diff --git a/community/botan/PKGBUILD b/community/botan/PKGBUILD
index 1448eb661..8fa08a6a4 100644
--- a/community/botan/PKGBUILD
+++ b/community/botan/PKGBUILD
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-# Maintainer: Alexander F. Rødseth <xyproto@archlinux.org>
+# Maintainer: Antonio Rojas <arojas@archlinux.org>
+# Contributor: Alexander F. Rødseth <xyproto@archlinux.org>
 # Contributor: Angel Velasquez <angvp@archlinux.org>
 # Contributor: Douglas Soares de Andrade <douglas@archlinux.org>
 # Contributor: d'Ronin <daronin@2600.com>
@@ -10,17 +11,25 @@
 
 pkgname=botan
 pkgver=2.15.0
-pkgrel=1
+pkgrel=2
 pkgdesc='Crypto library written in C++'
 arch=(x86_64)
 url='https://botan.randombit.net/'
 license=(BSD)
-makedepends=(python)
-optdepends=('python: for using botan2.py')
+depends=(xz sqlite)
+makedepends=(python boost openssl)
+optdepends=('python: for using botan2.py' 'boost-libs: for the botan executable')
 validpgpkeys=('621DAF6411E1851C4CF9A2E16211EBF1EFBADFBC')
-source=("https://botan.randombit.net/releases/Botan-${pkgver}.tar.xz"{,.asc})
+source=("https://botan.randombit.net/releases/Botan-${pkgver}.tar.xz"{,.asc}
+         botan-ldflags.patch)
 sha256sums=('d88af1307f1fefac79aa4f2f524699478d69ce15a857cf2d0a90ac6bf2a50009'
-            'SKIP')
+            'SKIP'
+            'a6e85d537f9a1299be8a6763df09c1b90680f5efd92c42a53ff0f985c82b3000')
+
+prepare() {
+  cd ${pkgname^}-$pkgver
+  patch -p1 -i ../botan-ldflags.patch # Fix --as-needed
+}
 
 build() {
   cd "${pkgname^}-$pkgver"
@@ -32,6 +41,9 @@ build() {
     --with-bzip \
     --with-lzma \
     --with-zlib \
+    --with-boost \
+    --with-openssl \
+    --with-sqlite3 \
     --with-os-feature=getrandom \
     $CONFIG
 
diff --git a/community/botan/botan-ldflags.patch b/community/botan/botan-ldflags.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..73561e7f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/community/botan/botan-ldflags.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+diff --git a/src/build-data/makefile.in b/src/build-data/makefile.in
+index 0d678345f..07a8d9cd5 100644
+--- a/src/build-data/makefile.in
++++ b/src/build-data/makefile.in
+@@ -72,10 +72,10 @@ TESTOBJS = %{join test_objs}
+ # Executable targets
+ 
+ $(CLI): $(LIBRARIES) $(CLIOBJS)
+-	$(EXE_LINK_CMD) $(ABI_FLAGS) $(CLIOBJS) $(EXE_LINKS_TO) $(LDFLAGS) %{output_to_exe}$@
++	$(EXE_LINK_CMD) $(ABI_FLAGS) $(CLIOBJS) $(LDFLAGS) $(EXE_LINKS_TO) %{output_to_exe}$@
+ 
+ $(TEST): $(LIBRARIES) $(TESTOBJS)
+-	$(EXE_LINK_CMD) $(ABI_FLAGS) $(TESTOBJS) $(EXE_LINKS_TO) $(LDFLAGS) %{output_to_exe}$@
++	$(EXE_LINK_CMD) $(ABI_FLAGS) $(TESTOBJS) $(LDFLAGS) $(EXE_LINKS_TO) %{output_to_exe}$@
+ 
+ %{if build_fuzzers}
+