diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
index fa07944..1a9c514 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -388,6 +388,23 @@ jobs:
           tar -C "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/src/upower/dest-aarch64" \
             -cf "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/src/Souveraine/upower-tree-aarch64.tar" .
 
+      - name: Stage the shell surface for packaging
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          cd "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/src/Souveraine"
+          # deploy.sh composes ~/.config/quickshell/souveraine from repo files
+          # (symlinks) plus ii dirs borrowed from the ii-base pin. Run it in a
+          # scratch HOME and tar the result dereferenced, so the package is
+          # self-contained real files and never ships dangling links.
+          SHELL_STAGE="$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/shell-stage"
+          SHELL_TAR="$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/pacman-package/shell"
+          rm -rf "$SHELL_STAGE" "$SHELL_TAR"
+          mkdir -p "$SHELL_STAGE" "$SHELL_TAR"
+          HOME="$SHELL_STAGE" ./surfaces/quickshell/deploy.sh
+          test -L "$SHELL_STAGE/.config/quickshell/souveraine/shell.qml"
+          tar -h -C "$SHELL_STAGE/.config/quickshell" -cJf "$SHELL_TAR/souveraine-shell-config.tar.zst" souveraine
+          tar -tf "$SHELL_TAR/souveraine-shell-config.tar.zst" | grep -qx 'souveraine/shell.qml'
+
       - name: Package and sign pacman repository
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
@@ -494,6 +511,26 @@ jobs:
             gpg --batch --yes --local-user "$ARCHIVE_KEY" \
               --detach-sign "$ARCH_REPO/$(basename "$UPKG")"
 
+            # Shell package — the composed quickshell config, arch=any, from
+            # the staged tar. Same per-arch database as the binaries above.
+            SHELL_WORK="$WORK/shell-$ARCH"
+            mkdir -p "$SHELL_WORK"
+            cp "$WORK/shell/souveraine-shell-config.tar.zst" "$SHELL_WORK/"
+            cp packaging/arch/PKGBUILD.shell.prebuilt "$SHELL_WORK/PKGBUILD"
+            cp LICENSE "$SHELL_WORK/"
+            (
+              cd "$SHELL_WORK"
+              export SOUVERAINE_PKGVER="$PKGVER"
+              CARCH="$ARCH" makepkg --nodeps --noconfirm --cleanbuild
+            )
+            SPKG=$(find "$SHELL_WORK" -maxdepth 1 -name 'souveraine-shell-*.pkg.tar.zst' -print -quit)
+            test -n "$SPKG"
+            bsdtar -tf "$SPKG" | grep -qx 'etc/xdg/quickshell/souveraine/shell.qml'
+            bsdtar -tf "$SPKG" | grep -qx 'usr/share/licenses/souveraine-shell/LICENSE'
+            cp "$SPKG" "$ARCH_REPO/"
+            gpg --batch --yes --local-user "$ARCHIVE_KEY" \
+              --detach-sign "$ARCH_REPO/$(basename "$SPKG")"
+
             # The per-arch database is NOT built here. `edge` is a shared archive
             # with more than one producer in it, so the database has to be
             # read-modify-written against the live copy rather than generated
diff --git a/packaging/arch/PKGBUILD.shell.prebuilt b/packaging/arch/PKGBUILD.shell.prebuilt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1a344fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/arch/PKGBUILD.shell.prebuilt
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# CI package recipe for the Souveraine quickshell config.
+#
+# surfaces/quickshell/deploy.sh composes the shell into a scratch HOME
+# (repo files symlinked in, ii dirs borrowed from the ii-base pin), and CI
+# tars that tree dereferenced. This package ships the composed result to
+# /etc/xdg/quickshell/souveraine, so a device gets the shell through pacman
+# instead of hand-copied files. A writable copy in ~/.config/quickshell
+# shadows it (the live overlay stays deploy.sh's).
+pkgname=souveraine-shell
+pkgver="${SOUVERAINE_PKGVER:?CI must set SOUVERAINE_PKGVER}"
+pkgrel=1
+pkgdesc="The Souveraine quickshell config, composed and package-owned"
+arch=('any')
+url='https://gitea.wiuf.net/Fimeg/souveraine'
+license=('GPL-3.0-or-later')
+depends=('quickshell')
+options=('!debug')
+source=('souveraine-shell-config.tar.zst' 'LICENSE')
+b2sums=('SKIP' 'SKIP')
+package() {
+  install -d "$pkgdir/etc/xdg/quickshell/souveraine"
+  tar -xzf "$srcdir/souveraine-shell-config.tar.zst" \
+    -C "$pkgdir/etc/xdg/quickshell/souveraine"
+  install -Dm644 "$srcdir/LICENSE" "$pkgdir/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname/LICENSE"
+}
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