diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e815788..1d081f3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ this package has been tweaked to build a more recent version
 and to enable(-nonfree) some stuff they tell you not to.
 there's licensing conflicts, so don't redistribute the resulting binaries.
 
+### ladspa
+
+this is a simple package that just downloads and installs `ladspa.h`.
+
 ### mxe
 
 just leaving this here as a TODO…
diff --git a/mxe-plugins/notwa/overrides.mk b/mxe-plugins/notwa/ffmpeg.mk
similarity index 73%
rename from mxe-plugins/notwa/overrides.mk
rename to mxe-plugins/notwa/ffmpeg.mk
index a931d90..d882242 100644
--- a/mxe-plugins/notwa/overrides.mk
+++ b/mxe-plugins/notwa/ffmpeg.mk
@@ -8,26 +8,17 @@ $(PKG)_CHECKSUM := e0c5d95c2f9866bd15ae8beb258e95ec8dc5b491c9640528aa561c651e04a
 $(PKG)_SUBDIR   := $(PKG)-$($(PKG)_VERSION)
 $(PKG)_FILE     := $($(PKG)_VERSION).tar.gz
 $(PKG)_URL      := https://git.ffmpeg.org/gitweb/ffmpeg.git/snapshot/$($(PKG)_FILE)
-$(PKG)_DEPS     := cc bzip2 fdk-aac gnutls lame libass libbluray libbs2b \
-                   libcaca librtmp libvpx libwebp opencore-amr opus \
-                   sdl speex theora vidstab vo-amrwbenc \
-                   vorbis x264 xvidcore yasm zlib \
-                   freetype fontconfig fribidi \
-                   vidstab
+$(PKG)_DEPS     := bzip2 cc fdk-aac fontconfig freetype \
+                   fribidi gnutls ladspa lame \
+                   libass libbluray libbs2b libcaca librtmp libvpx libwebp \
+                   opencore-amr opus sdl speex theora vidstab \
+                   vo-amrwbenc vorbis x264 xvidcore yasm zlib
 
-
-# NOTE: you'll have to manually copy ladspa.h into mxe's usr directory
-#cp /usr/include/ladspa.h usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32.static/include/ladspa.h
-# --enable-libebur128 \
-# --enable-libflite \
-# --enable-libzmq \
-# --enable-opencl \
-# NOTE: opencv should work if you pass the right C++ standard
-# --enable-libopencv \
-# also has an issue linking using gcc 6
-# --enable-netcdf \
-# doesn't exist anymore?
-# --disable-ffserver \
+define $(PKG)_UPDATE
+    $(WGET) -q -O- 'https://git.ffmpeg.org/gitweb/ffmpeg.git/shortlog' | \
+    $(SED) -n 's,.*/commit/\([a-f0-9]\{7\}\).*,\1,p' | \
+    head -1
+endef
 
 define $(PKG)_BUILD
     cd '$(1)' && ./configure \
diff --git a/mxe-plugins/notwa/ladspa.mk b/mxe-plugins/notwa/ladspa.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cb43dd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mxe-plugins/notwa/ladspa.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# This file is part of MXE. See LICENSE.md for licensing information.
+
+PKG             := ladspa
+$(PKG)_WEBSITE  := http://www.ladspa.org
+$(PKG)_IGNORE   :=
+$(PKG)_VERSION  := 1.1
+$(PKG)_CHECKSUM := c72ceb7383f159a944bfe80b1b155795857026aea1155dbe4ecf1664354320ad
+$(PKG)_FILE     := ladspa.h.txt
+$(PKG)_URL      := http://www.ladspa.org/ladspa_sdk/$($(PKG)_FILE)
+$(PKG)_DEPS     :=
+$(PKG)_TYPE     := script
+
+define $(PKG)_BUILD
+    $(INSTALL) -m644 '$(PKG_DIR)/ladspa.h.txt' '$(PREFIX)/$(TARGET)/include/ladspa.h'
+endef