diff --git a/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator/PKGBUILD b/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator/PKGBUILD
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..eccf1b1aa6b44da5fca5db7e8297852bba14eaac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator/PKGBUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+# Maintainer: Fabian Bornschein <fabiscafe-at-mailbox-dot-org>
+# Contributor: Ewout van Mansom <ewout@vanmansom.name>
+# Contributor: kpcyrd <kpcyrd[at]archlinux[dot]org>
+
+pkgname=gnome-shell-extension-appindicator
+pkgver=43.alpha
+pkgrel=1
+pkgdesc='AppIndicator/KStatusNotifierItem support for GNOME Shell'
+url='https://github.com/ubuntu/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator'
+arch=('any')
+license=('GPL')
+depends=('gnome-shell>=43')
+makedepends=('git' 'meson' 'jq')
+optdepends=(
+  'libappindicator-gtk2: support GTK+2 applications'
+  'libappindicator-gtk3: support GTK+3 applications'
+)
+conflicts=("${pkgname}-gnome43" "${pkgname}-git")
+_commit=88b55be5b10b7fec304f8e4d08c06e82b1eed8a3 # master
+source=(
+  "${pkgname}-${pkgver}::git+https://github.com/ubuntu/${pkgname}.git#commit=${_commit}"
+  "gnome43-comp.patch::https://patch-diff.githubusercontent.com/raw/ubuntu/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator/pull/351.patch"
+)
+sha256sums=('SKIP'
+            '75372059794bb545c3def26da9fa87360bb94157f808b5d033425d5af720b653')
+
+prepare() {
+  cd "${pkgname}-${pkgver}"
+  patch --forward --strip=1 --input="${srcdir}/gnome43-comp.patch"
+}
+
+build() {
+  cd "${pkgname}-${pkgver}"
+  meson --prefix=/usr build/
+  ninja -C build/
+}
+
+package() {
+  cd "${pkgname}-${pkgver}"
+  DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" ninja -C build/ install
+  # this file is generated at pkg install time
+  rm "${pkgdir}/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/gschemas.compiled"
+}
+
+# vim: ts=2 sw=2 et:
diff --git a/version-tracking.md b/version-tracking.md
index cea9fbe9850f02a343551d4bc3dabe040c4ffd5f..f325d9dbae59abfccba8c147a89e8fb34d7e95f3 100644
--- a/version-tracking.md
+++ b/version-tracking.md
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 - gnome-settings-daemon 43.alpha
 - gnome-shell 43.alpha
 - gnome-shell-extensions 43.alpha
+- gnome-shell-extension-appindicator 43.alpha
 - gnome-software 43.alpha
 - gnome-text-editor 43.alpha0
 - gnome-weather 43.alpha