diff --git a/scripts/makepkg.sh.in b/scripts/makepkg.sh.in
index 9f3bbb2..ebc6087 100644
--- a/scripts/makepkg.sh.in
+++ b/scripts/makepkg.sh.in
@@ -961,6 +961,75 @@ write_pkginfo() {
 	fi
 }
 
+write_srcinfo() {
+# usage: write_srcinfo name
+
+	local packager
+	if [[ -n ${PACKAGER} ]]; then packager="${PACKAGER}"
+	else packager="none"; fi
+	local builddate=$(date -u "+%s")
+
+	msg2 "$(gettext "Generating .SRCINFO file...")"
+	echo "# Generated by makepkg $myver"
+	echo "# $(LC_ALL=C date -u)"
+	# use "global" as tag for vars needed in entire $BUILDFILE
+	if (( SPLITPKG )); then
+		echo "global pkgbase = ${pkgbase}"
+		printf "global pkgname = %s\n"	"${pkgname[@]}"
+	else echo "global pkgname = $1"
+	fi
+	echo "global pkgver = ${pkgver}-${pkgrel}"
+	echo "global pkgdesc = ${pkgdesc}"
+	echo "global url = ${url}"
+	echo "global packager = ${packager}"
+	echo "global builddate = $builddate"
+	[[ ${changelog} ]]    && echo "global changelog = ${changelog}"
+
+  # arrays
+	[[ ${source} ]]       && printf "global source = %s\n"       "${source[@]}" 
+	[[ ${license} ]]      && printf "global license = %s\n"     "${license[@]}"
+	[[ ${groups} ]]       && printf "global group = %s\n"       "${groups[@]}"
+	printf "global arch = %s\n"        "${arch[@]}"
+	[[ ${backup} ]]       && printf "global backup = %s\n"      "${backup[@]}"
+	[[ ${depends} ]]      && printf "global depends = %s\n"      "${depends[@]}"
+	[[ ${makedepends} ]]  && printf "global makedepends = %s\n"  "${makedepends[@]}"
+	[[ ${optdepends} ]]   && printf "global optdepends = %s\n"   "${optdepends[@]}"
+	[[ ${conflicts} ]]    && printf "global conflict = %s\n"    "${conflicts[@]}"
+	[[ ${provides} ]]     && printf "global provides = %s\n"    "${provides[@]}"
+	[[ ${replaces} ]]     && printf "global replaces = %s\n"    "${replaces[@]}"
+
+	if (( SPLITPKG )); then 
+		local name vararray override tempvar
+		IFS=$'\n'
+		for name in "${pkgname[@]}"; do
+			# use $name as tag for vars needed only in package_$name 
+			# standardize function formatting: delete whitespaces/tabs at the beginning and 
+			# change trailing character to \n at the end of each line inside function; grep the variables  
+			vararray=( $(declare -f "package_${name}" | /bin/sed -e "s/^[ \t]*//" -e "s/;$/\n/" | /bin/grep -e "^[[:alpha:]]*=") )
+			for override in "${vararray[@]}"; do
+				tempvar="${override%%=*}"
+				# first check if var is in allowed overrides (splitpkg_overrides)
+				if [[ ${splitpkg_overrides[*]} =~ " ${tempvar} " ]]; then
+					declare -a temparray 
+					eval temparray="${override#*=}"
+					[[ "${tempvar}" == "pkgrel" ]] && printf "${name} pkgver = ${pkgver}-${temparray[0]}\n" && continue
+					printf "${name} ${tempvar} = %s\n" "${temparray[@]}"
+					unset temparray
+				fi
+				unset tempvar
+			done
+		done
+		unset IFS
+	fi	
+
+	# TODO maybe remove this at some point
+	# warn if license array is not present or empty
+	if [[ -z ${license} ]]; then
+		warning "$(gettext "Please add a license line to your %s!")" "${BUILDSCRIPT}"
+		plain "$(gettext "Example for GPL\'ed software: license=('GPL').")"
+	fi
+}
+
 check_package() {
 	cd "$pkgdir"
 
@@ -1091,6 +1160,8 @@ create_srcpackage() {
 	local srclinks="$(mktemp -d "$startdir"/srclinks.XXXXXXXXX)"
 	mkdir "${srclinks}"/${pkgbase}
 
+	write_srcinfo ${pkgbase} > "${srclinks}/${pkgbase}/.SRCINFO"
+
 	msg2 "$(gettext "Adding %s...")" "$BUILDSCRIPT"
 	ln -s "${BUILDFILE}" "${srclinks}/${pkgbase}/${BUILDSCRIPT}"