diff --git a/dev-libs/unibilium-2.1.2.PKGBUILD b/dev-libs/unibilium-2.1.2.PKGBUILD
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cf5f41d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-libs/unibilium-2.1.2.PKGBUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+pkgname=unibilium
+pkgver=2.1.2
+pkgdesc="A very basic terminfo library"
+homepage="https://github.com/neovim/unibilium/"
+license=("MIT" "LGPL-3+")
+depends=("perl")
+_patches=("${pkgname}-2.1.2-no-compress-man.patch")
+_path_sums=("6bfbd322f54ffe2daec7cefba167de55b2085923cebb531e7803a8753f57437acfab2bb77fd9c956cd3da3be41e6af2e66acd6281b81bbb23c6045e3863cc90c")
+sources=("${pkgname}-${pkgver}.tar.gz"
+  "${_patches[@]}"
+)
+urls=("https://github.com/neovim/${pkgname}/archive/v${pkgver}.tar.gz"
+  "${_patches[@]}"
+)
+sha512sums=("8bc50b3662fcb1b52055fed028926d8c296169b6b1cfefef9bb37a435321ee6e005c4166c1e68c2959e5f6d4ffe8f44d8ea87d6dcc967176d473ae918ff3018f"
+  "${_path_sums[@]}"
+)
+
+src_prepare() {
+  tar -xf ${distdir}/${sources[0]} --strip-components=1
+  for _patch in ${_patches[@]}; do
+    patch -p1 -i ${filedir}/${_patch}
+  done
+  autoreconf -fiv
+}
+
+src_build() {
+  ./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-static
+  make
+}
+
+src_check() {
+  make test
+}
+
+src_install() {
+  make DESTDIR="$pkgdir" install
+}
+
+# vim:ft=sh syn=sh et sw=2:
diff --git a/dev-libs/unibilium/unibilium-2.1.2-no-compress-man.patch b/dev-libs/unibilium/unibilium-2.1.2-no-compress-man.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a185c36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-libs/unibilium/unibilium-2.1.2-no-compress-man.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+--- a/Makefile.in
++++ b/Makefile.in
+@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ OBJECTS=unibilium.lo uninames.lo uniutil.lo
+ LIBRARY=libunibilium.la
+
+ PODS=$(wildcard doc/*.pod)
+-MANPAGES=$(addprefix man/,$(notdir $(PODS:.pod=.3.gz)))
++MANPAGES=$(addprefix man/,$(notdir $(PODS:.pod=.3)))
+
+ TOOLS=$(wildcard tools/*.c)
+
+@@ -121,8 +121,8 @@ install-man: build-man
+ .PHONY: build-man
+ build-man: $(MANPAGES)
+
+-man/%.3.gz: doc/%.pod
+-	$(POD2MAN) $(POD2MAN_OPTS) $< | gzip > $@
++man/%.3: doc/%.pod
++	$(POD2MAN) $(POD2MAN_OPTS) $< > $@
+
+
+ # Regenerate static test files, based on existing terminfo entries.