diff --git a/alarm/python2-msgpack-pure/PKGBUILD b/alarm/python2-msgpack-pure/PKGBUILD
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8976d938b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alarm/python2-msgpack-pure/PKGBUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#Contributor: Jason Plum <jplum@archlinuxarm.org> 
+
+pkgname=python2-msgpack-pure
+pkgver=0.1.3
+pkgrel=1
+pkgdesc="Python module for MessagePack serialization/deserialization library" 
+arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
+url="http://msgpack.org/"
+license=('mit')
+depends=('python2')
+provides=('python2-msgpack')
+conflicts=()
+
+source="http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/m/msgpack-pure/msgpack-pure-${pkgver}.tar.gz"
+
+md5sums="4fc0fbb334db82b2079141034ccd91ae"
+
+build() {
+  cd ${srcdir}/msgpack-pure-${pkgver}
+  python2 setup.py install --root=${pkgdir}/ --optimize=1
+}
diff --git a/aur/salt/PKGBUILD b/aur/salt/PKGBUILD
index 00dafd683..c04da0ff8 100644
--- a/aur/salt/PKGBUILD
+++ b/aur/salt/PKGBUILD
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ depends=('python2'
          'pycrypto'
          'python2-psutil'
          'python2-jinja')
-#         'python2-msgpack')
+         'python2-msgpack-pure')
 
 backup=('etc/salt/master.template'
         'etc/salt/minion.template')
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ makedepends=()
 optdepends=()
 options=()
 conflicts=('salt-git')
-install=salt.install
 
 source=("https://github.com/downloads/saltstack/salt/${pkgname}-${pkgver}.tar.gz"
         "salt-master"
diff --git a/aur/salt/salt.install b/aur/salt/salt.install
deleted file mode 100644
index 23903d8eb..000000000
--- a/aur/salt/salt.install
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-# there is a problem with python2-msgpack on ARM. 
-# msgpack_pure works but we'll need to just make sure it upgrades.
-post_install() {
-  pip2 install msgpack_pure --upgrade
-}
-
-post_upgrade() {
-  post_install
-}
-
-
-