2 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/.SRCINFO b/.SRCINFO
index 2156fcc647c0..d4cd11b150d0 100644
--- a/.SRCINFO
+++ b/.SRCINFO
@@ -5,8 +5,11 @@ pkgbase = xtensor-git
 	url = http://quantstack.net/xtensor
 	arch = any
 	license = unknown
-	makedepends = git cmake
-	depends = gcc>=4.9
+	makedepends = git
+	makedepends = cmake
+	depends = gcc
+	optdepends = python: Optional, for python bindings
+	optdepends = pybind11: Optional, for python bindings
 	source = git+https://github.com/QuantStack/xtensor.git
 	md5sums = SKIP
 
diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index b78b6230541c..60b874760c2d 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -7,8 +7,12 @@ pkgdesc="xtensor is a C++ library meant for numerical analysis with multi-dimens
 arch=("any")
 url="http://quantstack.net/xtensor"
 license=('unknown')
-depends=('gcc>=4.9')
-makedepends=('git cmake')
+depends=('gcc')
+makedepends=('git' 'cmake')
+optdepends=(
+    "python: Optional, for python bindings"
+    "pybind11: Optional, for python bindings"
+    )
 source=('git+https://github.com/QuantStack/xtensor.git')
 md5sums=('SKIP')