diff --git a/post-install-artix.sh b/post-install-artix.sh
index 49fa913..3229cb6 100644
--- a/post-install-artix.sh
+++ b/post-install-artix.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/sh
+# run as root
 pacman -Syy
 pacman -Syu
+
+# the following commands are run manually
+pacman -S --needed git base-devel
+git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git
+cd yay
+makepkg -si