diff --git a/drone-runner-exec/PKGBUILD b/drone-runner-exec/PKGBUILD
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+++ b/drone-runner-exec/PKGBUILD
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+# Maintainer: George Rawlinson <grawlinson@archlinux.org>
+
+pkgname=drone-runner-exec
+_pkgver=1.0.0-beta.9
+pkgver="${_pkgver/-/}"
+pkgrel=1
+pkgdesc="Drone pipeline runner that executes builds directly on the host machine"
+arch=('x86_64')
+url="https://github.com/drone-runners/drone-runner-exec"
+license=('custom:Polyform-Small-Business-1.0.0' 'custom:Polyform-Free-Trial-1.0.0' 'custom:Polyform-Noncommercial-1.0.0')
+makedepends=('go' 'git')
+optdepends=('drone: for a local Drone instance')
+source=(
+  "$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz::$url/archive/v$_pkgver.tar.gz"
+  'systemd.service'
+  'sysusers.conf'
+  'tmpfiles.conf'
+)
+b2sums=('93004282c7956cbf4b8683170001029504e8c1c21415b0cf06a80d46b572685a12c493adfb832b5d531c60fdab4246997de1efdd88a255e0be31edbf134f0d08'
+        '34b48f667d89255902034cc4093e08551e5bcf14487357bbc23dee0aafb9a1f4206c7b71463f0f82efb66cb629bc79dbd189b600ea930111ce9041900c0ac150'
+        '18f301ee30c65a650d2287fe07a0604eea8c12acbe4d526c1d8b64eaccab3e36372e3b7d6b08b4ab00273e1677b9ee9aedf8c1321438bdb5b5532d8b87e6b023'
+        '27835b580a3d4124f688a955f82f35639579c7aaf222aad5ab70f674dad290eb20875f3e36d67d5f8193b91f044ca6f81db0f3a91034a27d7faa24e53b4f15f4')
+
+prepare() {
+  cd "$pkgname-$_pkgver"
+
+  # create directory for build output
+  mkdir -p build
+
+  # download dependencies
+  go mod vendor
+}
+
+build() {
+  cd "$pkgname-$_pkgver"
+
+  # set Go flags
+  export CGO_CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS}"
+  export CGO_CFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
+  export CGO_CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS}"
+
+  go build -v \
+    -trimpath \
+    -buildmode=pie \
+    -mod=readonly \
+    -modcacherw \
+    -ldflags "-linkmode external -extldflags \"${LDFLAGS}\"" \
+    -o build \
+    .
+}
+
+check() {
+  cd "$pkgname-$_pkgver"
+  go test -v ./...
+}
+
+package() {
+  # systemd integration
+  install -vDm644 systemd.service "$pkgdir/usr/lib/systemd/system/$pkgname.service"
+  install -vDm644 sysusers.conf "$pkgdir/usr/lib/sysusers.d/$pkgname.conf"
+  install -vDm644 tmpfiles.conf "$pkgdir/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/$pkgname.conf"
+
+  cd "$pkgname-$_pkgver"
+
+  # binary
+  install -vDm755 -t "$pkgdir/usr/bin" build/*
+
+  # licenses
+  install -vDm644 -t "$pkgdir/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname" licenses/* LICENSE.md
+
+  # documentation
+  install -vDm644 -t "$pkgdir/usr/share/doc/$pkgname" README.md CHANGELOG.md
+}
diff --git a/drone-runner-exec/systemd.service b/drone-runner-exec/systemd.service
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+++ b/drone-runner-exec/systemd.service
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+[Unit]
+Description=Drone Runner (Exec)
+After=network.target
+
+[Service]
+User=drone-runner-exec
+Group=drone-runner-exec
+Type=simple
+WorkingDirectory=/var/lib/drone-runner-exec
+ReadWritePaths=/var/lib/drone-runner-exec
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/drone-runner-exec
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/drone-runner-exec/sysusers.conf b/drone-runner-exec/sysusers.conf
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+++ b/drone-runner-exec/sysusers.conf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+u drone-runner-exec - "Drone Runner Exec user"
diff --git a/drone-runner-exec/tmpfiles.conf b/drone-runner-exec/tmpfiles.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..67a39b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drone-runner-exec/tmpfiles.conf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+d /var/lib/drone-runner-exec 0750 drone-runner-exec drone-runner-exec