diff --git a/.changeset/olive-impalas-nail.md b/.changeset/olive-impalas-nail.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..27ecf98f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/olive-impalas-nail.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"hunkdiff": patch
+---
+
+Support pacman/AUR installs via `HUNK_INSTALL_SOURCE=pacman`.
diff --git a/src/core/install/installSource.test.ts b/src/core/install/installSource.test.ts
index b5f30f99f..7ec220aeb 100644
--- a/src/core/install/installSource.test.ts
+++ b/src/core/install/installSource.test.ts
@@ -121,6 +121,17 @@ describe("install source detection", () => {
     ).toBe("curl");
   });
 
+  test("accepts pacman as declared install source", () => {
+    expect(
+      detectInstallSource({
+        env: { HUNK_INSTALL_SOURCE: "pacman" },
+        executablePath: join("/", "usr", "lib", "hunkdiff", "hunk"),
+        version: "1.2.3",
+        homeDir: HOME_DIR,
+      }),
+    ).toBe("pacman");
+  });
+
   test("keeps npm for a .hunk segment that is not followed by bin", () => {
     expect(
       detectInstallSource({
diff --git a/src/core/install/installSource.ts b/src/core/install/installSource.ts
index 2ed3237fb..72a5a5dc9 100644
--- a/src/core/install/installSource.ts
+++ b/src/core/install/installSource.ts
@@ -17,12 +17,20 @@ const INSTALL_DIR_ENV = "HUNK_INSTALL_DIR";
 /** Path segments Homebrew always puts above its binaries, on macOS and Linux alike. */
 const HOMEBREW_PATH_SEGMENTS = ["cellar", "homebrew", "linuxbrew"];
 
-export type InstallSource = "npm" | "homebrew" | "nix" | "mise" | "curl" | "dev";
+export type InstallSource = "npm" | "homebrew" | "nix" | "mise" | "pacman" | "curl" | "dev";
 
 /** Package-manager clients that can install the global `hunkdiff` npm package. */
 export type NpmClient = "npm" | "bun" | "pnpm";
 
-const INSTALL_SOURCES: readonly InstallSource[] = ["npm", "homebrew", "nix", "mise", "curl", "dev"];
+const INSTALL_SOURCES: readonly InstallSource[] = [
+  "npm",
+  "homebrew",
+  "nix",
+  "mise",
+  "pacman",
+  "curl",
+  "dev",
+];
 
 export interface InstallSourceFacts {
   env?: NodeJS.ProcessEnv;
diff --git a/src/core/install/latestRelease.ts b/src/core/install/latestRelease.ts
index 74d93a09a..cd809b45a 100644
--- a/src/core/install/latestRelease.ts
+++ b/src/core/install/latestRelease.ts
@@ -158,6 +158,6 @@ export async function fetchChannelVersions(
     return fetchNpmChannelVersions(deps);
   }
 
-  // Nix, mise, and source builds install from somewhere Hunk cannot query or act on.
+  // Nix, mise, pacman and source builds install from somewhere Hunk cannot query or act on.
   return {};
 }
diff --git a/src/core/install/selfUpdate.test.ts b/src/core/install/selfUpdate.test.ts
index a2dfc9ee5..c0ac160e2 100644
--- a/src/core/install/selfUpdate.test.ts
+++ b/src/core/install/selfUpdate.test.ts
@@ -341,6 +341,14 @@ describe("hunk update", () => {
     expect(result.stdout).toContain("Run `mise up hunk` to update it.");
   });
 
+  test("points pacman installs at pacman or an AUR helper", async () => {
+    const result = await runUpdate({ installSource: "pacman" });
+
+    expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
+    expect(result.commands).toEqual([]);
+    expect(result.stdout).toContain("Update it through pacman or your AUR helper.");
+  });
+
   test("points source builds at install:bin", async () => {
     const result = await runUpdate({ installSource: "dev", installedVersion: "0.0.0-unknown" });
 
diff --git a/src/core/install/selfUpdate.ts b/src/core/install/selfUpdate.ts
index 79ea4ef7c..429a14b67 100644
--- a/src/core/install/selfUpdate.ts
+++ b/src/core/install/selfUpdate.ts
@@ -239,6 +239,10 @@ function unmanagedInstallGuidance(installSource: InstallSource) {
     return ["Hunk was installed with mise.", "Run `mise up hunk` to update it."];
   }
 
+  if (installSource === "pacman") {
+    return ["Hunk was installed with pacman.", "Update it through pacman or your AUR helper."];
+  }
+
   return [
     "Hunk is running from a local source build.",
     "Run `bun run install:bin` in your Hunk checkout to update it.",
diff --git a/src/core/process/updateNotice.test.ts b/src/core/process/updateNotice.test.ts
index 5e168c1ac..153fec81f 100644
--- a/src/core/process/updateNotice.test.ts
+++ b/src/core/process/updateNotice.test.ts
@@ -270,6 +270,21 @@ describe("startup update notice", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  test("suppresses update notices for pacman-managed installs", async () => {
+    await withTempStatePath(async (statePath) => {
+      await expect(
+        resolveStartupUpdateNotice({
+          env: { HUNK_INSTALL_SOURCE: "pacman" },
+          fetchImpl: async () => {
+            throw new Error("should not fetch for pacman installs");
+          },
+          resolveInstalledVersion: () => "0.7.0",
+          statePath,
+        }),
+      ).resolves.toBeNull();
+    });
+  });
+
   test("detects unmarked mise installs from their mise install path", async () => {
     await withTempStatePath(async (statePath) => {
       await expect(
diff --git a/src/core/process/updateNotice.ts b/src/core/process/updateNotice.ts
index 4fa908be5..586716a9f 100644
--- a/src/core/process/updateNotice.ts
+++ b/src/core/process/updateNotice.ts
@@ -34,8 +34,10 @@ export type { InstallSource, UpdateChannel };
  * starts. A notice there would ask the user to fix something mise just fixed. A local source build
  * is replaced by rebuilding the checkout it came from, which is the developer's own workflow and
  * not something a published version number should interrupt.
+ *
+ * AUR packages installed via pacman should be updated manually or via an AUR helper.
  */
-const SILENT_INSTALL_SOURCES: readonly InstallSource[] = ["mise", "dev"];
+const SILENT_INSTALL_SOURCES: readonly InstallSource[] = ["mise", "pacman", "dev"];
 
 export interface UpdateNoticeDeps {
   env?: NodeJS.ProcessEnv;