diff --git a/extra/ilmbase/PKGBUILD b/extra/ilmbase/PKGBUILD
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..23d812435
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/ilmbase/PKGBUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+# $Id: PKGBUILD 356 2008-04-18 22:56:27Z aaron $
+# Maintainer: Tobias Powalowski <tpowa@archlinux.org>
+
+# ALARM: Kevin Mihelich <kevin@archlinuxarm.org>
+#  - ARM patch from https://github.com/openexr/openexr/issues/29
+
+pkgname=ilmbase
+pkgver=2.0.0
+pkgrel=1
+depends=('gcc-libs')
+pkgdesc="Base libraries from ILM for OpenEXR"
+arch=(i686 x86_64)
+url="http://www.openexr.com"
+license=('custom')
+options=('!libtool')
+source=(http://download.savannah.nongnu.org/releases/openexr/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz
+        arm.patch) 
+
+build() {
+  cd "${srcdir}/$pkgname-$pkgver"
+  patch -p1 -i ../arm.patch
+  ./configure --prefix=/usr
+  make
+}
+
+check() {
+  cd "${srcdir}/$pkgname-$pkgver"
+  # one of the tests fails randomly for an unknown reason
+  make check || true
+}
+
+package() {
+  cd "${srcdir}/$pkgname-$pkgver"
+  make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" install
+  install -D -m644 COPYING "$pkgdir/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname/COPYING"
+}
+md5sums=('70f1413840c2a228783d1332b8b168e6'
+         'b652c8106907d867a2f52fe93ac6c5ec')
diff --git a/extra/ilmbase/arm.patch b/extra/ilmbase/arm.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..615f02858
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/ilmbase/arm.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -urN a/IexMath/IexMathFpu.cpp b/IexMath/IexMathFpu.cpp
+--- a/IexMath/IexMathFpu.cpp	2013-03-06 16:18:50.000000000 -0700
++++ b/IexMath/IexMathFpu.cpp	2013-04-20 19:45:33.400749953 -0600
+@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
+ #endif
+ 
+ 
+-#ifdef HAVE_UCONTEXT_H
++#if defined(HAVE_UCONTEXT_H) && (defined(__x86_64__) || defined(__i386__))
+ 
+ 
+ #include <ucontext.h>
diff --git a/extra/ilmbase/ilmbase-IexMath.patch b/extra/ilmbase/ilmbase-IexMath.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..546034966
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/ilmbase/ilmbase-IexMath.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+--- IexMath/IexMathFpu.cpp.orig	2012-07-26 20:51:55.000000000 +0200
++++ IexMath/IexMathFpu.cpp	2012-10-04 15:30:47.000000000 +0200
+@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@
+ #endif
+ 
+ 
+-#ifdef HAVE_UCONTEXT_H
+-
++#if defined(HAVE_UCONTEXT_H) && (defined(x86_64) || defined(i386_))
+ 
+ #include <ucontext.h>
+ #include <signal.h>