diff --git a/tasks/helpers/archive.yml b/tasks/helpers/archive.yml
index ac66a29..4edc6cd 100644
--- a/tasks/helpers/archive.yml
+++ b/tasks/helpers/archive.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
 # vim: set filetype=yaml.ansible :
+#
+## Helpers: archive.yml
+## Description: extract and symlink archives
+## Variables: dict of key:value pairs
+##   extract_to: path to extract archive to
+##   name: filename of the archive
+##   url: download url of the archive
 ---
 - name: Ensure requirements met
   when:
diff --git a/tasks/helpers/zig.yml b/tasks/helpers/zig.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..104dd21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/helpers/zig.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# vim : set filetype=yaml.ansible :
+#
+## Helper: zig.yml
+## Description: build and install zig based packages
+## Variables: dict of key:value pairs
+##   source_path: Destination path when cloning/extracting
+##   git: passed into helpers/git.yml if present. See that for required dict keys
+##   archive: passed into helpers/archive.yml to extract if present. See that for required dict keys
+##   prefix: install prefix
+##   flags: flags to pass to zig build
+---
+- name: Clone git repository if it exists
+  when:
+    - pkg.git is defined
+  vars:
+    path: "{{ pkg.source_path }}"
+    repo: "{{ pkg.git.repo }}"
+    depth: "{{ pkg.git.depth | default(omit) }}"
+    force: "{{ pkg.git.force | default(omit) }}"
+    recursive: "{{ pkg.git.recursive | default(omit) }}"
+    version: "{{ pkg.version | default(omit) }}"
+  ansible.builtin.include_tasks: helpers/git.yml
+
+- name: Download and extract source archive
+  when:
+    - pkg.archive is defined
+  ansible.bulitin.include_tasks: helpers/archive.yml
diff --git a/tasks/pkgs/ghostty.yml b/tasks/pkgs/ghostty.yml
index 8017405..422ebba 100644
--- a/tasks/pkgs/ghostty.yml
+++ b/tasks/pkgs/ghostty.yml
@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@
       methods: "{{ ghostty[distribution].methods | default(_methods['default']) }}"
       source_url: "{{ ghostty.base_url }}/{{ ghostty.version }}/ghostty-{{ ghostty.version }}.tar.gz"
       pkg_deps: "{{ ghostty[distribution].pkg_deps | default(omit) }}"
+      build_deps: "{{ ghostty[distribution].build_deps | default(ghostty.default.build_deps) }}"
+
 - name: Configure ghostty
   block:
     - name: Set ghostty install method
@@ -105,11 +107,23 @@
       when:
         - ghostty_imethod == 'source'
       block:
-        - name: Append ghostty to pkg_src
+        - name: Add ghostty package dependencies
+          when:
+            - ghostty.pkg_deps is defined
+            - ghostty.pkg_deps|length > 0
+          loop: "{{ ghostty.pkg_deps }}"
+          loop_control:
+            loop_var: dep
+          ansible.bulitin.include_tasks: pkgs/{{ dep }}.yml
+
+        - name: Add ghostty system dependencies
           ansible.builtin.set_fact:
-            pkg_src: "{{ pkg_src + ghostty.pkg }}"
             pkg_sys: "{{ pkg_sys + ghostty.build_deps }}"
 
+        - name: Configure ghostty zig install
+          ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+
+
     - name: Configure ghostty appimage install
       when:
         - ghostty_imethod == 'appimage'