diff --git a/.drone.jsonnet b/.drone.jsonnet
index 2fa46475e..8566477f3 100644
--- a/.drone.jsonnet
+++ b/.drone.jsonnet
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ local default_deps_base='libsystemd-dev python3-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libuv1-
 local default_deps_nocxx='libsodium-dev ' + default_deps_base; // libsodium-dev needs to be >= 1.0.18
 local default_deps='g++ ' + default_deps_nocxx; // g++ sometimes needs replacement
 
+local default_windows_deps='mingw-w64-binutils mingw-w64-gcc mingw-w64-crt mingw-w64-headers mingw-w64-winpthreads perl'; // deps for windows cross compile
+
+
 local submodules = {
     name: 'submodules',
     image: 'drone/git',
@@ -50,51 +53,15 @@ local debian_pipeline(name, image,
     ],
 };
 
-// 32-bit windows build on alpine:
-local alpine_wow64_pipeline(name, image,
-        arch='amd64',
-        deps='mingw-w64-binutils mingw-w64-gcc mingw-w64-crt mingw-w64-headers mingw-w64-winpthreads',
-        build_type='Release',
-        lto=false,
-        werror=false,
-        cmake_extra='',
-        extra_cmds=[],
-        allow_fail=false) = {
-    kind: 'pipeline',
-    type: 'docker',
-    name: name,
-    platform: { arch: arch },
-    trigger: { branch: { exclude: ['debian/*', 'ubuntu/*'] } },
-    steps: [
-        submodules,
-        {
-            name: 'build',
-            image: image,
-            [if allow_fail then "failure"]: "ignore",
-            environment: { SSH_KEY: { from_secret: "SSH_KEY" } },
-            commands: [
-                'apk add cmake git ninja pkgconf ccache patch make ' + deps,
-                'git clone https://github.com/despair86/libuv.git win32-setup/libuv',
-                'mkdir build',
-                'cd build',
-                'cmake .. -G Ninja -DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS=-fstack-protector -DLIBUV_ROOT=$PWD/../win32-setup/libuv -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=-fdiagnostics-color=always -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=../contrib/cross/mingw32.cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE='+build_type+' ' +
-                    (if werror then '-DWARNINGS_AS_ERRORS=ON ' else '') +
-                    (if lto then '' else '-DWITH_LTO=OFF ') +
-                    cmake_extra,
-                'ninja -v',
-            ] + extra_cmds,
-        }
-    ],
-};
-
-// 64-bit windows build on alpine:
-local alpine_win32_pipeline(name, image,
+// windows cross compile on alpine linux
+local windows_cross_pipeline(name, image,
         arch='amd64',
-        deps='mingw-w64-binutils mingw-w64-gcc mingw-w64-crt mingw-w64-headers mingw-w64-winpthreads',
+        deps=default_windows_deps,
         build_type='Release',
-        lto=false,
+        lto=true,
         werror=false,
         cmake_extra='',
+        toolchain='mingw32',
         extra_cmds=[],
         allow_fail=false) = {
     kind: 'pipeline',
@@ -114,9 +81,10 @@ local alpine_win32_pipeline(name, image,
                 'git clone https://github.com/despair86/libuv.git win32-setup/libuv',
                 'mkdir build',
                 'cd build',
-                'cmake .. -G Ninja -DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS=-fstack-protector -DLIBUV_ROOT=$PWD/../win32-setup/libuv -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=-fdiagnostics-color=always -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=../contrib/cross/mingw64.cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE='+build_type+' ' +
+                'cmake .. -G Ninja -DCMAKE_CROSSCOMPILE=ON -DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS=-fstack-protector -DLIBUV_ROOT=$PWD/../win32-setup/libuv -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=-fdiagnostics-color=always -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=../contrib/cross/'+toolchain+'.cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE='+build_type+' ' +
                     (if werror then '-DWARNINGS_AS_ERRORS=ON ' else '') +
                     (if lto then '' else '-DWITH_LTO=OFF ') +
+                    "-DBUILD_STATIC_DEPS=ON -DDOWNLOAD_SODIUM=ON -DBUILD_PACKAGE=OFF -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF -DBUILD_TESTING=ON -DNATIVE_BUILD=OFF -DSTATIC_LINK=ON" +
                     cmake_extra,
                 'ninja -v',
             ] + extra_cmds,
@@ -230,8 +198,14 @@ local mac_builder(name, build_type='Release', werror=true, cmake_extra='', extra
     debian_pipeline("Debian buster (armhf)", "arm32v7/debian:buster", arch="arm64", cmake_extra='-DDOWNLOAD_SODIUM=ON'),
     
     // Windows builds (WOW64 and native)
-    alpine_win32_pipeline("win32 on alpine (amd64)", "alpine:edge", cmake_extra="-DBUILD_STATIC_DEPS=ON -DDOWNLOAD_SODIUM=ON -DBUILD_PACKAGE=OFF -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF -DBUILD_TESTING=ON -DNATIVE_BUILD=OFF -DSTATIC_LINK=ON", lto=false),
-    alpine_wow64_pipeline("win32 on alpine (i386)", "i386/alpine:edge", cmake_extra="-DBUILD_STATIC_DEPS=ON -DDOWNLOAD_SODIUM=ON -DBUILD_PACKAGE=OFF -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF -DBUILD_TESTING=ON -DNATIVE_BUILD=OFF -DSTATIC_LINK=ON", lto=false),
+    windows_cross_pipeline("win32 on alpine (amd64)", "alpine:edge",
+        toolchain='mingw64', extra_cmds=[
+          '../contrib/ci/drone-static-upload.sh'
+    ]),
+     windows_cross_pipeline("win32 on alpine (i386)", "i386/alpine:edge",
+        toolchain='mingw32', extra_cmds=[
+          '../contrib/ci/drone-static-upload.sh'
+    ]),
 
     // Static build (on bionic) which gets uploaded to builds.lokinet.dev:
     debian_pipeline("Static (bionic amd64)", "ubuntu:bionic", deps='g++-8 python3-dev', lto=true,
diff --git a/contrib/ci/drone-static-upload.sh b/contrib/ci/drone-static-upload.sh
index c639e0506..fd609da21 100755
--- a/contrib/ci/drone-static-upload.sh
+++ b/contrib/ci/drone-static-upload.sh
@@ -29,8 +29,11 @@ else
 fi
 
 mkdir -v "$base"
-mv -v daemon/lokinet "$base"
-cp -av ../lokinet-bootstrap "$base"
+# copy lokinet-bootstrap.ps1 and lokinet.exe if we are a windows build
+test -e daemon/lokinet.exe && cp -av daemon/lokinet.exe ../lokinet-bootstrap.ps1 "$base"
+# copy lokinet-bootstrap shell script and built binary if we aren't a windows build
+test -e daemon/lokinet && cp -av daemon/lokinet ../lokinet-bootstrap "$base"
+# tar dat shiz up yo
 tar cJvf "${base}.tar.xz" "$base"
 
 upload_to="builds.lokinet.dev/${DRONE_REPO// /_}/${DRONE_BRANCH// /_}"