diff --git a/gsl/.SRCINFO b/gsl/.SRCINFO
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e580f9a583
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gsl/.SRCINFO
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+pkgbase = gsl
+	pkgdesc = The GNU Scientific Library (GSL) is a modern numerical library for C and C++ programmers
+	pkgver = 2.8
+	pkgrel = 1
+	url = https://www.gnu.org/software/gsl/gsl.html
+	arch = x86_64
+	license = GPL-3.0-only
+	depends = cblas
+	depends = glibc
+	depends = sh
+	source = https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gsl/gsl-2.8.tar.gz
+	source = https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gsl/gsl-2.8.tar.gz.sig
+	validpgpkeys = DD61B7FC02790F978360F399245FB74BAE05B3E9
+	sha256sums = 6a99eeed15632c6354895b1dd542ed5a855c0f15d9ad1326c6fe2b2c9e423190
+	sha256sums = SKIP
+
+pkgname = gsl
diff --git a/gsl/.nvchecker.toml b/gsl/.nvchecker.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4748048c4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gsl/.nvchecker.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[gsl]
+source = 'regex'
+url = 'https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gsl/'
+regex = 'gsl-([\d.]+)\.[a-z]'
diff --git a/gsl/PKGBUILD b/gsl/PKGBUILD
index 60c22de0e4..45840cf973 100644
--- a/gsl/PKGBUILD
+++ b/gsl/PKGBUILD
@@ -5,15 +5,17 @@
 # Contributor: Tom Newsom <Jeepster@gmx.co.uk>
 
 pkgname=gsl
-pkgver=2.7.1
-pkgrel=3
+pkgver=2.8
+pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc='The GNU Scientific Library (GSL) is a modern numerical library for C and C++ programmers'
 url='https://www.gnu.org/software/gsl/gsl.html'
 source=(https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gsl/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz{,.sig})
-license=(GPL)
+license=(GPL-3.0-only)
 arch=(x86_64 powerpc64le powerpc64 powerpc riscv64)
-depends=(cblas)
-sha256sums=('dcb0fbd43048832b757ff9942691a8dd70026d5da0ff85601e52687f6deeb34b'
+depends=(cblas
+         glibc
+         sh)
+sha256sums=('6a99eeed15632c6354895b1dd542ed5a855c0f15d9ad1326c6fe2b2c9e423190'
             'SKIP')
 validpgpkeys=(DD61B7FC02790F978360F399245FB74BAE05B3E9) # Patrick Alken <alken@colorado.edu>
 
diff --git a/gsl/keys/pgp/DD61B7FC02790F978360F399245FB74BAE05B3E9.asc b/gsl/keys/pgp/DD61B7FC02790F978360F399245FB74BAE05B3E9.asc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4128e2d5c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gsl/keys/pgp/DD61B7FC02790F978360F399245FB74BAE05B3E9.asc
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
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