diff --git a/extra/yaml-cpp/PKGBUILD b/extra/yaml-cpp/PKGBUILD
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+# Maintainer: Sven-Hendrik Haase <svenstaro@gmail.com>
+# Contributor: David Runge <dvzrv@archlinux.org>
+# Contributor: Markus Martin <markus@archwyrm.net>
+
+# ALARM: Kevin Mihelich <kevin@archlinuxarm.org>
+#  - build with -fsigned-char
+
+pkgname=yaml-cpp
+pkgver=0.8.0
+pkgrel=1
+pkgdesc="YAML parser and emitter in C++, written around the YAML 1.2 spec"
+url="https://github.com/jbeder/yaml-cpp"
+arch=('x86_64')
+license=('MIT')
+depends=('gcc-libs' 'glibc')
+provides=('libyaml-cpp.so')
+makedepends=('cmake' 'ninja')
+source=("https://github.com/jbeder/yaml-cpp/archive/${pkgver}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}.tar.gz")
+sha512sums=('aae9d618f906117d620d63173e95572c738db518f4ff1901a06de2117d8deeb8045f554102ca0ba4735ac0c4d060153a938ef78da3e0da3406d27b8298e5f38e')
+
+build() {
+  cd ${pkgname}-${pkgver}
+  CFLAGS+=" -fsigned-char" && CXXFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
+  cmake -GNinja \
+        -Bbuild \
+        -DYAML_CPP_BUILD_TESTS=ON \
+        -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr \
+        -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON \
+        -DYAML_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON \
+        -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
+  ninja -C build
+}
+
+check() {
+  cd ${pkgname}-${pkgver}
+  ninja -C build test
+  build/test/yaml-cpp-tests
+}
+
+package() {
+  cd ${pkgname}-${pkgver}
+  DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" ninja -C build install
+  install -vDm 644 {CONTRIBUTING,README}.md -t "${pkgdir}/usr/share/doc/${pkgname}"
+  install -vDm 644 LICENSE -t "${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}"
+  rm -rf "${pkgdir}"/usr/{lib,lib/pkgconfig,include}/*{gtest,gmock}*
+  rm -rf "${pkgdir}"/usr/lib/cmake/GTest
+}