diff --git a/trunk/PKGBUILD b/trunk/PKGBUILD
index effc3d007cc3..df7ec7cd1153 100644
--- a/trunk/PKGBUILD
+++ b/trunk/PKGBUILD
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ license=(
   LGPL2.1
   LGPL3
 )
+install=dev9.install
 depends=(
   gdk-pixbuf2
   glibc
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ build() {
     -DUSE_SYSTEM_YAML=OFF \
     -DUSE_VTUNE=OFF \
     -DXDG_STD=ON \
+    -DDISABLE_SETCAP=ON \
     -DwxWidgets_CONFIG_EXECUTABLE=/usr/bin/wx-config-gtk3 \
     -Wno-dev
   ninja -C build
diff --git a/trunk/dev9.install b/trunk/dev9.install
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8929d374ac43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/trunk/dev9.install
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#set capabilities needed for DEV9 networking support
+
+post_install() {
+  setcap 'CAP_NET_RAW+eip CAP_NET_ADMIN+eip' usr/bin/PCSX2
+}
+
+post_upgrade() {
+  setcap 'CAP_NET_RAW+eip CAP_NET_ADMIN+eip' usr/bin/PCSX2
+}