diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index c6f9e8ef13e..2ccc1a8edcc 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -1940,6 +1940,8 @@ libqwt-qt6.so.6.2 qwt-qt6-6.2.0_2
 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
+libKF6I18nLocaleData.so.6 kf6-ki18n-6.0.0_1
+libKF6I18n.so.6 kf6-ki18n-6.0.0_1
 liblxqt-qt5.so.0 liblxqt-0.8.0_1
 liblxqt-globalkeys-qt5.so.0 lxqt-globalkeys-0.8.0_1
 liblxqt-globalkeys-ui-qt5.so.0 lxqt-globalkeys-0.8.0_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/kf6-ki18n-devel b/srcpkgs/kf6-ki18n-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..3cd6d3ba6ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/kf6-ki18n-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+kf6-ki18n
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/kf6-ki18n/template b/srcpkgs/kf6-ki18n/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..492478a9089
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/kf6-ki18n/template
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# Template file for 'kf6-ki18n'
+pkgname=kf6-ki18n
+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 gettext python3"
+makedepends="qt6-declarative-devel"
+depends="iso-codes"
+short_desc="KDE Gettext-based UI text internationalization"
+maintainer="John <me@johnnynator.dev>"
+license="LGPL-2.1-or-later"
+homepage="https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/ki18n"
+distfiles="${KDE_SITE}/frameworks/${version%.*}/${pkgname#kf6-}-${version}.tar.xz"
+checksum=163219f1b5c9dea7aaea6ddc4a0d28a8b9e1884d239cf5633e684c2148517648
+
+do_check() {
+	cd build
+	# disable failing tests
+	ctest -E "kcountrytest|kcountrysubdivisiontest"
+}
+
+kf6-ki18n-devel_package() {
+	depends="$makedepends ${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib/cmake
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+	}
+}