diff --git a/extra/yaml-cpp/.SRCINFO b/extra/yaml-cpp/.SRCINFO
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6e27cd934
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/yaml-cpp/.SRCINFO
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+pkgbase = yaml-cpp
+	pkgdesc = YAML parser and emitter in C++, written around the YAML 1.2 spec
+	pkgver = 0.8.0
+	pkgrel = 2
+	url = https://github.com/jbeder/yaml-cpp
+	arch = x86_64
+	license = MIT
+	makedepends = cmake
+	makedepends = ninja
+	depends = gcc-libs
+	depends = glibc
+	provides = libyaml-cpp.so
+	source = https://github.com/jbeder/yaml-cpp/archive/0.8.0/yaml-cpp-0.8.0.tar.gz
+	sha512sums = aae9d618f906117d620d63173e95572c738db518f4ff1901a06de2117d8deeb8045f554102ca0ba4735ac0c4d060153a938ef78da3e0da3406d27b8298e5f38e
+
+pkgname = yaml-cpp
diff --git a/extra/yaml-cpp/.nvchecker.toml b/extra/yaml-cpp/.nvchecker.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9e2abb5f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/yaml-cpp/.nvchecker.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[yaml-cpp]
+source = "git"
+git = "https://github.com/jbeder/yaml-cpp.git"
diff --git a/extra/yaml-cpp/PKGBUILD b/extra/yaml-cpp/PKGBUILD
index 6e8a1b044..e4fc84a51 100644
--- a/extra/yaml-cpp/PKGBUILD
+++ b/extra/yaml-cpp/PKGBUILD
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 pkgname=yaml-cpp
 pkgver=0.8.0
-pkgrel=1
+pkgrel=2
 pkgdesc="YAML parser and emitter in C++, written around the YAML 1.2 spec"
 url="https://github.com/jbeder/yaml-cpp"
 arch=('x86_64')