diff --git a/bash/usr-local-bin/.gitignore b/bash/usr-local-bin/.gitignore
index 5f9ee34..e2f7549 100644
--- a/bash/usr-local-bin/.gitignore
+++ b/bash/usr-local-bin/.gitignore
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ ff
 chrome
 iwd-wifi.bash
 vim
+yay
diff --git a/bash/usr-local-bin/pacman b/bash/usr-local-bin/pacman
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..097fba8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bash/usr-local-bin/pacman
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -x
+
+export LC_ALL=en_DK.UTF-8
+
+# if yay is installed and we aren't root, run it instead
+if [[ -f /usr/bin/yay && $(id -u) != 0 ]]; then
+	if [[ "$1" == "-S" ]]; then
+		/usr/bin/yay --needed "$*"
+	else
+		/usr/bin/yay "$*"
+	fi
+# otherwise attempt to run pacman, but keep the --needed for installs
+elif [[ -f /usr/bin/pacman ]]; then
+	if [[ "$1" == "-S" ]]; then
+		/usr/bin/pacman --needed "$*"
+	else
+		/usr/bin/pacman "$*"
+	fi
+# otherwise fail gracefully
+else
+	printf "Neither yay or pacman was found.\n"
+	exit 1
+fi
+set +x
diff --git a/bash/usr-local-bin/yay b/bash/usr-local-bin/yay
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..2b3565b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bash/usr-local-bin/yay
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pacman
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