diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-rfast/PKGBUILD b/BioArchLinux/r-rfast/PKGBUILD
index 5fde98ddc7..d7ce424121 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-rfast/PKGBUILD
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-rfast/PKGBUILD
@@ -1,30 +1,34 @@
-# system requirements: C++17
-# 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=Rfast
-_pkgver=2.0.7
+_pkgver=2.0.8
 pkgname=r-${_pkgname,,}
-pkgver=2.0.7
-pkgrel=2
-pkgdesc='A Collection of Efficient and Extremely Fast R Functions'
-arch=('x86_64')
+pkgver=${_pkgver//-/.}
+pkgrel=0
+pkgdesc="A Collection of Efficient and Extremely Fast R Functions"
+arch=(x86_64)
 url="https://cran.r-project.org/package=${_pkgname}"
-license=('GPL')
+license=(GPL)
 depends=(
-  r
+  blas
+  lapack
   r-rcpp
-  r-rcpparmadillo
   r-rcppziggurat
 )
+makedepends=(
+  r-rcpparmadillo
+)
 source=("https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/${_pkgname}_${_pkgver}.tar.gz")
-sha256sums=('8f86159a4760a7124e1c91ae0b022c7e496f81590ea4e4af702bea44e8dedf8f')
+md5sums=('c566094df35be55dd733727cf69121b0')
+sha256sums=('1bb2c8f0580d0fe27e2b06d1dd069d09588f410e4a895147cca445f32092c4b0')
 
 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}" "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/R/library"
+  install -d "$pkgdir/usr/lib/R/library"
+  cp -a --no-preserve=ownership "build/$_pkgname" "$pkgdir/usr/lib/R/library"
 }
-# vim:set ts=2 sw=2 et:
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-rfast/lilac.py b/BioArchLinux/r-rfast/lilac.py
index bd219c037c..1c788feeff 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-rfast/lilac.py
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-rfast/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 = "C++17",
+    )
 
 def post_build():
     git_pkgbuild_commit()
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-rfast/lilac.yaml b/BioArchLinux/r-rfast/lilac.yaml
index df36ae1f10..d1550d54d7 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-rfast/lilac.yaml
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-rfast/lilac.yaml
@@ -1,13 +1,23 @@
 build_prefix: extra-x86_64
 maintainers:
-- github: starsareintherose
-  email: kuoi@bioarchlinux.org
+- github: pekkarr
+  email: pekkarr@protonmail.com
 repo_depends:
 - r-rcpp
-- r-rcpparmadillo
 - r-rcppziggurat
+repo_makedepends:
+- r-rcpparmadillo
 update_on:
-- regex: Rfast_([\d._-]+).tar.gz
-  source: regex
-  url: https://cran.r-project.org/package=Rfast
+- source: rpkgs
+  pkgname: Rfast
+  repo: cran
+  md5: true
 - alias: r
+- source: alpmfiles
+  pkgname: blas
+  filename: usr/lib/libblas\.so\.([^.]+)
+  repo: extra
+- source: alpmfiles
+  pkgname: lapack
+  filename: usr/lib/liblapack\.so\.([^.]+)
+  repo: extra
diff --git a/lilac-extensions/lilac_r_utils.py b/lilac-extensions/lilac_r_utils.py
index be705345e4..ec8a1f6ddd 100644
--- a/lilac-extensions/lilac_r_utils.py
+++ b/lilac-extensions/lilac_r_utils.py
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ license_map = {
     "EPL": "EPL",
     "GPL": "GPL",
     "GPL (>= 2)": "GPL",
+    "GPL (>= 2.0)": "GPL",
     "GPL (>= 3)": "GPL3",
     "GPL-2": "GPL2",
     "GPL-2 | GPL-3": "GPL",