diff --git a/netbird-install-update/README.md b/netbird-install-update/README.md
index 23b3fec..45cfed3 100644
--- a/netbird-install-update/README.md
+++ b/netbird-install-update/README.md
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ The `--password` option provides a default sudo password for remote deployments.
 The script detects three installation states:
 
 1. **Not Installed**: Netbird binary not found in PATH
-2. **Package Manager Install**: Installed via apt, yum, dnf, zypper, or rpm-ostree
+2. **Package Manager Install**: Installed via apt, yum, dnf, zypper, pacman, or rpm-ostree
 3. **Binary Install**: Installed via the official curl-based installer
 
 Detection is performed by:
@@ -405,6 +405,7 @@ Failed Hosts:
 - yum (RHEL/CentOS 7)
 - dnf (Fedora/RHEL 8+/CentOS 8+)
 - zypper (openSUSE)
+- pacman (Arch Linux)
 - rpm-ostree (Fedora Silverblue)
 
 ### SELinux Support
diff --git a/netbird-install-update/netbird-install-update.sh b/netbird-install-update/netbird-install-update.sh
index ac6ecaa..9e3681b 100755
--- a/netbird-install-update/netbird-install-update.sh
+++ b/netbird-install-update/netbird-install-update.sh
@@ -298,6 +298,10 @@ detect_install() {
         fi
         return
     fi
+    if pacman -Q netbird &>/dev/null; then
+        echo "pkg:pacman"
+        return
+    fi
 
     echo "bin"
 }
@@ -382,6 +386,7 @@ case "$1" in
     dnf)        dnf remove -y netbird netbird-ui 2>/dev/null || true ;;
     zypper)     zypper remove -y netbird netbird-ui 2>/dev/null || true ;;
     rpm-ostree) rpm-ostree uninstall -y netbird netbird-ui 2>/dev/null || true ;;
+    pacman)     pacman -Rns --noconfirm netbird netbird-ui 2>/dev/null || true ;;
 esac
 USE_BIN_INSTALL=true SKIP_UI_APP=true bash /tmp/.netbird_install.sh
 chown root:root /usr/bin/netbird 2>/dev/null || true