diff --git a/community/consul/0001-fix-ARM-build.patch b/community/consul/0001-fix-ARM-build.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3fa963386
--- /dev/null
+++ b/community/consul/0001-fix-ARM-build.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+From 3f7dd8f6fa2a9e6bd1b57830df24fb83f6b4a951 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Kevin Mihelich <kevin@archlinuxarm.org>
+Date: Wed, 23 May 2018 19:47:32 -0600
+Subject: [PATCH] fix ARM build
+
+---
+ GNUmakefile | 4 ++--
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/GNUmakefile b/GNUmakefile
+index 124e9cb4..dd7ef190 100644
+--- a/GNUmakefile
++++ b/GNUmakefile
+@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ changelogfmt:
+ 
+ # linux builds a linux package independent of the source platform
+ linux:
+-	mkdir -p pkg/linux_amd64/
+-	GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -buildmode=pie -ldflags '$(GOLDFLAGS)' -tags '$(GOTAGS)' -o pkg/linux_amd64/consul
++	mkdir -p pkg/$(GOOS)_$(GOARCH)
++	GOOS=linux GOARCH=$(GOARCH) go build -buildmode=pie -ldflags '$(GOLDFLAGS)' -tags '$(GOTAGS)' -o pkg/$(GOOS)_$(GOARCH)/consul
+ 
+ # dist builds binaries for all platforms and packages them for distribution
+ dist:
+-- 
+2.17.0
+
diff --git a/community/consul/PKGBUILD b/community/consul/PKGBUILD
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e0f06ef5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/community/consul/PKGBUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+# $Id$
+# Maintainer: Thore Bödecker <foxxx0@archlinux.org>
+# Maintainer: Felix Yan <felixonmars@archlinux.org>
+
+# ALARM: Kevin Mihelich <kevin@archlinuxarm.org>
+#  - patch to fix ARM build
+#  - use GOARCH in packaging path
+
+pkgname=consul
+pkgver=1.1.0
+pkgrel=2
+pkgdesc="A tool for service discovery, monitoring and configuration."
+arch=('x86_64')
+_gocli_commit='65fcae5817c8600da98ada9d7edf26dd1a84837b' # HEAD
+url="https://www.consul.io"
+license=('MPL2')
+depends=('glibc')
+makedepends=('git' 'go-pie' 'procps-ng' 'syslog-ng' 'zip')
+source=("$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz::https://github.com/hashicorp/consul/archive/v$pkgver.tar.gz"
+        "git+https://github.com/mitchellh/cli#commit=${_gocli_commit}"
+        'consul.service'
+        'consul.default'
+        'consul.sysusers'
+        'example.json'
+        'disable-broken-api-test.patch'
+        'force-pie-build.patch'
+        'fix-build-version-info.patch'
+        '0001-fix-ARM-build.patch')
+install=consul.install
+sha512sums=('80c16a42fc58930234cb277bfdd21c3f1d9f7fe1cf2fea6284056a47f602a40a15ddd447779e83fc5b42502ca8a507a819f5ad7d11689c0bcbb0da739b217721'
+            'SKIP'
+            'c70b9d1556f6c7ecb2e915ab685f289cef0e31198bd2e50c74a0483bbfb387beec67334f539a90adbf68b61b07946e98b300ab8a8e26e53b35f4ab4894adeb04'
+            'ec5a800529a297c709fa383c094ecf106351cf0f8ac7b613b972d415d77fe001088902d7ab805e63e78a8e6360323fec1b795db5a4446df1e21b9b4ed31e7079'
+            'ef872aedb2bc022a29292b7972a792b22e684c1ccb904a2b2cfec6d8966c28fb19be1452ce060821c419f1b646b236ba2e783175595e4bb6926d164c27a15c87'
+            'c4292b8f56ee955ed7385a49843fd90d6434029891b3e1e724cb2fc841514c06e2554a26d3937c114371b18c2168c4e64319eb2cbd726ee8b35870df19089348'
+            'ad5b5ea1fd4ec443c98a89da9fb581d32894c4583dec3707ce9096ed45706bc800f8eb20e5a0c68f6de437d228e09a97bad5815b5bba9b18ae339bcf9a42f8f7'
