diff --git a/liblouis/.SRCINFO b/liblouis/.SRCINFO
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3433f9c2da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/liblouis/.SRCINFO
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+pkgbase = liblouis
+	pkgdesc = Braille translator and back-translator library
+	pkgver = 3.30.0
+	pkgrel = 1
+	url = https://liblouis.io/
+	arch = x86_64
+	license = GPL-3.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later
+	makedepends = git
+	makedepends = help2man
+	makedepends = python-build
+	makedepends = python-installer
+	makedepends = python-setuptools
+	makedepends = python-wheel
+	depends = glibc
+	depends = libyaml
+	optdepends = python: Python bindings
+	source = git+https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis.git#tag=v3.30.0
+	validpgpkeys = E9DDC8901A42F78B79CDC46042A55BD5EA40AB1A
+	b2sums = 647baf24a09130634e283dc3ac87cc745a5d1a2e25466870cf22c8b7c6b5ff28ea288e9c06c1a6a793ecca6649f29a186c58e6633aa0031e04e668f04a14abe4
+
+pkgname = liblouis
diff --git a/liblouis/.nvchecker.toml b/liblouis/.nvchecker.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..571078b9a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/liblouis/.nvchecker.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[liblouis]
+source = "git"
+git = "https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis.git"
+prefix = "v"
diff --git a/liblouis/PKGBUILD b/liblouis/PKGBUILD
index dc16ef681e..e8e912287f 100644
--- a/liblouis/PKGBUILD
+++ b/liblouis/PKGBUILD
@@ -4,20 +4,26 @@
 # Contributor: Ionut Biru <ibiru@archlinux.org>
 
 pkgname=liblouis
-pkgver=3.29.0
-pkgrel=3
+pkgver=3.30.0
+pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc='Braille translator and back-translator library'
 arch=(x86_64 powerpc64le powerpc64 powerpc riscv64)
 url='https://liblouis.io/'
 license=('GPL-3.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later')
 depends=('glibc' 'libyaml')
-makedepends=('help2man' 'python-build' 'python-installer' 'python-setuptools' 'python-wheel')
+makedepends=('git' 'help2man' 'python-build' 'python-installer' 'python-setuptools' 'python-wheel')
 optdepends=('python: Python bindings')
-source=("https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/releases/download/v$pkgver/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz")
-sha256sums=('4e73d86bbfe1a9af5447b3ddd607243b50414989ec290bfb467b9b774675c8f5')
+source=("git+https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis.git#tag=v$pkgver")
+b2sums=('647baf24a09130634e283dc3ac87cc745a5d1a2e25466870cf22c8b7c6b5ff28ea288e9c06c1a6a793ecca6649f29a186c58e6633aa0031e04e668f04a14abe4')
+validpgpkeys=('E9DDC8901A42F78B79CDC46042A55BD5EA40AB1A') # Christian Egli <christian.egli@sbs.ch>
+
+prepare() {
+  cd $pkgname
+  autoreconf -fi
+}
 
 build() {
-  cd $pkgname-$pkgver
+  cd $pkgname
   ./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-ucs4
   sed -i -e 's/ -shared / -Wl,-O1,--as-needed\0/g' libtool
   make
@@ -27,12 +33,12 @@ build() {
 }
 
 check() {
-  cd $pkgname-$pkgver
+  cd $pkgname
   make check
 }
 
 package() {
-  cd $pkgname-$pkgver
+  cd $pkgname
   make DESTDIR="$pkgdir" install
 
   cd python
diff --git a/liblouis/keys/pgp/E9DDC8901A42F78B79CDC46042A55BD5EA40AB1A.asc b/liblouis/keys/pgp/E9DDC8901A42F78B79CDC46042A55BD5EA40AB1A.asc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e508e6f646
--- /dev/null
+++ b/liblouis/keys/pgp/E9DDC8901A42F78B79CDC46042A55BD5EA40AB1A.asc
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
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