diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ai/airwindows/cmakelists-and-helper.patch b/pkgs/by-name/ai/airwindows/cmakelists-and-helper.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..09bc63beebd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ai/airwindows/cmakelists-and-helper.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+diff --git a/plugins/LinuxVST/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/LinuxVST/CMakeLists.txt
+index f43ea128..b87a5c03 100755
+--- a/plugins/LinuxVST/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/plugins/LinuxVST/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -2,11 +2,24 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.9)
+ project(airwindows_ports)
+ 
+ set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 14)
+-add_compile_options(-O2 -D__cdecl=)
++add_compile_options(-D__cdecl=)
++
++set(VST2_SDK_PATH "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include/vstsdk" CACHE STRING "VST2 SDK Path")
++
++set(VSTSDK_ROOT
++    "${VST2_SDK_PATH}"
++    "${VST2_SDK_PATH}/pluginterfaces/vst2.x/"
++    "${VST2_SDK_PATH}/public.sdk/source/vst2.x/"
++)
++
++set(VSTSDK_SOURCES
++    "${VST2_SDK_PATH}/public.sdk/source/vst2.x/audioeffectx.cpp"
++    "${VST2_SDK_PATH}/public.sdk/source/vst2.x/audioeffect.cpp"
++    "${VST2_SDK_PATH}/public.sdk/source/vst2.x/vstplugmain.cpp"
++)
+ 
+ include(Helpers.cmake)
+ 
+-add_subdirectory(include/vstsdk)
+ add_airwindows_plugin(Acceleration)
+ add_airwindows_plugin(Acceleration2)
+ add_airwindows_plugin(ADClip7)
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ai/airwindows/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ai/airwindows/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ac0bd3f3714e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ai/airwindows/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+{
+  stdenv,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  fetchzip,
+  lib,
+  cmake,
+  nix-update-script,
+}:
+let
+  # adapted from oxefmsynth
+  vst-sdk = stdenv.mkDerivation {
+    dontConfigure = true;
+    dontPatch = true;
+    dontBuild = true;
+    dontStrip = true;
+    dontPatchELF = true;
+
+    name = "vstsdk3610_11_06_2018_build_37";
+    src = fetchzip {
+      url = "https://web.archive.org/web/20181016150224if_/https://download.steinberg.net/sdk_downloads/vstsdk3610_11_06_2018_build_37.zip";
+      sha256 = "0da16iwac590wphz2sm5afrfj42jrsnkr1bxcy93lj7a369ildkj";
+    };
+
+    installPhase = ''
+      cp -r VST2_SDK $out
+    '';
+  };
+in
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  pname = "airwindows";
+  version = "0-unstable-2025-01-06";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "airwindows";
+    repo = "airwindows";
+    rev = "0ca33035253b9fc0c6c876592d9e5ff3a654cd10";
+    hash = "sha256-+AyB6y179BRWTvflA9Ld5utpF2scSJDszkGa8BCvPdM=";
+  };
+
+  # we patch helpers because honestly im spooked out by where those variables
+  # came from.
+  prePatch = ''
+    mkdir -p plugins/LinuxVST/include
+    ln -s ${vst-sdk.out} plugins/LinuxVST/include/vstsdk
+  '';
+
+  patches = [
+    ./cmakelists-and-helper.patch
+  ];
+
+  # we are building for linux, so we go to linux
+  preConfigure = ''
+    cd plugins/LinuxVST
+  '';
+
+  cmakeBuildType = "Release";
+
+  cmakeFlags = [ ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    cmake
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    vst-sdk
+  ];
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
+    mkdir -p $out/lib/vst/airwindows
+    find "$PWD" -type f -name "*.so" -exec install -Dm755 {} $out/lib/vst/airwindows \;
+
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
+
+  passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { extraArgs = [ "--version=branch" ]; };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "All Airwindows VST Plugins";
+    homepage = "https://airwindows.com/";
+    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
+    license = [
+      lib.licenses.mit
+      lib.licenses.unfree
+    ];
+    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.l1npengtul ];
+  };
+}