diff --git a/srcpkgs/pacman/patches/gpg2gpg2.patch b/srcpkgs/pacman/patches/gpg2gpg2.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ba668e1f2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/pacman/patches/gpg2gpg2.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+gpg to gpg2:
+Arch's "gnupg" package is this distro's "gnupg2"
+This patches all references to the gpg command to use
+gpg2 instead.
+
+diff -Naur pacman-5.2.1.orig/scripts/pacman-key.sh.in pacman-5.2.1/scripts/pacman-key.sh.in
+--- scripts/pacman-key.sh.in	2019-10-24 06:29:08.000000000 -0700
++++ scripts/pacman-key.sh.in	2020-05-24 02:30:26.838797182 -0700
+@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
+ UPDATEDB=0
+ USE_COLOR='y'
+ VERIFY=0
++GPG_COMMAND='gpg2'
+
+ usage() {
+ 	printf "pacman-key (pacman) %s\n" ${myver}
+@@ -591,8 +592,8 @@
+ 	unset ALL_OFF BOLD BLUE GREEN RED YELLOW
+ fi
+
+-if ! type -p gpg >/dev/null; then
+-	error "$(gettext "Cannot find the %s binary required for all %s operations.")" "gpg" "pacman-key"
++if ! type -p ${GPG_COMMAND} >/dev/null; then
++	error "$(gettext "Cannot find the %s binary required for all %s operations.")" "${GPG_COMMAND}" "pacman-key"
+ 	exit 1
+ fi
+
+@@ -611,7 +612,7 @@
+ # file, falling back on a hard default
+ PACMAN_KEYRING_DIR=${PACMAN_KEYRING_DIR:-$(pacman-conf --config="$CONFIG" gpgdir)}
+
+-GPG_PACMAN=(gpg --homedir "${PACMAN_KEYRING_DIR}" --no-permission-warning)
++GPG_PACMAN=(${GPG_COMMAND} --homedir "${PACMAN_KEYRING_DIR}" --no-permission-warning)
+ if [[ -n ${KEYSERVER} ]]; then
+ 	GPG_PACMAN+=(--keyserver "${KEYSERVER}")
+ fi
+
+
diff --git a/srcpkgs/pacman/template b/srcpkgs/pacman/template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0ea2567b90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/pacman/template
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Template file for 'pacman'
+pkgname=pacman
+version=5.2.2
+revision=1
+make_dirs="/var/lib/pacman 0755 root root
+ /usr/var/cache/pacman/pkg 0755 root root
+ /usr/share/libalpm/hooks 0755 root root"
+conf_files="/etc/pacman.conf"
+build_style=meson
+hostmakedepends="autoconf automake curl libtool gettext-devel pkg-config asciidoc"
+makedepends="libarchive-devel gpgme-devel libcurl-devel"
+depends="gnupg2"
+checkdepends="fakeroot"
+short_desc="Simple library-based package manager"
+maintainer="oreo639 <oreo6391@gmail.com>"
+license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
+homepage="https://www.archlinux.org/pacman/"
+distfiles="https://sources.archlinux.org/other/pacman/pacman-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=bb201a9f2fb53c28d011f661d50028efce6eef2c1d2a36728bdd0130189349a0
+
+if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_LIBC" = musl ]; then
+	do_check() {
+		: fakechroot is not available
+	}
+else
+	checkdepends+=" fakechroot"
+fi