diff --git a/geoip/.SRCINFO b/geoip/.SRCINFO
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..67d7fc8aad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/geoip/.SRCINFO
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+pkgbase = geoip
+	pkgdesc = Non-DNS IP-to-country resolver C library & utils
+	pkgver = 1.6.12
+	pkgrel = 3
+	url = https://www.maxmind.com/app/c
+	arch = x86_64
+	license = GPL
+	makedepends = autoconf
+	makedepends = libtool
+	depends = zlib
+	depends = geoip-database
+	optdepends = geoip-database-extra: city/ASN databases (not needed for country lookups)
+	options = !emptydirs
+	source = geoip-1.6.12.tar.gz::https://github.com/maxmind/geoip-api-c/archive/v1.6.12.tar.gz
+	sha256sums = 99b119f8e21e94f1dfd6d49fbeed29a70df1544896e76cd456f25e397b07d476
+
+pkgname = geoip
diff --git a/geoip/.nvchecker.toml b/geoip/.nvchecker.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bcfb6c9af9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/geoip/.nvchecker.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[geoip]
+source = "git"
+git = "https://github.com/maxmind/geoip-api-c.git"
+prefix = "v"
diff --git a/geoip/PKGBUILD b/geoip/PKGBUILD
index ae81694729..d7e6644d9d 100644
--- a/geoip/PKGBUILD
+++ b/geoip/PKGBUILD
@@ -4,16 +4,13 @@
 
 pkgname=geoip
 pkgver=1.6.12
-pkgrel=2
+pkgrel=3
 pkgdesc="Non-DNS IP-to-country resolver C library & utils"
 arch=(x86_64 powerpc64le powerpc64 powerpc riscv64)
 url="https://www.maxmind.com/app/c"
 license=('GPL')
-depends=('zlib')
-optdepends=(
-   'geoip-database: GeoIP legacy country database (based on GeoLite2 data created by MaxMind)' 
-   'geoip-database-extra: city/ASN databases (not needed for country lookups)'
-)
+depends=('zlib' 'geoip-database')
+optdepends=('geoip-database-extra: city/ASN databases (not needed for country lookups)')
 makedepends=('autoconf' 'libtool')
 options=('!emptydirs')
 source=($pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz::https://github.com/maxmind/${pkgname}-api-c/archive/v${pkgver}.tar.gz)