diff --git a/app-misc/jq-1.8.1.PKGBUILD b/app-misc/jq-1.8.1.PKGBUILD
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..63ee070
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-misc/jq-1.8.1.PKGBUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+pkgname=jq
+pkgver=1.8.1
+pkgdesc='Command-line JSON processor'
+arch=('x86_64')
+homepage='https://jqlang.github.io/jq/'
+license=('MIT')
+depends=('glibc' 'oniguruma')
+makedepends=('autoconf' 'automake' 'bison' 'flex' 'python')
+_patches=("jq-1.6-r3-never-bundle-oniguruma.patch")
+_patch_sums=("08413ae86ca528083375cf89bdfd84c1")
+sources=("${pkgname}-${pkgver}.tar.gz"
+  ${_patches[@]}
+)
+urls=("https://github.com/jqlang/jq/release/download/${pkgname}-${pkgver/_/}.tar.gz"
+  ${_patches[@]}
+)
+md5sums=("0df1524fe928528b3c533c69d4ddfa23"
+  ${_patch_sums[@]}
+)
+
+src_prepare() {
+  tar -xf ${distdir}/${sources[0]} --strip-components=1
+ 
+  sed -e '/^dist_doc_DATA/d; s:-Wextra ::' -i Makefile.am
+  printf "#!/bin/sh\\nprintf '%s'\\n\n" "${pkgver/_/}" > scripts/version
+
+  sed -e '/vendor\/oniguruma/d' -i Makefile.am
+  rm -rf "${srcdir}"/vendor/oniguruma
+ 
+  for _patch in ${_patches[@]}; do
+    patch -p1 -i ${filedir}/${_patch}
+  done
+
+  sed -i "s/\[jq_version\]/[${pkgver/_/}]/" configure.ac
+
+  autoreconf -fi
+}
+
+src_build() {
+  local conf_args=(
+    --prefix=/usr
+    --disable-docs
+    --enable-valgrind=no
+    --disable-maintainer-mode
+    --disable-static
+    --with-oniguruma
+  )
+  ./configure "${conf_args[@]}"
+}
+
+src_install() {
+  make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" prefix=/usr install
+  install -Dm644 COPYING "${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}/COPYING"
+}
+
+# vim:ft=sh syn=sh et sw=2:
diff --git a/app-misc/jq-1.8.1/jq-1.6-r3-never-bundle-oniguruma.patch b/app-misc/jq-1.8.1/jq-1.6-r3-never-bundle-oniguruma.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..75ab111
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-misc/jq-1.8.1/jq-1.6-r3-never-bundle-oniguruma.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
+index 6344b4e..86d968e 100644
+--- a/Makefile.am
++++ b/Makefile.am
+@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ AM_YFLAGS = --warnings=all -d
+ 
+ lib_LTLIBRARIES = libjq.la
+ libjq_la_SOURCES = ${LIBJQ_SRC}
+-libjq_la_LIBADD = -lm
++libjq_la_LIBADD = -lm $(onig_LIBS)
+ libjq_la_LDFLAGS = $(onig_LDFLAGS) -export-symbols-regex '^j[qv]_' -version-info 1:4:0
+ 
+ if WIN32
+diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
+index 280694c..d96026e 100644
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -249,6 +249,9 @@ AS_IF([test "x$with_oniguruma" != xno], [
+           onig_CFLAGS="-I${with_oniguruma}/include"
+           onig_LDFLAGS="-L${with_oniguruma}/lib"
+       ])
++   ], [
++	   # with_oniguruma == yes
++	   PKG_CHECK_MODULES([onig], [oniguruma])
+    ])
+    AS_IF([test "x$build_oniguruma" = xno], [
+        # check for ONIGURUMA library, either in /usr or where requested