diff --git a/ndctl/.SRCINFO b/ndctl/.SRCINFO
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0b5403e57a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ndctl/.SRCINFO
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+pkgbase = ndctl
+	pkgdesc = Utility library for managing the libnvdimm (non-volatile memory device) sub-system in the Linux kernel
+	pkgver = 79
+	pkgrel = 1
+	url = https://github.com/pmem/ndctl
+	arch = x86_64
+	arch = powerpc64le
+	arch = powerpc64
+	arch = powerpc
+	arch = riscv64
+	license = LGPL
+	makedepends = asciidoctor
+	makedepends = bash-completion
+	makedepends = cmake
+	makedepends = meson
+	makedepends = systemd
+	makedepends = xmlto
+	depends = iniparser
+	depends = json-c
+	depends = keyutils
+	depends = kmod
+	depends = libtraceevent
+	depends = libtracefs
+	depends = systemd-libs
+	depends = util-linux-libs
+	source = https://github.com/pmem/ndctl/archive/v79/ndctl-79.tar.gz
+	sha512sums = 36e178e93dc263cfa72504d3f7fd101a10abcb278c0e2157f98510b91e04cabcd17aa850f654a8870757a15730ea91abf09a79f632236ee3af18cd1c73f61871
+
+pkgname = ndctl
diff --git a/ndctl/.nvchecker.toml b/ndctl/.nvchecker.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2190d10dce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ndctl/.nvchecker.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[ndctl]
+source = "git"
+git = "https://github.com/pmem/ndctl.git"
+prefix = "v"
diff --git a/ndctl/PKGBUILD b/ndctl/PKGBUILD
index 1cd69d0fb2..24eb32e47d 100644
--- a/ndctl/PKGBUILD
+++ b/ndctl/PKGBUILD
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 # Maintainer: Felix Yan <felixonmars@archlinux.org>
 
 pkgname=ndctl
-pkgver=78
-pkgrel=2
+pkgver=79
+pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc='Utility library for managing the libnvdimm (non-volatile memory device) sub-system in the Linux kernel'
 arch=(x86_64 powerpc64le powerpc64 powerpc riscv64)
 url="https://github.com/pmem/ndctl"
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ depends=('iniparser' 'json-c' 'keyutils' 'kmod' 'libtraceevent' 'libtracefs' 'sy
          'util-linux-libs')
 makedepends=('asciidoctor' 'bash-completion' 'cmake' 'meson' 'systemd' 'xmlto')
 source=("https://github.com/pmem/ndctl/archive/v$pkgver/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz")
-sha512sums=('ad217dd45c8d6bbd0089a88c46e1e04813b65e97c8817aaddeca967b20ce948e76c4b7ede5517c45d0b645b5c3dc61aac95cc944e8e5fc60100e45b41f13f2a0')
+sha512sums=('36e178e93dc263cfa72504d3f7fd101a10abcb278c0e2157f98510b91e04cabcd17aa850f654a8870757a15730ea91abf09a79f632236ee3af18cd1c73f61871')
 
 prepare() {
   # fix location of modprobe.d conf