 pkgname=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-python2-${_realname}" "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-python3-${_realname}")
-pkgver=1.5.1
+pkgver=1.5.3
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="A python plotting library, making publication quality plots (mingw-w64)"
 arch=('any')
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ makedepends=(
 source=("${_realname}-${pkgver}.tar.gz"::"https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/archive/v${pkgver}.tar.gz"
         setupext.py.patch
         setup.py.patch)
-sha256sums=('64c9f7cce4075d05c2602108ee1795aa6455c2c1d8e4329c95c83465e3806887'
-            'ecaa1039d7527e31bbf175b23802123e843678bf0109fee4c76742d8eeee1fe0'
+sha256sums=('c72276afc11f0b77cee736a783861039c0284d2e4739de8ca09d2dd1407745aa'
+            'dd3f49ab7dfffb4771add36685f0df1d93fb186166e6c08ec72c16f315f3af93'
             '17e4353062e165dfe54293e39d8924355a4a3c44f2ffee3739d7cc7bddc9c699')
 noextract=("${_realname}-${pkgver}.tar.gz")
 
diff --git a/mingw-w64-python-matplotlib/setupext.py.patch b/mingw-w64-python-matplotlib/setupext.py.patch
index aa7f2d21af..d45d561640 100644
--- a/mingw-w64-python-matplotlib/setupext.py.patch
+++ b/mingw-w64-python-matplotlib/setupext.py.patch
@@ -1,21 +1,20 @@
---- matplotlib-1.4.1/setupext.py.orig	2014-10-18 22:26:22.000000000 +0400
-+++ matplotlib-1.4.1/setupext.py	2014-10-19 17:02:34.889800000 +0400
-@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
+--- matplotlib-1.5.3/setupext.py.orig	2016-09-09 05:50:50.000000000 +0300
++++ matplotlib-1.5.3/setupext.py	2016-09-23 13:10:33.239264300 +0300
+@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
+ PY3min = (sys.version_info[0] >= 3)
+ PY32min = (PY3min and sys.version_info[1] >= 2 or sys.version_info[0] > 3)
  
- 
- PY3 = (sys.version_info[0] >= 3)
--
 +MSYS = "MSYSTEM" in os.environ
  
  try:
      from subprocess import check_output
-@@ -43,9 +43,16 @@
+@@ -46,9 +47,16 @@
          return output
  
  
 -if sys.platform != 'win32':
 +if sys.platform != 'win32' or MSYS:
-     if sys.version_info[0] < 3:
+     if not PY3min:
 -        from commands import getstatusoutput
 +        def getstatusoutput(cmd):
 +            """Return (status, output) of executing cmd in a shell."""
@@ -28,7 +27,7 @@
      else:
          from subprocess import getstatusoutput
  
-@@ -120,9 +127,10 @@
+@@ -126,9 +134,10 @@
      Returns `True` if `filename` can be found in one of the
      directories in `include_dirs`.
      """
@@ -40,7 +39,7 @@
          if os.path.exists(os.path.join(dir, filename)):
              return True
      return False
-@@ -227,6 +235,7 @@
+@@ -239,6 +248,7 @@
      """
      ext = DelayedExtension(name, files, *args, **kwargs)
      for dir in get_base_dirs():
@@ -48,7 +47,7 @@
          include_dir = os.path.join(dir, 'include')
          if os.path.exists(include_dir):
              ext.include_dirs.append(include_dir)
-@@ -235,7 +244,6 @@
+@@ -247,7 +257,6 @@
              if os.path.exists(lib_dir):
                  ext.library_dirs.append(lib_dir)
      ext.include_dirs.append('.')
@@ -56,7 +55,7 @@
      return ext
  
  
-@@ -247,16 +255,16 @@
+@@ -259,7 +268,7 @@
          """
          Determines whether pkg-config exists on this machine.
          """
@@ -65,8 +64,7 @@
              self.has_pkgconfig = False
          else:
              try:
-                 self.pkg_config = os.environ['PKG_CONFIG']
-             except KeyError:
+@@ -268,7 +277,7 @@
                  self.pkg_config = 'pkg-config'
  
              self.set_pkgconfig_path()
@@ -75,7 +73,7 @@
              self.has_pkgconfig = (status == 0)
              if not self.has_pkgconfig:
                  print("IMPORTANT WARNING:")
-@@ -292,7 +300,7 @@
+@@ -309,7 +318,7 @@
              command = "{0} --libs --cflags ".format(executable)
  
