diff --git a/bundles/pacman/files/pacman.conf b/bundles/pacman/files/pacman.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ec92eec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bundles/pacman/files/pacman.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+[options]
+Architecture = auto
+CheckSpace
+Color
+HoldPkg = ${' '.join(sorted(node.metadata.get('pacman/ask_before_removal')))}
+ILoveCandy
+IgnorePkg = ${' '.join(sorted(node.metadata.get('pacman/ignore_packages', set())))}
+LocalFileSigLevel = Optional
+ParallelDownloads = ${node.metadata.get('pacman/parallel_downloads')}
+SigLevel    = Required DatabaseOptional
+VerbosePkgLists
+
+% for line in sorted(node.metadata.get('pacman/additional_config', set())):
+${line}
+% endfor
+
+[core]
+Server = ${node.metadata.get('pacman/repository')}
+Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
+
+[extra]
+Server = ${node.metadata.get('pacman/repository')}
+Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
+
+[community]
+Server = ${node.metadata.get('pacman/repository')}
+Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
+
+% if node.metadata.get('pacman/enable_multilib', False):
+[multilib]
+Server = ${node.metadata.get('pacman/repository')}
+Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
+% endif
+
+% if node.metadata.get('pacman/enable_aurto', True):
+[aurto]
+Server = https://aurto.kunbox.net/
+SigLevel = Optional TrustAll
+% endif
diff --git a/bundles/pacman/items.py b/bundles/pacman/items.py
index 52c3f6f..e0a116c 100644
--- a/bundles/pacman/items.py
+++ b/bundles/pacman/items.py
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@ from bundlewrap.exceptions import BundleError
 if not node.os == 'arch':
     raise BundleError(f'{node.name}: bundle:pacman requires arch linux')
 
+files = {
+    '/etc/pacman.conf': {
+        'content_type': 'mako',
+    },
+}
+
 # This is more targeted to GUI systems. This is intentional.
 
 pkg_pacman = {
diff --git a/bundles/pacman/metadata.py b/bundles/pacman/metadata.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d4e077f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bundles/pacman/metadata.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+defaults = {
+    'pacman': {
+        'ask_before_removal': {
+            'glibc',
+            'pacman',
+        },
+        'parallel_downloads': 4,
+        'repository': 'http://ftp.uni-kl.de/pub/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch',
+    },
+}
diff --git a/nodes/aurto.py b/nodes/aurto.py
index 88d0870..ed3f6e6 100644
--- a/nodes/aurto.py
+++ b/nodes/aurto.py
@@ -45,6 +45,12 @@ nodes['aurto'] = {
                 },
             },
         },
+        'pacman': {
+            'enable_aurto': False,
+            'additional_config': {
+                'Include = /etc/pacman.d/aurto',
+            },
+        },
         'sudo': {
             'extra_configs': {
                 '50_aurto_passwordless': {