diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index b5dae05dc11..40d8b334936 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -2681,7 +2681,7 @@ libz80ex.so.1 z80ex-1.1.21_1
 libz80ex_dasm.so.1 z80ex-1.1.21_1
 libqmmp.so.1 qmmp-1.1.4_1
 libqmmpui.so.1 qmmp-1.1.4_1
-libalkimia5.so.7 libalkimia-7.0_1
+libalkimia5.so.8 libalkimia-8.0.1_1
 libpayeeidentifier_iban_bic_widgets.so.5 kmymoney-5.0.0_1
 libkmm_plugin.so.5 kmymoney-5.0.0_1
 libkmm_widgets.so.5 kmymoney-5.0.0_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/alkimia/template b/srcpkgs/alkimia/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..679c0c1c499
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/alkimia/template
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# Template file for 'alkimia'
+pkgname=alkimia
+version=8.0.1
+revision=1
+build_style=cmake
+configure_args="-DDESKTOPTOJSON_EXECUTABLE=/usr/bin/desktoptojson -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF"
+hostmakedepends="extra-cmake-modules pkg-config qt5-qmake qt5-host-tools
+ kcoreaddons"
+makedepends="qt5-devel gmp-devel gmpxx-devel qt5-webkit-devel
+ qt5-declarative-devel kconfig-devel kcoreaddons-devel kdelibs4support-devel
+ kpackage-devel plasma-framework-devel knewstuff-devel"
+short_desc="Infrastructure for common storage and business logic"
+maintainer="Helmut Pozimski <helmut@pozimski.eu>"
+license="LGPL-2.1-or-later"
+homepage="https://www.linux-apps.com/content/show.php/libalkimia?content=137323"
+distfiles="${KDE_SITE}/alkimia/${version}/alkimia-${version}.tar.xz"
+checksum=f5601780f6ed95b5e14dd3a243ecd1afbdbdb522f0e32dec2fb86933ec363115
+
+libalkimia-devel_package() {
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+		vmove usr/lib/cmake
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+	}
+}
+
+libalkimia_package() {
+	short_desc+=" - library"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove "usr/lib/libalkimia5.so.*"
+	}
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libalkimia/update b/srcpkgs/alkimia/update
similarity index 100%
rename from srcpkgs/libalkimia/update
rename to srcpkgs/alkimia/update
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libalkimia b/srcpkgs/libalkimia
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..18ce0b2a184
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libalkimia
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+alkimia
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libalkimia/template b/srcpkgs/libalkimia/template
deleted file mode 100644
index 394ff2ff4bb..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/libalkimia/template
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-# Template file for 'libalkimia'
-pkgname=libalkimia
-version=7.0.2
-revision=1
-wrksrc="alkimia-${version}"
-build_style=cmake
-hostmakedepends="extra-cmake-modules pkg-config qt5-qmake qt5-host-tools"
-makedepends="qt5-devel gmp-devel gmpxx-devel"
-short_desc="Library used by KDE finance applications"
-maintainer="Helmut Pozimski <helmut@pozimski.eu>"
-license="LGPL-2.1-or-later"
-homepage="https://www.linux-apps.com/content/show.php/libalkimia?content=137323"
-distfiles="${KDE_SITE}/alkimia/${version}/alkimia-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=59e6b10d819479bc8dde53a8b10e6ec05e9d465c5e035528a5c0b036456a2454
-
-libalkimia-devel_package() {
-	short_desc+=" - development files"
-	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
-	pkg_install() {
-		vmove usr/include
-		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
-		vmove usr/lib/cmake
-		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
-	}
-}