              try:
@@ -84,7 +82,7 @@
                                        stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
              except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
                  pass
-@@ -302,11 +310,16 @@
+@@ -319,11 +328,16 @@
                  for token in output.split():
                      attr = flag_map.get(token[:2])
                      if attr is not None:
@@ -103,7 +101,7 @@
                  for include in default_include_dirs:
                      dir = os.path.join(base, include)
                      if os.path.exists(dir):
-@@ -328,7 +341,7 @@
+@@ -345,7 +359,7 @@
              return None
  
          status, output = getstatusoutput(
@@ -112,7 +110,7 @@
          if status == 0:
              return output
          return None
-@@ -941,11 +954,11 @@
+@@ -897,11 +911,11 @@
      name = "freetype"
  
      def check(self):
@@ -126,7 +124,7 @@
          if status == 0:
              version = output
          else:
-@@ -967,6 +980,7 @@
+@@ -926,6 +940,7 @@
              return version
          # Return the first version found in the include dirs.
          for include_dir in ext.include_dirs:
@@ -134,7 +132,7 @@
              header_fname = os.path.join(include_dir, 'freetype.h')
              if os.path.exists(header_fname):
                  major, minor, patch = 0, 0, 0
-@@ -1014,11 +1028,11 @@
+@@ -972,11 +987,11 @@
      name = "png"
  
      def check(self):
@@ -148,25 +146,7 @@
          if status == 0:
              version = output
          else:
-@@ -1452,7 +1466,7 @@
-             p = subprocess.Popen(
-                 '. %s ; eval echo ${%s}' % (file, varname),
-                 shell=True,
--                executable="/bin/sh",
-+                executable="sh",
-                 stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
-             result = p.communicate()[0]
-             return result.decode('ascii')
-@@ -1524,7 +1538,7 @@
-         return tcl_lib, tcl_inc, 'tcl', tk_lib, tk_inc, 'tk'
- 
-     def add_flags(self, ext):
--        if sys.platform == 'win32':
-+        if sys.platform == 'win32' and not MSYS:
-             major, minor1, minor2, s, tmp = sys.version_info
-             if sys.version_info[0:2] < (3, 4):
-                 ext.include_dirs.extend(['win32_static/include/tcl85'])
-@@ -1660,7 +1674,7 @@
+@@ -1368,7 +1383,7 @@
          return ext
  
      def add_flags(self, ext):
@@ -175,7 +155,7 @@
              def getoutput(s):
                  ret = os.popen(s).read().strip()
                  return ret
-@@ -1715,7 +1729,7 @@
+@@ -1423,7 +1438,7 @@
                  'm' in ext.libraries):
                  ext.libraries.remove('m')
  
@@ -184,7 +164,7 @@
              pkg_config.setup_extension(ext, 'pygtk-2.0')
              pkg_config.setup_extension(ext, 'gtk+-2.0')
  
-@@ -2091,7 +2105,7 @@
+@@ -1830,7 +1845,7 @@
  
      def check(self):
          try:
@@ -193,7 +173,7 @@
                                    stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
              return "version %s" % output.splitlines()[1].decode().split()[-1]
          except (IndexError, ValueError, subprocess.CalledProcessError):
-@@ -2104,7 +2118,7 @@
+@@ -1843,7 +1858,7 @@
  
      def check(self):
          try:
@@ -202,7 +182,7 @@
                  command = 'gswin32c --version'
                  try:
                      output = check_output(command, shell=True,
-@@ -2114,7 +2128,7 @@
+@@ -1853,7 +1868,7 @@
                      output = check_output(command, shell=True,
                                            stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
              else:
@@ -211,7 +191,7 @@
                  output = check_output(command, shell=True,
                                        stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
              return "version %s" % output.decode()[:-1]
-@@ -2128,7 +2142,7 @@
+@@ -1867,7 +1882,7 @@
  
      def check(self):
          try:
@@ -220,7 +200,7 @@
                                    stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
              line = output.splitlines()[0].decode()
              pattern = '(3\.1\d+)|(MiKTeX \d+.\d+)'
-@@ -2144,7 +2158,7 @@
+@@ -1883,7 +1898,7 @@
  
      def check(self):
          try: