diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-bspm/PKGBUILD b/BioArchLinux/r-bspm/PKGBUILD
index 211a7f3614..74e8690958 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-bspm/PKGBUILD
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-bspm/PKGBUILD
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ build() {
   mkdir build dbus
   R CMD INSTALL -l build "$_pkgname" \
       --configure-vars="BUILD_ROOT=$srcdir/dbus"
+
+  # compile python bytecode
+  python -m compileall -o 0 -o 1 -s build -p /usr/lib/R/library "build/$_pkgname/service"
 }
 
 check() {
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-bspm/lilac.yaml b/BioArchLinux/r-bspm/lilac.yaml
index 57d2b65036..12f0e50e43 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-bspm/lilac.yaml
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-bspm/lilac.yaml
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ update_on:
   repo: cran
   md5: true
 - alias: r
+- alias: python