diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index a39114ce3..933d9bb45 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ group :test do
   gem 'voxpupuli-test', '~> 2.5',   :require => false
   gem 'coveralls',                  :require => false
   gem 'simplecov-console',          :require => false
-  gem 'puppet_metadata', '~> 1.0',  :require => false
+  gem 'puppet_metadata',            :require => false, :git => 'https://github.com/bastelfreak/puppet_metadata.git', :branch => 'add-archlinux'
 end
 
 group :development do
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ group :development do
 end
 
 group :system_tests do
+  gem 'beaker-hostgenerator',            :require => false, :git => 'https://github.com/ekohl/beaker-hostgenerator.git', :branch => 'add-archlinux'
+  gem 'beaker',                          :require => false, :git => 'https://github.com/bastelfreak/beaker.git', :branch => 'add-archlinux'
+  gem 'beaker-docker',                   :require => false, :git => 'https://github.com/bastelfreak/beaker-docker.git', :branch => 'add-archlinux'
   gem 'voxpupuli-acceptance', '~> 1.0',  :require => false
 end
 
diff --git a/spec/acceptance/class_spec.rb b/spec/acceptance/class_spec.rb
index 353c766ce..9f5ade146 100644
--- a/spec/acceptance/class_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/acceptance/class_spec.rb
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
                 else
                   %r{Phusion}
                 end
+  when 'Archlinux'
+    pkg_remove_cmd = 'pacman --remove --noconfirm --nosave --recursive nginx-mainline'
   end
 
   context 'default parameters' do
@@ -42,7 +44,7 @@
     end
   end
 
-  context 'nginx with package_source passenger' do
+  context 'nginx with package_source passenger', unless: default[:platform] =~ %r{archlinux} do
     it 'runs successfully' do
       shell(pkg_remove_cmd)
       pp = <<-EOS