diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 55439a155f9..1df6604d0f4 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -2429,6 +2429,20 @@ libkdevplatformdocumentation.so.8 kdevplatform-1.7.3_1
 libkdevplatformoutputview.so.8 kdevplatform-1.7.3_1
 libkdevplatformvcs.so.8 kdevplatform-1.7.3_1
 libkdevplatforminterfaces.so.8 kdevplatform-1.7.3_1
+libKDevClangPrivate.so.30 kdevelop-5.2.1_1
+libKDevPlatformDebugger.so.52 kdevelop-5.2.1_1
+libKDevPlatformDocumentation.so.52 kdevelop-5.2.1_1
+libKDevPlatformInterfaces.so.52 kdevelop-5.2.1_1
+libKDevPlatformLanguage.so.52 kdevelop-5.2.1_1
+libKDevPlatformOutputView.so.52 kdevelop-5.2.1_1
+libKDevPlatformProject.so.52 kdevelop-5.2.1_1
+libKDevPlatformSerialization.so.52 kdevelop-5.2.1_1
+libKDevPlatformShell.so.52 kdevelop-5.2.1_1
+libKDevPlatformSublime.so.52 kdevelop-5.2.1_1
+libKDevPlatformTests.so.52 kdevelop-5.2.1_1
+libKDevPlatformUtil.so.52 kdevelop-5.2.1_1
+libKDevPlatformVcs.so.52 kdevelop-5.2.1_1
+libkdevcmakecommon.so kdevelop-5.2.1_1
 libts.so.0 tslib-1.6_1
 libobs.so.0 obs-0.14.1_2
 libobsglad.so.0 obs-0.14.1_2
diff --git a/srcpkgs/kdevelop-devel b/srcpkgs/kdevelop-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..2465d10b315
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/kdevelop-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+kdevelop
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/kdevelop/INSTALL.msg b/srcpkgs/kdevelop/INSTALL.msg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..45c7d3306a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/kdevelop/INSTALL.msg
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Some optional packages may be installed for additional functionality:
+
+- kdevelop-python: python3 language and django project support
+- kdevelop-php   : PHP language support
diff --git a/srcpkgs/kdevelop/patches/kdevelop-4.7.3.cmake-allow-dup-targets-in-po-subdirs.patch b/srcpkgs/kdevelop/patches/kdevelop-4.7.3.cmake-allow-dup-targets-in-po-subdirs.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index dbf61d27b73..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/kdevelop/patches/kdevelop-4.7.3.cmake-allow-dup-targets-in-po-subdirs.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-cmake 3.x policy CMP0002 forbids same target name to be defined several times.
-But the 30 po/*/CMakeList.txt files do it, so allow it or patch each.
-
-Error message was:
-dules/FindGettext.cmake:232 (ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET):
-  add_custom_target cannot create target "pofiles" because another target
-  with the same name already exists.  The existing target is a custom target
-  created in source directory "/builddir/kdevelop-4.7.3/po/fi".  See
-  documentation for policy CMP0002 for more details.
-Call Stack (most recent call first):
-  po/gl/CMakeLists.txt:2 (GETTEXT_PROCESS_PO_FILES)
-
---- CMakeLists.txt.orig	2016-01-22 19:20:15.000000000 +0100
-+++ CMakeLists.txt	2016-04-15 10:41:04.185750138 +0200
-@@ -91,4 +91,6 @@
- configure_file(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/CTestCustom.cmake ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/CTestCustom.cmake)
- 
- include(MacroOptionalAddSubdirectory)
-+set_property(GLOBAL
-+             PROPERTY ALLOW_DUPLICATE_CUSTOM_TARGETS 1)
- macro_optional_add_subdirectory( po )
diff --git a/srcpkgs/kdevelop/patches/use-std-c99.patch b/srcpkgs/kdevelop/patches/use-std-c99.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..da373e3ab2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/kdevelop/patches/use-std-c99.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+KDECompilerSettings (of extra-cmake-modules 5.40) sets "-std=iso9899:1990" that is
+too restrictive for C build with Qt *.h files: comments in c++ style. 
+Let's use C99 instead.
+
+--- CMakeLists.txt.ORIG
++++ CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
+ endif()
+ 
+ include(KDECompilerSettings NO_POLICY_SCOPE) # needs to be first, as set policies influence following macros
++string(REPLACE " -std=iso9899:1990" "" CMAKE_C_FLAGS " ${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} ")
++set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -std=c99")
++
+ include(ECMOptionalAddSubdirectory)
+ include(ECMInstallIcons)
+ include(ECMAddAppIcon)
diff --git a/srcpkgs/kdevelop/template b/srcpkgs/kdevelop/template
index 1f3d2881f55..7f21554004d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/kdevelop/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/kdevelop/template
@@ -1,21 +1,33 @@
 # Template file for 'kdevelop'
 pkgname=kdevelop
-version=4.7.3
-revision=2
-
+version=5.2.1
+revision=1
 build_style=cmake
-configure_args="-Wno-dev"
-
-hostmakedepends="qt-qmake automoc4 perl"
-makedepends="kdelibs-devel qt-devel qt-webkit-devel libressl-devel phonon-devel
- qjson-devel kdevplatform-devel kde-workspace-devel okteta-devel boost-devel"
-
-# kde-runtime provides khelpcenter, needed to display documentation
-depends="konsole kate kde-runtime"
-
+hostmakedepends="extra-cmake-modules"
+makedepends="llvm clang qt5-declarative-devel kdeclarative-devel
+ kcmutils-devel knewstuff-devel knotifyconfig-devel kparts-devel
+ ktexteditor-devel threadweaver-devel kxmlgui-devel kcrash-devel
+ kguiaddons-devel karchive-devel knotifications-devel kitemmodels-devel
+ qt5-webengine-devel qt5-webkit-devel qt5-webchannel-devel
+ qt5-location-devel libksysguard-devel libkomparediff2-devel
+ krunner-devel plasma-framework-devel grantlee5-devel okteta5-devel
+ boost-devel subversion-devel apr-util-devel kdevelop-pg-qt"
+depends="kde5-baseapps git cmake cppcheck indent"
 short_desc="Integrated Development Environment for C++/C"
 maintainer="yopito <pierre.bourgin@free.fr>"
-license="GPL-3"
+license="GPL-2, LGPL-2.1"
 homepage="https://www.kdevelop.org/"
-distfiles="http://download.kde.org/stable/${pkgname}/${version}/src/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
-checksum=9db388d1c8274da7d168c13db612c7e94ece7815757b945b0aa0371620a06b35
+distfiles="http://download.kde.org/stable/${pkgname}/${version}/src/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
+checksum=d1c39c563e4fada89eb9f30bd43c6c4beed0fec7ca7d124af587193cfe020650
+nocross="plasma-framework-devel is not available"
+
+kdevelop-devel_package() {
+	depends="kdevelop>=${version}_${revision}"
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib/cmake
+		# avoid libkdevcmakecommon.so
+		vmove usr/lib/libKDevPlatform*.so
+	}
+}