diff --git a/community/jack2/40-hpet-permissions.rules b/community/jack2/40-hpet-permissions.rules
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7af3780f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/community/jack2/40-hpet-permissions.rules
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+KERNEL=="rtc0", GROUP="audio"
+KERNEL=="hpet", GROUP="audio"
diff --git a/community/jack2/99-audio.conf b/community/jack2/99-audio.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eb76ef920
--- /dev/null
+++ b/community/jack2/99-audio.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+@audio 	- rtprio 	99
+@audio 	- memlock 	unlimited
diff --git a/community/jack2/PKGBUILD b/community/jack2/PKGBUILD
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ebbeb9ce0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/community/jack2/PKGBUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+# $Id$
+# Maintainer: Ray Rashif <schiv@archlinux.org>
+# Contributor: Daniele Paolella <danielepaolella@email.it>
+# Contributor: Philipp Überbacher <hollunder at gmx dot at>
+# Contributor: Thomas Bahn <thomas-bahn at gmx dot net>
+
+# ALARM: Kevin Mihelich <kevin@archlinuxarm.org>
+#  - modified upstream patch for AArch64:
+#    https://github.com/jackaudio/jack2/commit/693451c36106542c5c5b5ba46d5d89aec783252e
+
+pkgbase=jack2
+pkgname=('jack2' 'jack2-dbus')
+#pkgname= # single build (overrides split)
+_tarname=jack
+pkgver=1.9.10
+pkgrel=6.1
+arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
+url="http://jackaudio.org/"
+backup=(etc/security/limits.d/99-audio.conf)
+license=('GPL')
+makedepends=('python2-dbus' 'libffado' 'celt' 'opus' 'libsamplerate')
+source=("https://dl.dropbox.com/u/28869550/jack-$pkgver.tar.bz2"
+        '99-audio.conf'
+        '40-hpet-permissions.rules'
+        'jack1compat.diff'
+        'gcc6.patch'
+        'aarch64.patch')
+md5sums=('4aeb91d7ae0cabce98355436ed4f217a'
+         'ae65b7c9ebe0fff6c918ba9d97ae342d'
+         '471aad533ff56c5d3cbbf65ce32cadef'
+         '8c367d60a6375ebacf0d53ad651a0486'
+         '2a28b64d7672f9c38dd777e380b81291'
+         'bc182b43d293c066293a65e950894249')
+
+_isbuild() {
+  printf "%s\n" ${pkgname[@]} | grep -qx $1
+}
+
+_pyfix() {
+  sed -i 's:bin/env python:bin/env python2:' \
+    "$pkgdir/usr/bin/jack_control"
+}
+
+_wafconf() {
+  python2 waf configure --prefix=/usr \
+                        --alsa \
+                        --firewire $@
+
+  # not building with doxygen
+  # see https://github.com/jackaudio/jack2/issues/22
+}
+
+prepare() {
+  cd "$srcdir"
+
+  # Some optimisation bug exists for current GCC
+  # see http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=53663
+  #export CFLAGS="${CFLAGS/-O[0-9]/-O0}"
+  #export CXXFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
+
+  # fix doxygen building
+  # TODO: report upstream, but redundant until github issue 22 resolves
+  #sed -i 's:build/default/html:html:' $_tarname-$pkgver/wscript
+
+
+  (
+    cd $_tarname-$pkgver
+    patch -Np1 -i $srcdir/gcc6.patch
+
+    # see https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/47839
+    patch -Np1 -i $srcdir/jack1compat.diff
+
+    # upstream AArch64 patch
+    patch -Np1 -i $srcdir/aarch64.patch
+  )
+
+  # we may do 2 different builds
+  cp -r $_tarname-$pkgver $_tarname-dbus-$pkgver
+
+}
+
+build() {
+  cd "$srcdir"
+
+  # mixed dbus/classic build
+  if _isbuild jack2; then
+    cd $_tarname-$pkgver
+    msg2 "Running Mixed D-Bus/Classic build"
+    _wafconf --classic --dbus
+    python2 waf build $MAKEFLAGS
+    cd ..
+  fi
+
+  # dbus-ONLY build
+  if _isbuild jack2-dbus; then
+    cd $_tarname-dbus-$pkgver
+    msg2 "Running D-Bus-only build"
+    _wafconf --dbus
+    python2 waf build $MAKEFLAGS
+    cd ..
