diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 241a2c9d89..0e74ba8f0b 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -487,6 +487,8 @@ libKF5AkonadiSearchPIM.so.5 akonadi-search-17.12.3_1
 libKF5AkonadiSearchXapian.so.5 akonadi-search-17.12.3_1
 libKF5LibkdepimAkonadi.so.5 libkdepim-17.12.3_1
 libKF5Libkdepim.so.5 libkdepim-17.12.3_1
+libKF5PimCommon.so.5 pimcommon-17.12.3_1
+libKF5PimCommonAkonadi.so.5 pimcommon-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/pimcommon-devel b/srcpkgs/pimcommon-devel
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..0579840191
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/pimcommon-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pimcommon
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/pimcommon/template b/srcpkgs/pimcommon/template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1c8227e6f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/pimcommon/template
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Template file for 'pimcommon'
+pkgname=pimcommon
+version=17.12.3
+revision=1
+build_style=cmake
+hostmakedepends="extra-cmake-modules qt5-qmake qt5-host-tools python"
+makedepends="karchive-devel kcodecs-devel ki18n-devel kdbusaddons-devel knewstuff-devel
+ kconfig-devel kiconthemes-devel kjobwidgets-devel kpimtextedit-devel akonadi-contacts-devel
+ kxmlgui-devel kservice-devel kdesignerplugin-devel kimap-devel libkdepim-devel"
+short_desc="Common libraries for KDE PIM"
+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/${version}/src/pimcommon-${version}.tar.xz"
+checksum=78c6194295b97d3759388d19cba12937a02b639d7f68ff78c3c565c3a9435bf9
+
+pimcommon-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/pimcommon/update b/srcpkgs/pimcommon/update
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0bfbdced6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/pimcommon/update
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+site="https://download.kde.org/stable/applications/"
+pattern='href="\K[\d\.]+(?=/")'