diff --git a/community/netdata/PKGBUILD b/community/netdata/PKGBUILD
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+# Maintainer: Sven-Hendrik Haase <sh@lutzhaase.com>
+# Contributor: SanskritFritz (gmail)
+
+# ALARM: Kevin Mihelich <kevin@archlinuxarm.org>
+#  - disable LTO
+
+pkgname=netdata
+pkgver=1.6.0
+pkgrel=1
+pkgdesc="Real-time performance monitoring, in the greatest possible detail, over the web."
+url="https://github.com/firehol/netdata/wiki"
+arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
+license=('GPL')
+depends=('libmnl' 'libnetfilter_acct' 'zlib')
+optdepends=('nodejs: Webbox plugin'
+            'lm_sensors: sensors module')
+backup=('etc/netdata/netdata.conf' 'etc/netdata/charts.d.conf' 'etc/netdata/apps_groups.conf')
+install="$pkgname.install"
+source=("https://github.com/firehol/netdata/releases/download/v${pkgver}/netdata-${pkgver}.tar.xz")
+sha512sums=('e091c2b3a619f62c209d2de8389bc33f98159071730344b17b66a766a3dcf2f598c95f10dbaf1421e32a468f18c975373291e3909002e9bf21dea9939559e1fc')
+
+build() {
+	cd "$pkgname-$pkgver"
+
+	./autogen.sh
+	./configure \
+		--prefix="/usr" \
+		--sbindir="/usr/bin" \
+		--sysconfdir="/etc" \
+		--libexecdir="/usr/lib" \
+		--localstatedir="/var" \
+		--with-zlib --with-math --with-user=netdata --disable-lto
+	make
+}
+
+package() {
+	cd "$pkgname-$pkgver"
+
+	make DESTDIR="$pkgdir" install
+
+	touch "$pkgdir/etc/netdata/netdata.conf"
+
+	install -Dm0644 "system/netdata.service" "$pkgdir/usr/lib/systemd/system/netdata.service"
+}
+
diff --git a/community/netdata/netdata.install b/community/netdata/netdata.install
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+chown_netdata() {
+	chown -R netdata:netdata /var/lib/netdata
+	chown -R netdata:netdata /var/log/netdata
+	chown -R netdata:netdata /var/cache/netdata
+	chown -R netdata:netdata /usr/share/netdata/web
+	chown -R netdata:netdata /etc/netdata
+}
+
+post_install() {
+	getent group netdata > /dev/null || groupadd -g 134 netdata 1>/dev/null
+	getent passwd netdata > /dev/null || useradd -u 134 -d /var/cache/netdata -g netdata -s /bin/nologin netdata 1>/dev/null
+
+	chown_netdata
+
+	echo
+	echo "After the daemon has been started for the first time,"
+	echo "download the default config file from"
+	echo "http://127.0.0.1:19999/netdata.conf"
+	echo
+	echo "Copy it to /etc/netdata/ and modify it."
+	echo
+}
+
+post_upgrade() {
+	chown_netdata
+}