diff --git a/core/pacman/PKGBUILD b/core/pacman/PKGBUILD
index f27575acf..c74c68d17 100644
--- a/core/pacman/PKGBUILD
+++ b/core/pacman/PKGBUILD
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@
 
 pkgname=pacman
 pkgver=5.2.1
-pkgrel=1
+pkgrel=2
 pkgdesc="A library-based package manager with dependency support"
 arch=('x86_64')
 url="https://www.archlinux.org/pacman/"
 license=('GPL')
-groups=('base' 'base-devel')
+groups=('base-devel')
 depends=('bash' 'glibc' 'libarchive' 'curl'
          'gpgme' 'pacman-mirrorlist' 'archlinuxarm-keyring')
 makedepends=('asciidoc')
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ options=('strip' 'debug')
 validpgpkeys=('6645B0A8C7005E78DB1D7864F99FFE0FEAE999BD'  # Allan McRae <allan@archlinux.org>
               'B8151B117037781095514CA7BBDFFC92306B1121') # Andrew Gregory (pacman) <andrew@archlinux.org>
 source=(https://sources.archlinux.org/other/pacman/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz{,.sig}
+        pacman-5.2.1-fix-pactest-package-tar-format.patch::https://git.archlinux.org/pacman.git/patch/?id=b9faf652735c603d1bdf849a570185eb721f11c1
         0001-Sychronize-filesystem.patch
         0002-Revert-close-stdin-before-running-install-scripts.patch
         0003-Revert-alpm_run_chroot-always-connect-parent2child-p.patch
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ source=(https://sources.archlinux.org/other/pacman/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz{,.sig
         makepkg.conf)
 sha256sums=('1930c407265fd039cb3a8e6edc82f69e122aa9239d216d9d57b9d1b9315af312'
             'SKIP'
+            'd268379269c9dfa6eb3358f8931d3c84ef5fa4d47fe22567022fcbac8e4638c1'
             '187bef40b14461ef7caba83e8124b6725e0cc9d46fa84353dae3b2afdc013589'
             '83597d3092edb2414d3b1a3e2e7337c0edcf102636a5884f3d3f3755fdceb2b0'
             '6e6434d123dd57961922627b39d967de384e3902a041e12dfc077081552fec28'
@@ -45,6 +47,7 @@ sha256sums=('1930c407265fd039cb3a8e6edc82f69e122aa9239d216d9d57b9d1b9315af312'
 
 prepare() {
   cd "$pkgname-$pkgver"
+  patch -Np1 < ../pacman-5.2.1-fix-pactest-package-tar-format.patch
 
   patch -p1 -i ../0001-Sychronize-filesystem.patch
   patch -p1 -i ../0002-Revert-close-stdin-before-running-install-scripts.patch