diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 562e4bf7f7c..070d68b4757 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -499,6 +499,13 @@ libKPimSMTP.so.5 ksmtp-17.12.3_1
 libKF5MailTransport.so.5 kmailtransport-17.12.3_1
 libKF5MailTransportAkonadi.so.5 kmailtransport-17.12.3_1
 libKF5Mbox.so.5 kmbox-17.12.3_1
+libKF5MessageComposer.so.5 messagelib-17.12.3_1
+libKF5MessageList.so.5 messagelib-17.12.3_1
+libKF5TemplateParser.so.5 messagelib-17.12.3_1
+libKF5WebEngineViewer.so.5 messagelib-17.12.3_1
+libKF5MessageCore.so.5 messagelib-17.12.3_1
+libKF5MimeTreeParser.so.5 messagelib-17.12.3_1
+libKF5MessageViewer.so.5 messagelib-17.12.3_1
 libbabl-0.1.so.0 babl-0.1.10_1
 libbamf3.so.2 bamf-0.5.1_1
 libgegl-0.2.so.0 gegl-0.2.0_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/messagelib-devel b/srcpkgs/messagelib-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..0d113c22338
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/messagelib-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+messagelib
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/messagelib/template b/srcpkgs/messagelib/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a5a804ff4a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/messagelib/template
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Template file for 'messagelib'
+pkgname=messagelib
+version=17.12.3
+revision=1
+build_style=cmake
+hostmakedepends="extra-cmake-modules qt5-qmake qt5-host-tools python"
+makedepends="akonadi-contacts-devel gpgmeqt-devel kdepim-apps-libs-devel
+ kidentitymanagement-devel kmailtransport-devel kmbox-devel libgravatar-devel
+ libkdepim-devel qt5-location-devel qt5-webchannel-devel qt5-webengine-devel"
+short_desc="KDE PIM messaging library"
+maintainer="John <johnz@posteo.net>"
+license="GPL-2.0-or-later, LGPL-2.1-or-later"
+homepage="https://community.kde.org/KDE_PIM"
+distfiles="https://download.kde.org/stable/applications/${version}/src/messagelib-${version}.tar.xz"
+checksum=8d2ab084b55342585e85358a4837c9c4613b40cef4ec4f5de6494d899affadde
+
+messagelib-devel_package() {
+	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision} ${makedepends}"
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib/qt5/mkspecs
+		vmove usr/lib/cmake
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+	}
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/messagelib/update b/srcpkgs/messagelib/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0bfbdced6f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/messagelib/update
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+site="https://download.kde.org/stable/applications/"
+pattern='href="\K[\d\.]+(?=/")'