diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 456c904fa65..793fe1b7c9c 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -2010,6 +2010,7 @@ libKF6Style.so.6 kf6-frameworkintegration-6.0.0_1
 libKF6Su.so.6 kf6-kdesu-6.0.0_1
 libKF6Svg.so.6 kf6-ksvg-6.0.0_1
 libKF6Syndication.so.6 kf6-syndication-6.0.0_1
+libKF6SyntaxHighlighting.so.6 kf6-syntax-highlighting-6.0.0_1
 libKF6TextEditor.so.6 kf6-ktexteditor-6.0.0_1
 libKF6TextTemplate.so.6 kf6-ktexttemplate-6.0.0_1
 libKF6TextWidgets.so.6 kf6-ktextwidgets-6.0.0_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/kf6-syntax-highlighting-devel b/srcpkgs/kf6-syntax-highlighting-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..0ad907a28a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/kf6-syntax-highlighting-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+kf6-syntax-highlighting
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/kf6-syntax-highlighting/template b/srcpkgs/kf6-syntax-highlighting/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..78d100d2310
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/kf6-syntax-highlighting/template
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+# Template file for 'kf6-syntax-highlighting'
+pkgname=kf6-syntax-highlighting
+version=6.1.0
+revision=1
+build_style=cmake
+configure_args="
+ -DKATEHIGHLIGHTINGINDEXER_EXECUTABLE=/usr/libexec/kate/katehighlightingindexer
+ -DKDE_INSTALL_QMLDIR=lib/qt6/qml
+ -DKDE_INSTALL_QTPLUGINDIR=lib/qt6/plugins"
+hostmakedepends="extra-cmake-modules qt6-tools qt6-base perl
+ qt6-declarative-host-tools"
+makedepends="qt6-base-devel qt6-declarative-devel libxerces-c-devel"
+short_desc="Syntax highlighting Engine for Structured Text and Code"
+maintainer="John <me@johnnynator.dev>"
+license="LGPL-2.1-or-later"
+homepage="https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/syntax-highlighting"
+distfiles="${KDE_SITE}/frameworks/${version%.*}/${pkgname#kf6-}-${version}.tar.xz"
+checksum=1e7449052b0e3e97d615d6157e5647958e9bb98fa5d8f9c5d694829c5d67cab6
+
+if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+	hostmakedepends+=" kf6-syntax-highlighting-devel"
+fi
+
+post_install() {
+	if [ -z "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+		# internal tool needed for cross-building
+		vinstall build/bin/katehighlightingindexer 0755 usr/libexec/kate
+	fi
+}
+
+kf6-syntax-highlighting-devel_package() {
+	depends="$makedepends ${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	pkg_install() {
+		if [ -z "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+			vmove usr/libexec/kate
+		fi
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib/cmake
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+	}
+}