+            '2c7323b889e9a040f8e2732aa192fbef87bb5eb81072a06a48f536cbdd93d7d219ea17b61e89dfebf915e85861cbb60dd889cb03a14e0a8197b081595e2a2783'
+            'e2fa5674343cd26e17bf08d0a4f2bd923870617511aed49fdc98aaa88a7590916b67e886301385988fdea93747f380f6a7322d1eac3ba14cf81b4baff452cb12'
+            'dc85ba1cab2f77dd9b7cf0032866ee7a09df1644f888656ea74d1af2ec03bf487837c2e05a36cd9248712938f398bc31142d9e2dde7e53a4fa117d48d9c5b656')
+
+prepare() {
+  export  GOPATH="${srcdir}"
+  export  PATH="$PATH:$GOPATH/bin"
+  mkdir -p "src/github.com/mitchellh"
+  mkdir -p "src/github.com/hashicorp"
+
+  mv "${pkgname}-${pkgver}" "src/github.com/hashicorp/${pkgname}"
+  mv "cli" "src/github.com/mitchellh/cli"
+
+  cd "src/github.com/hashicorp/${pkgname}"
+
+  # force pie build
+  patch -p1 -N -l -i "${srcdir}/force-pie-build.patch"
+
+  # use proper release build version string (w/o '-dev' suffix)
+  patch -p1 -N -l -i "${srcdir}/fix-build-version-info.patch"
+
+  # fix ARM build
+  patch -p1 -i "${srcdir}/0001-fix-ARM-build.patch"
+}
+
+check() {
+  cd "src/github.com/hashicorp/${pkgname}"
+  # TODO: debug failing tests
+  #       + TestTombstoneGC
+  #rm ./agent/consul/state/tombstone_gc_test.go
+  #       + TestAPI_ClientTLSOptions
+  #patch -p0 ./api/api_test.go < "${srcdir}/disable-broken-api-test.patch"
+  #       + TestSyslogFilter (need to start syslog-ng within the chroot container)
+  #rm ./logger/syslog_test.go
+  #make test
+}
+
+build() {
+  cd "src/github.com/hashicorp/${pkgname}"
+  # build local arch only, from: https://github.com/hashicorp/consul/#developing-consul
+  # note! this will result in a development build! do not use for production
+  # CONSUL_DEV=1 make
+
+  # this will limit the build targets but still result in official "zip" release
+  # XC_OS='linux' XC_ARCH='amd64' make
+
+  # this will build only for linux/amd64
+  export CGO_ENABLED=0
+  make linux
+}
+
+package() {
+  cd "src/github.com/hashicorp/${pkgname}"
+
+  install -D -d -m750 -o 208 -g 208 "${pkgdir}/var/lib/consul"
+  install -D -d -m750 -o   0 -g 208 "${pkgdir}/etc/consul.d"
+
+  install -D -m644 "${srcdir}/consul.default" "${pkgdir}/etc/default/consul"
+  install -D -m640 -o 0 -g 208 "${srcdir}/example.json" "${pkgdir}/etc/consul.d/example.json"
+  install -Dm755 pkg/linux_$(go env GOARCH)/consul "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/consul"
+
+  install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/consul.service" "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/systemd/system/consul.service"
+  install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/consul.sysusers" "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/sysusers.d/consul.conf"
+}
+
+# vim:set ts=2 sw=2 et:
diff --git a/community/consul/consul.default b/community/consul/consul.default
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4274b4196
--- /dev/null
+++ b/community/consul/consul.default
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+CONSUL_FLAGS=""
diff --git a/community/consul/consul.install b/community/consul/consul.install
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..149ee47de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/community/consul/consul.install
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+post_upgrade() {
+	# improved permissions since 0.9.3-1
+	if  [ "$(vercmp "$2" "0.9.3")" -lt 0 ]; then
+		chown 0:208 /etc/consul.d
+		chmod 0750 /etc/consul.d
+		echo -en "----\nThe directory permissions for /etc/consul.d/ have been fixed.\n----\n"
