diff --git a/python-u-msgpack/PKGBUILD b/python-u-msgpack/PKGBUILD
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+# Maintainer: Eli Schwartz <eschwartz@archlinux.org>
+
+_pkgname=u-msgpack-python
+pkgbase='python-u-msgpack'
+pkgname=('python3-u-msgpack' 'python2-u-msgpack')
+pkgver=2.5.0
+pkgrel=2
+arch=('any')
+url="https://github.com/vsergeev/${_pkgname}"
+license=('MIT')
+makedepends=('python3' 'python2')
+checkdepends=('python3-pytest' 'python2-pytest')
+source=("https://pypi.io/packages/source/${_pkgname:0:1}/${_pkgname}/${_pkgname}-${pkgver}.tar.gz")
+sha256sums=('7ff18ae3721fa75571f9329c08f7c0120416a6ae36194bd8674f65b3b78d0702')
+
+build() {
+    cd "${srcdir}/${_pkgname}-${pkgver}"
+
+    python3 setup.py build
+    python2 setup.py build
+}
+
+check() {
+    cd "${srcdir}/${_pkgname}-${pkgver}"
+
+    pytest
+    pytest2
+}
+
+package_python3-u-msgpack() {
+    pkgdesc="portable, lightweight MessagePack serializer and deserializer for Python"
+    depends=('python3')
+
+    cd "${srcdir}/${_pkgname}-${pkgver}"
+    python3 setup.py install --root="${pkgdir}" --optimize=1 --skip-build
+
+    install -Dm644 LICENSE "${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}/LICENSE"
+}
+
+package_python2-u-msgpack() {
+    pkgdesc="portable, lightweight MessagePack serializer and deserializer for Python2"
+    depends=('python2')
+
+    cd "${srcdir}/${_pkgname}-${pkgver}"
+    python2 setup.py install --root="${pkgdir}" --optimize=1 --skip-build
+
+    install -Dm644 LICENSE "${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}/LICENSE"
+}