diff --git a/kde-baseapps-kate/PKGBUILD b/kde-baseapps-kate/PKGBUILD
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c62dc7a9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kde-baseapps-kate/PKGBUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+# Maintainer:   Manuel Tortosa <manutortosa@chakra-project@org>
+# Contributors: H W Tovetjarn (totte) <totte@tott.es>
+#               Andrea Scarpino <andrea@archlinux.org>
+
+# Include global configuration
+source ../_buildscripts/${current_repo}-${_arch}-cfg.conf
+
+pkgbase='kate'
+pkgname=('kde-baseapps-kate'
+         'kde-baseapps-kwrite'
+         'kde-baseapps-katepart')
+pkgver=${_kdever}
+pkgrel=2
+arch=('x86_64')
+license=('GPL'
+         'LGPL'
+         'FDL')
+makedepends=("kdelibs>=${_kdever}"
+             'cmake'
+             'automoc4'
+             'docbook-xsl'
+             "kdebindings-python2>=${_kdever}"
+             "kdebindings-python3>=${_kdever}")
+options=('docs'
+         '!header'
+         'debug'
+         'log')
+source=("$_mirror/${pkgbase}-$_kdever.tar.xz"
+        'pkgbuild-syntax-highlight.patch')
+sha1sums=(`grep ${pkgbase}-$_kdever.tar.xz  ../checksums.txt | cut -d " " -f1`
+          '80c324c9db81c07a02374e7a092d75e0bdd6b4ea')
+
+prepare() {
+    mkdir "${srcdir}/build"
+    cd "${srcdir}/${pkgbase}-${pkgver}"
+    patch -p1 -i "${srcdir}"/pkgbuild-syntax-highlight.patch
+}
+
+build() {
+    cd "${srcdir}/build"
+    cmake "../${pkgbase}-${pkgver}" \
+        -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${_build_type} \
+        -DKDE4_BUILD_TESTS=OFF \
+        -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${_installprefix} \
+        -DCMAKE_{SHARED,MODULE,EXE}_LINKER_FLAGS='-Wl,--no-undefined -Wl,--as-needed'
+    make
+}
+
+package_kde-baseapps-katepart() {
+    pkgdesc='A fast and feature-rich text editor component'
+    depends=('kdelibs')
+    url='http://kate-editor.org/about-katepart/'
+    install='kdebase-katepart.install'
+
+    cd "${srcdir}/build/part"
+    make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" install
+}
+
+package_kde-baseapps-kwrite() {
+    pkgdesc='KDE text editor'
+    depends=('kde-runtime'
+             'kde-baseapps-katepart')
+    groups=('kde'
+            'kde-baseapps'
+            'kde-uninstall')
+    url='http://www.kde.org/applications/utilities/kwrite/'
+    install='kdebase-kwrite.install'
+
+    cd "${srcdir}/build/kwrite"
+    make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" install
+
+    cd "${srcdir}/build/doc/kwrite"
+    make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" install
+}
+
+package_kde-baseapps-kate() {
+    pkgdesc='KDE advanced text editor'
+    depends=('kde-runtime'
+             'kde-baseapps-katepart'
+             'qjson')
+    groups=('kde'
+            'kde-baseapps'
+            'kde-uninstall')
+    url='http://www.kde.org/applications/utilities/kate/'
+    install='kdesdk-kate.install'
+    optdepends=('kdebase-konsole: Open a terminal in Kate'
+                'kdebindings-python2: Python 2 bindings'
+                'kdebindings-python3: Python 3 bindings')
+
+    cd "${srcdir}/build/kate"
+    make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" install
+
+    cd "${srcdir}/build/doc/kate"
+    make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" install
+
+    cd "${srcdir}/build/addons"
+    make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" install
+}
diff --git a/kde-baseapps-kate/kdebase-katepart.install b/kde-baseapps-kate/kdebase-katepart.install
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e70c054ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kde-baseapps-kate/kdebase-katepart.install
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+post_install() {
+	xdg-icon-resource forceupdate --theme hicolor &> /dev/null
+}
+
+post_upgrade() {
+	post_install
+}
+
+post_remove() {
+	post_install
+}
diff --git a/kde-baseapps-kate/kdebase-kwrite.install b/kde-baseapps-kate/kdebase-kwrite.install
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..81ce5c4b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kde-baseapps-kate/kdebase-kwrite.install
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+post_install() {
+	xdg-icon-resource forceupdate --theme hicolor &> /dev/null
+    update-desktop-database -q
+}
+
+post_upgrade() {
+	post_install
+}
+
+post_remove() {
+	post_install
+}
diff --git a/kde-baseapps-kate/kdesdk-kate.install b/kde-baseapps-kate/kdesdk-kate.install
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..81ce5c4b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kde-baseapps-kate/kdesdk-kate.install
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+post_install() {
+	xdg-icon-resource forceupdate --theme hicolor &> /dev/null
+    update-desktop-database -q
+}
+
+post_upgrade() {
+	post_install
+}
+
+post_remove() {
+	post_install
+}
diff --git a/kde-baseapps-kate/pkgbuild-syntax-highlight.patch b/kde-baseapps-kate/pkgbuild-syntax-highlight.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b189b9113
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kde-baseapps-kate/pkgbuild-syntax-highlight.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- kate-4.10.80/part/syntax/data/bash.xml~	2013-06-13 09:46:51.569245577 +0000
++++ kate-4.10.80/part/syntax/data/bash.xml	2013-06-13 09:47:31.745637790 +0000
+@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
+         <!ENTITY noword   "(?![\w$+-])">                <!-- no word, $, + or - following -->
+         <!ENTITY pathpart "([\w_@.&#37;*?+-]|\\ )">     <!-- valid character in a file name -->
+ ]>
+-<language name="Bash" version="2.17" kateversion="2.4" section="Scripts" extensions="*.sh;*.bash;*.ebuild;*.eclass;.bashrc;.bash_profile;.bash_login;.profile" mimetype="application/x-shellscript" casesensitive="1" author="Wilbert Berendsen (wilbert@kde.nl)" license="LGPL">
++<language name="Bash" version="2.17" kateversion="2.4" section="Scripts" extensions="*.sh;*.bash;*.ebuild;*.eclass;.bashrc;.bash_profile;.bash_login;.profile;PKGBUILD" mimetype="application/x-shellscript" casesensitive="1" author="Wilbert Berendsen (wilbert@kde.nl)" license="LGPL">
+ 
+ <!-- (c) 2004 by Wilbert Berendsen (wilbert@kde.nl)
+     Changes by Matthew Woehlke (mw_triad@users.sourceforge.net)