diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 482efd4..2bcdffe 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ GitHub Actions to publish AUR package.
 
 ### `pkgname`
 
-**Required** AUR package name.
+**Optional** AUR package name. If not specified the name will be extracted from the PKGBUILD file.
 
 ### `pkgbuild`
 
-**Required** Path to PKGBUILD file. This file is often generated by prior steps.
+**Optional** Path to PKGBUILD file. This file is often generated by prior steps. The default value is './PKGBUILD'
 
 ### `assets`
 
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 56cfdab..6e5ed84 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -6,11 +6,12 @@ branding:
   icon: package
 inputs:
   pkgname:
-    description: 'AUR package name'
-    required: true
+    description: 'AUR package name, extracted from PKGBUILD if not specified'
+    required: false
   pkgbuild:
     description: 'Path to PKGBUILD file'
-    required: true
+    default: './PKGBUILD'
+    required: false
   assets:
     description: 'Newline-separated glob patterns for additional files to be added to the AUR repository'
     required: false
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index a0a0991..b8adf7c 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ assert_non_empty() {
   fi
 }
 
-assert_non_empty inputs.pkgname "$pkgname"
-assert_non_empty inputs.pkgbuild "$pkgbuild"
 assert_non_empty inputs.commit_username "$commit_username"
 assert_non_empty inputs.commit_email "$commit_email"
 assert_non_empty inputs.ssh_private_key "$ssh_private_key"
@@ -53,6 +51,25 @@ git config --global user.name "$commit_username"
 git config --global user.email "$commit_email"
 echo '::endgroup::'
 
+echo '::group::Getting pkgname'
+if [[ -z "$pkgname" ]]; then
+  echo 'Extracting pkgname from PKGBUILD'
+  
+  mkdir -p /tmp/makepkg
+  cp "$pkgbuild" /tmp/makepkg/PKGBUILD
+  info=$(cd /tmp/makepkg; makepkg --printsrcinfo)
+
+  pattern='pkgname = ([a-z0-9@._+-]*)'
+  [[ "$info" =~ $pattern ]]
+
+  pkgname="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
+  echo "Got pkgname '$pkgname'"
+else
+  echo "Using pkgname '$pkgname' from argument"
+  assert_non_empty inputs.pkgname "$pkgname"
+fi
+echo '::endgroup::'
+
 echo '::group::Cloning AUR package into /tmp/local-repo'
 git clone -v "https://aur.archlinux.org/${pkgname}.git" /tmp/local-repo
 echo '::endgroup::'