diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c7841b80..5f1a1534 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -88,6 +88,11 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(db-ext,
 	AS_HELP_STRING([--with-db-ext=ext], [set the file extension used by the database]),
 	[DBEXT=$withval], [DBEXT=.db.tar.gz])
 
+# Help line for buildscript filename
+AC_ARG_WITH(buildscript,
+	AS_HELP_STRING([--with-buildscript=name], [set the build script name used by makepkg]),
+	[BUILDSCRIPT=$withval], [BUILDSCRIPT=PKGBUILD])
+
 # Help line for libdownload/libfetch
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(internal-download,
 	AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-internal-download], [do not build with libdownload/libfetch support]),
@@ -314,6 +319,9 @@ AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([SRCEXT], "$SRCEXT", [The file extension used by pacman sourc
 # Set database file extension
 AC_SUBST(DBEXT)
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([DBEXT], "$DBEXT", [The file extension used by pacman databases])
+# Set makepkg build script name
+AC_SUBST(BUILDSCRIPT)
+AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([BUILDSCRIPT], "$BUILDSCRIPT", [The build script name used by makepkg])
 
 # Configuration files
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([
@@ -362,6 +370,7 @@ ${PACKAGE_NAME}:
     package extension      : ${PKGEXT}
     source pkg extension   : ${SRCEXT}
     database extension     : ${DBEXT}
+    build script name      : ${BUILDSCRIPT}
 
   Compilation options:
     Run make in doc/ dir   : ${wantdoc}
diff --git a/etc/makepkg.conf.in b/etc/makepkg.conf.in
index 87b115c2..9872d5df 100644
--- a/etc/makepkg.conf.in
+++ b/etc/makepkg.conf.in
@@ -95,13 +95,12 @@ PURGE_TARGETS=(usr/{,share}/info/dir .packlist *.pod)
 #PACKAGER="John Doe <john@doe.com>"
 
 #########################################################################
-# BUILDSCRIPT/EXTENSION DEFAULTS
+# EXTENSION DEFAULTS
 #########################################################################
 #
 # WARNING: Do NOT modify these variables unless you know what you are
 #          doing.
 #
-BUILDSCRIPT='PKGBUILD'
 PKGEXT='@PKGEXT@'
 SRCEXT='@SRCEXT@'
 
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.am b/scripts/Makefile.am
index 6f0f25a2..d6d9bb93 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.am
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.am
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ edit = sed \
 	-e 's|@PACKAGE_BUGREPORT[@]|$(PACKAGE_BUGREPORT)|g' \
 	-e 's|@PACKAGE_NAME[@]|$(PACKAGE_NAME)|g' \
 	-e 's|@DBEXT[@]|$(DBEXT)|g' \
+	-e 's|@BUILDSCRIPT[@]|$(BUILDSCRIPT)|g' \
 	-e 's|@SIZECMD[@]|$(SIZECMD)|g' \
 	-e 's|@configure_input[@]|Generated from $@.in; do not edit by hand.|g'
 
diff --git a/scripts/makepkg.sh.in b/scripts/makepkg.sh.in
index 66c68a54..14e18dc3 100644
--- a/scripts/makepkg.sh.in
+++ b/scripts/makepkg.sh.in
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ export COMMAND_MODE='legacy'
 
 myver='@PACKAGE_VERSION@'
 confdir='@sysconfdir@'
+BUILDSCRIPT='@BUILDSCRIPT@'
 startdir="$PWD"
 srcdir="$startdir/src"
 pkgdir="$startdir/pkg"