diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index c0ddcd393ca..d0c339afdbb 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -1941,6 +1941,7 @@ libKF6Archive.so.6 kf6-karchive-6.0.0_1
 libKF6ConfigCore.so.6 kf6-kconfig-6.0.0_1
 libKF6ConfigQml.so.6 kf6-kconfig-6.0.0_1
 libKF6ConfigGui.so.6 kf6-kconfig-6.0.0_1
+libKF5CoreAddons.so.5 kcoreaddons-5.26.0_1
 libKF6DocTools.so.6 kf6-kdoctools-6.0.0_1
 libKF6I18nLocaleData.so.6 kf6-ki18n-6.0.0_1
 libKF6I18n.so.6 kf6-ki18n-6.0.0_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/kf6-kcoreaddons-devel b/srcpkgs/kf6-kcoreaddons-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..46886588fdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/kf6-kcoreaddons-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+kf6-kcoreaddons
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/kf6-kcoreaddons/template b/srcpkgs/kf6-kcoreaddons/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1cf0412dd24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/kf6-kcoreaddons/template
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# Template file for 'kf6-kcoreaddons'
+pkgname=kf6-kcoreaddons
+version=6.1.0
+revision=1
+build_style=cmake
+configure_args="-DKDE_INSTALL_QMLDIR=lib/qt6/qml
+ -DKDE_INSTALL_QTPLUGINDIR=lib/qt6/plugins"
+hostmakedepends="extra-cmake-modules qt6-tools qt6-base
+ qt6-declarative-host-tools"
+makedepends="qt6-declarative-devel"
+short_desc="KCoreAddons"
+maintainer="John <me@johnnynator.dev>"
+license="LGPL-2.1-or-later"
+homepage="https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/kcoreaddons"
+#changelog=""
+distfiles="${KDE_SITE}/frameworks/${version%.*}/${pkgname#kf6-}-${version}.tar.xz"
+checksum=7608ef9a2483b28a3af82a3024054cdb3c58cf1fdfbd791a02f70efc80ea3343
+
+do_check() {
+	cd build
+	# disable failing test
+	ctest -E "kformattest"
+}
+
+kf6-kcoreaddons-devel_package() {
+	depends="$makedepends ${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib/cmake
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+	}
+}