diff --git a/docs/en/get-started/windows-setup.rst b/docs/en/get-started/windows-setup.rst
index 9b143920b9..ad7d821011 100644
--- a/docs/en/get-started/windows-setup.rst
+++ b/docs/en/get-started/windows-setup.rst
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Toolchain Setup
 
 The quick setup is to download the Windows all-in-one toolchain & MSYS2 zip file from dl.espressif.com:
 
-https://dl.espressif.com/dl/esp32_win32_msys2_environment_and_toolchain-20180110.zip
+https://dl.espressif.com/dl/esp32_win32_msys2_environment_and_toolchain-20181001.zip
 
 Unzip the zip file to ``C:\`` (or some other location, but this guide assumes ``C:\``) and it will create an ``msys32`` directory with a pre-prepared environment.
 
diff --git a/docs/zh_CN/get-started/windows-setup.rst b/docs/zh_CN/get-started/windows-setup.rst
index 25edb9d15d..348f5f6e77 100644
--- a/docs/zh_CN/get-started/windows-setup.rst
+++ b/docs/zh_CN/get-started/windows-setup.rst
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Windows 没有内置的 "make" 环境，因此如果要安装工具链，你需
 
 快速设置的方法是从 dl.espressif.com 下载集成在一起的工具链和 MSYS2 压缩文件：
 
-https://dl.espressif.com/dl/esp32_win32_msys2_environment_and_toolchain-20180110.zip
+https://dl.espressif.com/dl/esp32_win32_msys2_environment_and_toolchain-20181001.zip
 
 将 zip 压缩文件解压到 ``C:\`` (或其它路径，这里假设是 ``C:\``)，它会使用预先准备的环境创建一个 ``msys32`` 目录。
 
diff --git a/tools/check_python_dependencies.py b/tools/check_python_dependencies.py
index 4f03d0650d..37ba34de3d 100755
--- a/tools/check_python_dependencies.py
+++ b/tools/check_python_dependencies.py
@@ -34,6 +34,27 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
             default=idf_path + '/requirements.txt')
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
+    # Special case for MINGW32 Python, needs some packages
+    # via MSYS2 not via pip or system breaks...
+    if sys.platform == "win32" and \
+       os.environ.get("MSYSTEM", None) == "MINGW32" and \
+       "/mingw32/bin/python" in sys.executable:
+        failed = False
+        try:
+            import cryptography
+        except ImportError:
+            print("Please run the following command to install MSYS2's MINGW Python cryptography package:")
+            print("pacman -S mingw-w64-i686-python%d-cryptography" % (sys.version_info[0],))
+            failed = True
+        try:
+            import setuptools
+        except ImportError:
+            print("Please run the following command to install MSYS2's MINGW Python setuptools package:")
+            print("pacman -S mingw-w64-i686-python%d-setuptools" % (sys.version_info[0],))
+            failed = True
+        if failed:
+            sys.exit(1)
+
     not_satisfied = []
     with open(args.requirements) as f:
         for line in f:
diff --git a/tools/windows/windows_install_prerequisites.sh b/tools/windows/windows_install_prerequisites.sh
index a08137197f..cf1527e1eb 100644
--- a/tools/windows/windows_install_prerequisites.sh
+++ b/tools/windows/windows_install_prerequisites.sh
@@ -33,13 +33,13 @@ set -e
 
 pacman --noconfirm -Syu # This step may require the terminal to be closed and restarted
 
-pacman --noconfirm -S --needed gettext-devel gcc git make ncurses-devel flex bison gperf vim mingw-w64-i686-python2-pip unzip winpty
+pacman --noconfirm -S --needed gettext-devel gcc git make ncurses-devel flex bison gperf vim \
+       mingw-w64-i686-python2-pip mingw-w64-i686-python2-cryptography unzip winpty
 
-# Workaround for errors when running "git submodule" commands
-# See https://github.com/Alexpux/MSYS2-packages/issues/735
-rm -f /mingw32/bin/envsubst.exe
-
-python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+# if IDF_PATH is set, install requirements now as well
+if [ -n $IDF_PATH ]; then
+	python -m pip install -r $IDF_PATH/requirements.txt
+fi
 
 # Automatically download precompiled toolchain, unpack at /opt/xtensa-esp32-elf/
 TOOLCHAIN_ZIP=xtensa-esp32-elf-win32-1.22.0-80-g6c4433a-5.2.0.zip