diff --git a/thirdparty/fetch-thirdparty-deps-windows.sh b/thirdparty/fetch-thirdparty-deps-windows.sh
index 356eef284d..9016f9c897 100755
--- a/thirdparty/fetch-thirdparty-deps-windows.sh
+++ b/thirdparty/fetch-thirdparty-deps-windows.sh
@@ -8,30 +8,39 @@ download_dir="${0%/*}/download/windows"
 mkdir -p "${download_dir}"
 cd "${download_dir}"
 
+function get()
+{
+	if which nuget >/dev/null; then
+		nuget install $1 -Version $2 -ExcludeVersion
+	else
+		../../noget.sh $1 $2
+	fi
+}
+
 if [ ! -f SDL2.dll ]; then
 	echo "Fetching SDL2 from nuget"
-	nuget install sdl2 -Version 2.0.3 -ExcludeVersion
+	get sdl2.redist 2.0.3
 	cp ./sdl2.redist/build/native/bin/Win32/dynamic/SDL2.dll .
-	rm -rf sdl2 sdl2.redist
+	rm -rf sdl2.redist
 fi
 
 if [ ! -f freetype6.dll ]; then
 	echo "Fetching FreeType2 from nuget"
-	nuget install SharpFont.Dependencies -Version 2.5.5.1 -ExcludeVersion
+	get SharpFont.Dependencies 2.5.5.1
 	cp ./SharpFont.Dependencies/bin/msvc10/x86/freetype6.dll .
 	rm -rf SharpFont.Dependencies
 fi
 
 if [ ! -f lua51.dll ]; then
 	echo "Fetching Lua 5.1 from nuget"
-	nuget install lua.binaries -Version 5.1.5 -ExcludeVersion
+	get lua.binaries 5.1.5
 	cp ./lua.binaries/bin/win32/dll8/lua5.1.dll ./lua51.dll
 	rm -rf lua.binaries
 fi
 
 if [ ! -f soft_oal.dll ]; then
 	echo "Fetching OpenAL Soft from nuget"
-	nuget install OpenAL-Soft -Version 1.16.0 -ExcludeVersion
+	get OpenAL-Soft 1.16.0
 	cp ./OpenAL-Soft/bin/Win32/soft_oal.dll ./soft_oal.dll
 	rm -rf OpenAL-Soft
 fi
diff --git a/thirdparty/fetch-thirdparty-deps.sh b/thirdparty/fetch-thirdparty-deps.sh
index f954368ccd..6aa81dea77 100755
--- a/thirdparty/fetch-thirdparty-deps.sh
+++ b/thirdparty/fetch-thirdparty-deps.sh
@@ -8,30 +8,42 @@ download_dir="${0%/*}/download"
 mkdir -p "${download_dir}"
 cd "${download_dir}"
 
+function get()
+{
+	if which nuget >/dev/null; then
+		nuget install $1 -Version $2 -ExcludeVersion
+	else
+		../noget.sh $1 $2
+	fi
+}
+
 if [ ! -f StyleCopPlus.dll ]; then
 	echo "Fetching StyleCopPlus from nuget"
-	nuget install StyleCopPlus.MSBuild -Version 4.7.49.5 -ExcludeVersion
+	get StyleCopPlus.MSBuild 4.7.49.5
 	cp ./StyleCopPlus.MSBuild/tools/StyleCopPlus.dll .
 	rm -rf StyleCopPlus.MSBuild
 fi
 
 if [ ! -f StyleCop.dll ]; then
 	echo "Fetching StyleCop files from nuget"
-	nuget install StyleCop.MSBuild -Version 4.7.49.0 -ExcludeVersion
+	get StyleCop.MSBuild 4.7.49.0
 	cp ./StyleCop.MSBuild/tools/StyleCop*.dll .
 	rm -rf StyleCop.MSBuild
 fi
 
 if [ ! -f ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib.dll ]; then
 	echo "Fetching ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib from nuget"
-	nuget install SharpZipLib -Version 0.86.0 -ExcludeVersion
+	get SharpZipLib 0.86.0
 	cp ./SharpZipLib/lib/20/ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib.dll .
 	rm -rf SharpZipLib
 fi
 
 if [ ! -f MaxMind.GeoIP2.dll ]; then
 	echo "Fetching MaxMind.GeoIP2 from nuget"
-	nuget install MaxMind.GeoIP2 -Version 2.1.0 -ExcludeVersion
+	get MaxMind.Db 1.0.0.0
+	get Newtonsoft.Json 6.0.5
+	get RestSharp 105.0.1
+	get MaxMind.GeoIP2 2.1.0
 	cp ./MaxMind.Db/lib/net40/MaxMind.Db.* .
 	rm -rf MaxMind.Db
 	cp ./MaxMind.GeoIP2/lib/net40/MaxMind.GeoIP2* .
@@ -44,7 +56,7 @@ fi
 
 if [ ! -f SharpFont.dll ]; then
 	echo "Fetching SharpFont from nuget"
-	nuget install SharpFont -Version 3.0.1 -ExcludeVersion
+	get SharpFont 3.0.1
 	cp ./SharpFont/lib/net20/SharpFont* .
 	cp ./SharpFont/config/SharpFont.dll.config .
 	rm -rf SharpFont SharpFont.Dependencies
@@ -52,21 +64,21 @@ fi
 
 if [ ! -f nunit.framework.dll ]; then
 	echo "Fetching NUnit from nuget"
-	nuget install NUnit -Version 2.6.4 -ExcludeVersion
+	get NUnit 2.6.4
 	cp ./NUnit/lib/nunit.framework* .
 	rm -rf NUnit
 fi
 
 if [ ! -f Mono.Nat.dll ]; then
 	echo "Fetching Mono.Nat from nuget"
-	nuget install Mono.Nat -Version 1.2.21 -ExcludeVersion
+	get Mono.Nat 1.2.21
 	cp ./Mono.Nat/lib/net40/Mono.Nat.dll .
 	rm -rf Mono.Nat
 fi
 
 if [ ! -f FuzzyLogicLibrary.dll ]; then
 	echo "Fetching FuzzyLogicLibrary from NuGet."
-	nuget install FuzzyLogicLibrary -Version 1.2.0 -ExcludeVersion
+	get FuzzyLogicLibrary 1.2.0
 	cp ./FuzzyLogicLibrary/bin/Release/FuzzyLogicLibrary.dll .
 	rm -rf FuzzyLogicLibrary
 fi
diff --git a/thirdparty/noget.sh b/thirdparty/noget.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..7346ea7495
--- /dev/null
+++ b/thirdparty/noget.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# fallback without dependency resolution if nuget is not present on the system
+
+archive="$1"
+version="$2"
+curl -o "$archive.zip" -Ls https://nuget.org/api/v2/package/"$archive"/"$version"
+mkdir -p "$archive"
+unzip -o -qq "$archive.zip" -d "$archive" && rm "$archive.zip"
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