+  fi
+}
+
+package_jack2() {
+  ! _isbuild jack2 && return 0
+
+  pkgdesc="The next-generation JACK with SMP support"
+  depends=('libsamplerate' 'celt' 'opus' 'libffado')
+  optdepends=('python2-dbus: jack_control')
+  conflicts=('jack')
+  provides=('jack' 'jackmp' 'jackdmp' 'jackdbus')
+
+  cd "$srcdir/$_tarname-$pkgver"
+
+  python2 waf install --destdir="$pkgdir"
+
+  # fix for major python transition
+  _pyfix
+
+  # configure realtime access/scheduling
+  # see https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/26343
+  install -Dm644 "$srcdir/99-audio.conf" \
+    "$pkgdir/etc/security/limits.d/99-audio.conf"
+
+  install -Dm644 "$srcdir/40-hpet-permissions.rules" \
+    "$pkgdir/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/40-hpet-permissions.rules"
+}
+
+package_jack2-dbus() {
+  ! _isbuild jack2-dbus && return 0
+
+  pkgdesc="The next-generation JACK with SMP support (for D-BUS interaction only)"
+  depends=('libsamplerate' 'celt' 'opus' 'libffado')
+  optdepends=('python2-dbus: jack_control')
+  conflicts=('jack' 'jack2')
+  provides=('jack' 'jack2' 'jackmp' 'jackdmp' 'jackdbus')
+
+  cd "$srcdir/$_tarname-dbus-$pkgver"
+
+  python2 waf install --destdir="$pkgdir"
+
+  _pyfix
+
+  install -Dm644 "$srcdir/99-audio.conf" \
+    "$pkgdir/etc/security/limits.d/99-audio.conf"
+
+  install -Dm644 "$srcdir/40-hpet-permissions.rules" \
+    "$pkgdir/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/40-hpet-permissions.rules"
+}
+
+# vim:set ts=2 sw=2 et:
diff --git a/community/jack2/aarch64.patch b/community/jack2/aarch64.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4e0fe8c2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/community/jack2/aarch64.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+diff -urN a/common/jack/systemdeps.h b/common/jack/systemdeps.h
+--- a/common/jack/systemdeps.h	2014-07-18 06:28:12.000000000 -0600
++++ b/common/jack/systemdeps.h	2017-02-26 20:45:07.087664517 -0700
+@@ -120,9 +120,9 @@
+ 
+ #endif /* __APPLE__ || __linux__ || __sun__ || sun */
+ 
+-#if defined(__arm__)
++#if defined(__arm__) || defined(__aarch64__)
+     #undef POST_PACKED_STRUCTURE
+     #define POST_PACKED_STRUCTURE
+-#endif /* __arm__ */
++#endif /* __arm__ || __aarch64__ */
+ 
+ #endif /* __jack_systemdeps_h__ */
diff --git a/community/jack2/gcc6.patch b/community/jack2/gcc6.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ba7778ba5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/community/jack2/gcc6.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+From ff1ed2c4524095055140370c1008a2d9cccc5645 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Adrian Knoth <adi@drcomp.erfurt.thur.de>
+Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2016 05:35:07 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Fix initialization in test/iodelay.cpp
+
+jack_latency_range_t is
+
+struct _jack_latency_range {
+    jack_nframes_t min;
+    jack_nframes_t max;
+};
+
+and jack_nframes_t is
+
+typedef uint32_t        jack_nframes_t;
+
+so it's unsigned. Initialising it with -1 is invalid (at least in C++14). We cannot use {0, 0}, because latency_cb has
+
+   jack_latency_range_t range;
+   range.min = range.max = 0;
+   if ((range.min != capture_latency.min) || (range.max !=
+       capture_latency.max)) {
+       capture_latency = range;
+   }
+
+so we must not have {0, 0}, otherwise the condition would never be true.
+
+Using UINT32_MAX should be equivalent to the previous -1.
+---
+ tests/iodelay.cpp | 7 ++++---
+ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/tests/iodelay.cpp b/tests/iodelay.cpp
+index e1ba63f..1ef470f 100644
+--- a/tests/iodelay.cpp
++++ b/tests/iodelay.cpp
+@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
+ 
+ #include <stdlib.h>
+ #include <stdio.h>
++#include <stdint.h>
+ #include <math.h>
+ #include <unistd.h>
+ #include <jack/jack.h>
+@@ -167,8 +168,8 @@ static jack_client_t  *jack_handle;
+ static jack_port_t    *jack_capt;
+ static jack_port_t    *jack_play;
+ 
+-jack_latency_range_t   capture_latency = {-1, -1};
+-jack_latency_range_t   playback_latency = {-1, -1};
++jack_latency_range_t   capture_latency = {UINT32_MAX, UINT32_MAX};
++jack_latency_range_t   playback_latency = {UINT32_MAX, UINT32_MAX};
+ 
+ void
+ latency_cb (jack_latency_callback_mode_t mode, void *arg)
+@@ -266,4 +267,4 @@ int main (int ac, char *av [])
+     return 0;
+ }
+ 
+-// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+\ No newline at end of file
++// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/community/jack2/jack1compat.diff b/community/jack2/jack1compat.diff
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d14b3e1dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/community/jack2/jack1compat.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+diff --git a/common/jack/types.h b/common/jack/types.h
+index 094d407..2dccf34 100644
+--- a/common/jack/types.h
++++ b/common/jack/types.h
+@@ -403,10 +403,8 @@ typedef void (*JackPortConnectCallback)(jack_port_id_t a, jack_port_id_t b, int
+  * @param port the port that has been renamed
+  * @param new_name the new name
+  * @param arg pointer to a client supplied structure
+- *
+- * @return zero on success, non-zero on error
+  */
+-typedef int (*JackPortRenameCallback)(jack_port_id_t port, const char* old_name, const char* new_name, void *arg);
++typedef void (*JackPortRenameCallback)(jack_port_id_t port, const char* old_name, const char* new_name, void *arg);
+ 
+ /**
+  * Prototype for the client supplied function that is called
+diff --git a/tests/test.cpp b/tests/test.cpp
+index 750d152..8a8a811 100644
+--- a/tests/test.cpp
++++ b/tests/test.cpp
+@@ -186,11 +186,10 @@ void Jack_Client_Registration_Callback(const char* name, int val, void *arg)
+ 		client_register--;
+ }
+ 
+-int Jack_Port_Rename_Callback(jack_port_id_t port, const char* old_name, const char* new_name, void *arg)
++void Jack_Port_Rename_Callback(jack_port_id_t port, const char* old_name, const char* new_name, void *arg)
+ {
+      Log("Rename callback has been successfully called with old_name '%s' and new_name '%s'. (msg from callback)\n", old_name, new_name);
+      port_rename_clbk = 1;
+-     return 0;
+ }
+ 
+ int Jack_Update_Buffer_Size(jack_nframes_t nframes, void *arg)