diff --git a/BioArchLinux/btllib/PKGBUILD b/BioArchLinux/btllib/PKGBUILD
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d56642bd11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/BioArchLinux/btllib/PKGBUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+pkgname=btllib
+pkgver=1.6.0
+pkgrel=0
+pkgdesc="Bioinformatics Technology Lab common code library https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.04720"
+arch=(any)
+url="https://github.com/bcgsc/btllib"
+license=(GPL3)
+depends=('gcc-libs' 'samtools' 'python')
+makedepends=('meson' 'ninja' 'cmake' 'git' 'doxygen' 'swig')
+source=("git+$url.git#tag=v$pkgver")
+md5sums=('SKIP')
+
+prepare() {
+  cd $srcdir/$pkgname
+  git submodule update --init --recursive
+}
+
+build() {
+  cd $srcdir/$pkgname
+#CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS} -std=c++14"
+  arch-meson build \
+  --buildtype      release
+  ninja -C build
+}
+
+package() {
+  cd $srcdir/$pkgname
+  DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" ninja -C build install
+}
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/btllib/lilac.yaml b/BioArchLinux/btllib/lilac.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..54ec24963f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/BioArchLinux/btllib/lilac.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+build_prefix: extra-x86_64
+maintainers:
+  - github: starsareintherose
+    email: kuoi@bioarchlinux.org
+pre_build_script: |
+  update_pkgver_and_pkgrel(_G.newver.lstrip('v'))
+  run_cmd(['updpkgsums'])
+post_build_script: |
+  git_pkgbuild_commit()
+  update_aur_repo()
+repo_depends:
+  - samtools
+update_on:
+  - source: github
+    github: bcgsc/btllib
+    use_max_tag: true
+    prefix: 'v'