+	fi
+	true
+}
diff --git a/community/consul/consul.service b/community/consul/consul.service
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f6a2b404c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/community/consul/consul.service
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Consul Agent
+Requires=network-online.target
+After=network-online.target
+
+[Service]
+User=consul
+Group=consul
+EnvironmentFile=-/etc/default/consul
+Restart=on-failure
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/consul agent $CONSUL_FLAGS -config-dir=/etc/consul.d
+ExecReload=/usr/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
+KillSignal=SIGINT
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/community/consul/consul.sysusers b/community/consul/consul.sysusers
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d28504294
--- /dev/null
+++ b/community/consul/consul.sysusers
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+u consul 208 - /var/lib/consul
diff --git a/community/consul/disable-broken-api-test.patch b/community/consul/disable-broken-api-test.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..af185bf32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/community/consul/disable-broken-api-test.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+--- ./api/api_test.go	2017-09-08 18:43:36.000000000 +0200
++++ /tmp/api_test.go	2017-09-13 16:20:25.950467396 +0200
+@@ -253,115 +253,6 @@
+ 	}
+ }
+ 
+-func TestAPI_ClientTLSOptions(t *testing.T) {
+-	t.Parallel()
+-	// Start a server that verifies incoming HTTPS connections
+-	_, srvVerify := makeClientWithConfig(t, nil, func(conf *testutil.TestServerConfig) {
+-		conf.CAFile = "../test/client_certs/rootca.crt"
+-		conf.CertFile = "../test/client_certs/server.crt"
+-		conf.KeyFile = "../test/client_certs/server.key"
+-		conf.VerifyIncomingHTTPS = true
+-	})
+-	defer srvVerify.Stop()
+-
+-	// Start a server without VerifyIncomingHTTPS
+-	_, srvNoVerify := makeClientWithConfig(t, nil, func(conf *testutil.TestServerConfig) {
+-		conf.CAFile = "../test/client_certs/rootca.crt"
+-		conf.CertFile = "../test/client_certs/server.crt"
+-		conf.KeyFile = "../test/client_certs/server.key"
+-		conf.VerifyIncomingHTTPS = false
+-	})
+-	defer srvNoVerify.Stop()
+-
+-	// Client without a cert
+-	t.Run("client without cert, validation", func(t *testing.T) {
+-		client, err := NewClient(&Config{
+-			Address: srvVerify.HTTPSAddr,
+-			Scheme:  "https",
+-			TLSConfig: TLSConfig{
+-				Address: "consul.test",
+-				CAFile:  "../test/client_certs/rootca.crt",
+-			},
+-		})
+-		if err != nil {
+-			t.Fatal(err)
+-		}
+-
+-		// Should fail
+-		_, err = client.Agent().Self()
+-		if err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "bad certificate") {
+-			t.Fatal(err)
+-		}
+-	})
+-
+-	// Client with a valid cert
+-	t.Run("client with cert, validation", func(t *testing.T) {
+-		client, err := NewClient(&Config{
+-			Address: srvVerify.HTTPSAddr,
+-			Scheme:  "https",
+-			TLSConfig: TLSConfig{
+-				Address:  "consul.test",
+-				CAFile:   "../test/client_certs/rootca.crt",
+-				CertFile: "../test/client_certs/client.crt",
+-				KeyFile:  "../test/client_certs/client.key",
+-			},
+-		})
+-		if err != nil {
+-			t.Fatal(err)
+-		}
+-
+-		// Should succeed
+-		_, err = client.Agent().Self()
+-		if err != nil {
+-			t.Fatal(err)
+-		}
+-	})
+-
+-	// Client without a cert
