diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 28998f64442..96240657d56 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -1940,6 +1940,8 @@ libqwt-qt6.so.6.2 qwt-qt6-6.2.0_2
 libKF6Archive.so.6 kf6-karchive-6.0.0_1
 libKF6Attica.so.6 kf6-attica-6.0.0_1
 libKF6AuthCore.so.6 kf6-kauth-6.0.0_1
+libKF6Baloo.so.6 kf6-baloo-6.0.0_1
+libKF6BalooEngine.so.6 kf6-baloo-6.0.0_1
 libKF6BluezQt.so.6 kf6-bluez-qt-6.0.0_1
 libKF6Bookmarks.so.6 kf6-kbookmarks-6.0.0_1
 libKF6BookmarksWidgets.so.6 kf6-kbookmarks-6.0.0_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/kf6-baloo-devel b/srcpkgs/kf6-baloo-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..cd9f7b391aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/kf6-baloo-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+kf6-baloo
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/kf6-baloo/template b/srcpkgs/kf6-baloo/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d4c60d913a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/kf6-baloo/template
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# Template file for 'kf6-baloo'
+pkgname=kf6-baloo
+version=6.1.0
+revision=1
+build_style=cmake
+configure_args="-DKF6_HOST_TOOLING=/usr/lib/cmake
+ -DKDE_INSTALL_QMLDIR=lib/qt6/qml
+ -DKDE_INSTALL_QTPLUGINDIR=lib/qt6/plugins"
+hostmakedepends="extra-cmake-modules qt6-tools qt6-base
+ qt6-declarative-host-tools gettext kf6-kconfig-devel"
+makedepends="qt6-declarative-devel kf6-kcoreaddons-devel kf6-kconfig-devel
+ kf6-kdbusaddons-devel kf6-ki18n-devel kf6-kidletime-devel kf6-solid-devel
+ kf6-kcrash-devel kf6-kio-devel kf6-kfilemetadata-devel lmdb-devel"
+short_desc="Framework for searching and managing metadata"
+maintainer="John <me@johnnynator.dev>"
+license="LGPL-2.1-or-later"
+homepage="https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/baloo"
+distfiles="${KDE_SITE}/frameworks/${version%.*}/${pkgname#kf6-}-${version}.tar.xz"
+checksum=54d821c4dc12191b3f1aeb5e753c1078c8bb46f1515d020467705d7f7c59ccaa
+
+do_check() {
+	cd build
+	# disable failing text
+	ctest -E "filemonitortest"
+}
+
+kf6-baloo-devel_package() {
+	depends="$makedepends ${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib/cmake
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+	}
+}