diff --git a/packages/libpapyros-git/.gitignore b/packages/libpapyros-git/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ec87196
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/libpapyros-git/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+libpapyros
diff --git a/packages/libpapyros-git/PKGBUILD b/packages/libpapyros-git/PKGBUILD
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3e62dc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/libpapyros-git/PKGBUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+# Maintainer: Michael Spencer <sonrisesoftware@gmail.com>
+
+_pkgname=libpapyros
+pkgname=${_pkgname}-git
+pkgver=0
+pkgrel=1
+pkgdesc="Library of common classes for Papyros"
+arch=("i686" "x86_64")
+url="https://github.com/papyros/libpapyros"
+license=("GPL")
+depends=("qt5-base-git" "qt5-declarative" "kconfig")
+makedepends=("git" "python" "extra-cmake-modules")
+provides=("${_pkgname}")
+conflicts=("${_pkgname}")
+source=("${_pkgname}::git+https://github.com/papyros/libpapyros.git")
+sha256sums=("SKIP")
+
+pkgver() {
+  	cd "$srcdir/${_pkgname}"
+
+    ( set -o pipefail
+        git describe --long 2>/dev/null | sed -r 's/^v//;s/([^-]*-g)/r\1/;s/-/./g' ||
+        printf "r%s.%s" "$(git rev-list --count HEAD)" "$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)"
+    )
+}
+
+prepare() {
+	mkdir -p build
+	cd build
+	cmake "$srcdir/${_pkgname}" \
+			-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr \
+			-DLIB_INSTALL_DIR=lib \
+			-DLIBEXEC_INSTALL_DIR=lib \
+			-DQML_INSTALL_DIR=lib/qt/qml \
+			-DKDE_INSTALL_USE_QT_SYS_PATHS=ON
+	make
+}
+
+package() {
+	cd build
+	make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" install
+}
+
+# Additional functions to generate a changelog
+
+changelog() {
+    cd "${_pkgname}"
+  	git log $1..HEAD --no-merges --format=" * %s"
+}
+
+gitref() {
+    cd "${_pkgname}"
+  	git rev-parse HEAD
+}
diff --git a/packages/papyros-shell/PKGBUILD b/packages/papyros-shell/PKGBUILD
index 3cf24ec..f982159 100644
--- a/packages/papyros-shell/PKGBUILD
+++ b/packages/papyros-shell/PKGBUILD
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ license=("GPL")
 depends=("qt5-base-git" "qt5-declarative" "qt5-quickcontrols" "qt5-wayland-dev-git"
          "qt5-graphicaleffects" "greenisland-git" "qml-material" "kdeclarative"
 		 "pam" "libpulse" "libqtxdg" "solid" "kconfig" "networkmanager-qt"
-         "ttf-dejavu" "ttf-droid")
+         "ttf-dejavu" "ttf-droid" "libpapyros-git")
 optdepends=('pulseaudio: audio support'
             'sddm: login screen theme'
             'paper-icon-theme: default icon theme'