+-	t.Run("client without cert, no validation", func(t *testing.T) {
+-		client, err := NewClient(&Config{
+-			Address: srvNoVerify.HTTPSAddr,
+-			Scheme:  "https",
+-			TLSConfig: TLSConfig{
+-				Address: "consul.test",
+-				CAFile:  "../test/client_certs/rootca.crt",
+-			},
+-		})
+-		if err != nil {
+-			t.Fatal(err)
+-		}
+-
+-		// Should succeed
+-		_, err = client.Agent().Self()
+-		if err != nil {
+-			t.Fatal(err)
+-		}
+-	})
+-
+-	// Client with a valid cert
+-	t.Run("client with cert, no validation", func(t *testing.T) {
+-		client, err := NewClient(&Config{
+-			Address: srvNoVerify.HTTPSAddr,
+-			Scheme:  "https",
+-			TLSConfig: TLSConfig{
+-				Address:  "consul.test",
+-				CAFile:   "../test/client_certs/rootca.crt",
+-				CertFile: "../test/client_certs/client.crt",
+-				KeyFile:  "../test/client_certs/client.key",
+-			},
+-		})
+-		if err != nil {
+-			t.Fatal(err)
+-		}
+-
+-		// Should succeed
+-		_, err = client.Agent().Self()
+-		if err != nil {
+-			t.Fatal(err)
+-		}
+-	})
+-}
+-
+ func TestAPI_SetQueryOptions(t *testing.T) {
+ 	t.Parallel()
+ 	c, s := makeClient(t)
diff --git a/community/consul/example.json b/community/consul/example.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6d2f2b1f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/community/consul/example.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "data_dir": "/var/lib/consul",
+  "disable_update_check": true,
+  "log_level": "INFO",
+  "node_name": "example.localdomain",
+  "server": true
+}
diff --git a/community/consul/fix-build-version-info.patch b/community/consul/fix-build-version-info.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0ebeac16d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/community/consul/fix-build-version-info.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+--- a/version/version.go	2018-05-11 20:57:42.000000000 +0200
++++ b/version/version.go	2018-05-22 14:05:53.639672108 +0200
+@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
+ package version
+ 
+ import (
+-	"fmt"
+ 	"strings"
+ )
+ 
+@@ -27,21 +26,6 @@
+ // for displaying to humans.
+ func GetHumanVersion() string {
+ 	version := Version
+-	if GitDescribe != "" {
+-		version = GitDescribe
+-	}
+-
+-	release := VersionPrerelease
+-	if GitDescribe == "" && release == "" {
+-		release = "dev"
+-	}
+-	if release != "" {
+-		version += fmt.Sprintf("-%s", release)
+-		if GitCommit != "" {
+-			version += fmt.Sprintf(" (%s)", GitCommit)
+-		}
+-	}
+-
+ 	// Strip off any single quotes added by the git information.
+ 	return strings.Replace(version, "'", "", -1)
+ }
diff --git a/community/consul/force-pie-build.patch b/community/consul/force-pie-build.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c0e96c349
--- /dev/null
+++ b/community/consul/force-pie-build.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/GNUmakefile	2018-05-22 13:25:37.236071564 +0200
++++ b/GNUmakefile	2018-05-22 13:26:44.852192711 +0200
+@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
+ # linux builds a linux package independent of the source platform
+ linux:
+ 	mkdir -p pkg/linux_amd64/
+-	GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -ldflags '$(GOLDFLAGS)' -tags '$(GOTAGS)' -o pkg/linux_amd64/consul
++	GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -buildmode=pie -ldflags '$(GOLDFLAGS)' -tags '$(GOTAGS)' -o pkg/linux_amd64/consul
+ 
+ # dist builds binaries for all platforms and packages them for distribution
+ dist: