diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-rsvg/PKGBUILD b/BioArchLinux/r-rsvg/PKGBUILD
index 8edf05292f..b980a7b274 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-rsvg/PKGBUILD
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-rsvg/PKGBUILD
@@ -1,18 +1,20 @@
-# system requirements: librsvg2
-# Maintainer: Guoyi Zhang <guoyizhang at malacology dot net>
+# Maintainer: Pekka Ristola <pekkarr [at] protonmail [dot] com>
+# Contributor: Guoyi Zhang <guoyizhang at malacology dot net>
 
 _pkgname=rsvg
 _pkgver=2.5.0
 pkgname=r-${_pkgname,,}
-pkgver=2.5.0
+pkgver=${_pkgver//-/.}
 pkgrel=1
-pkgdesc='Render SVG Images into PDF, PNG, PostScript, or Bitmap Arrays'
-arch=('x86_64')
+pkgdesc="Render SVG Images into PDF, PNG, (Encapsulated) PostScript, or Bitmap Arrays"
+arch=(x86_64)
 url="https://cran.r-project.org/package=${_pkgname}"
-license=('MIT')
+license=(MIT)
 depends=(
-  r
+  cairo
+  glib2
   librsvg
+  r
 )
 optdepends=(
   r-ggplot2
@@ -24,15 +26,18 @@ optdepends=(
   r-webp
 )
 source=("https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/${_pkgname}_${_pkgver}.tar.gz")
+md5sums=('cd4f97f9721a1bab32b1bcfc6d4ca154')
 sha256sums=('b5ddafaefe0ab8f4cb5305dcbc8a9cbafaa5210c2c51cc28480a21a2210c23be')
 
 build() {
-  R CMD INSTALL ${_pkgname}_${_pkgver}.tar.gz -l "${srcdir}"
+  mkdir -p build
+  R CMD INSTALL "$_pkgname" -l build
 }
 
 package() {
-  install -dm0755 "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/R/library"
-  cp -a --no-preserve=ownership "${_pkgname}" "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/R/library"
-  install -Dm644 "${_pkgname}/LICENSE" -t "${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}"
+  install -d "$pkgdir/usr/lib/R/library"
+  cp -a --no-preserve=ownership "build/$_pkgname" "$pkgdir/usr/lib/R/library"
+
+  install -d "$pkgdir/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname"
+  ln -s "/usr/lib/R/library/$_pkgname/LICENSE" "$pkgdir/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname"
 }
-# vim:set ts=2 sw=2 et:
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-rsvg/lilac.py b/BioArchLinux/r-rsvg/lilac.py
index bd219c037c..66377b7b77 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-rsvg/lilac.py
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-rsvg/lilac.py
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 from lilaclib import *
 
+import os
+import sys
+sys.path.append(os.path.normpath(f'{__file__}/../../../lilac-extensions'))
+from lilac_r_utils import r_pre_build
+
 def pre_build():
-    for line in edit_file('PKGBUILD'):
-        if line.startswith('_pkgver='):
-            line = f'_pkgver={_G.newver}'
-        print(line)
-    update_pkgver_and_pkgrel(_G.newver.replace(':', '.').replace('-', '.'))
+    r_pre_build(
+        _G,
+        expect_systemrequirements = "librsvg2",
+    )
 
 def post_build():
     git_pkgbuild_commit()
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-rsvg/lilac.yaml b/BioArchLinux/r-rsvg/lilac.yaml
index c045d484fd..347f2b372f 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-rsvg/lilac.yaml
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-rsvg/lilac.yaml
@@ -1,9 +1,25 @@
 build_prefix: extra-x86_64
 maintainers:
-- github: starsareintherose
-  email: kuoi@bioarchlinux.org
+- github: pekkarr
+  email: pekkarr@protonmail.com
 update_on:
-- regex: rsvg_([\d._-]+).tar.gz
-  source: regex
-  url: https://cran.r-project.org/package=rsvg
+- source: rpkgs
+  pkgname: rsvg
+  repo: cran
+  md5: true
 - alias: r
+- source: alpm
+  alpm: cairo
+  repo: extra
+  provided: libcairo.so
+  strip_release: true
+- source: alpm
+  alpm: glib2
+  repo: core
+  provided: libgobject-2.0.so
+  strip_release: true
+- source: alpm
+  alpm: librsvg
+  repo: extra
+  provided: librsvg-2.so
+  strip_release: true