diff --git a/libkipi-git/PKGBUILD b/libkipi-git/PKGBUILD
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index 000000000..729e39fa1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libkipi-git/PKGBUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+pkgname=libkipi-git
+pkgver=r1147.a9743e7
+pkgrel=1
+pkgdesc='An interface to use kipi-plugins from a KDE application'
+arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
+url='http://www.kde.org'
+license=('GPL' 'LGPL' 'FDL')
+depends=('qt5-base' 'hicolor-icon-theme' 'kxmlgui')
+makedepends=('git' 'extra-cmake-modules')
+conflicts=('libkipi')
+provides=('libkipi')
+groups=('digikam-git')
+source=('libkipi::git+git://anongit.kde.org/libkipi')
+md5sums=('SKIP')
+install=libkipi-git.install
+
+pkgver() {
+  cd "${srcdir}/libkipi"
+  printf "r%s.%s" "$(git rev-list --count HEAD)" "$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)"
+}
+
+prepare() {
+if [[ -d "${srcdir}/build" ]]; then
+      msg "Cleaning the previous build directory..."
+      rm -rf "${srcdir}/build"
+  fi
+  mkdir "${srcdir}/build"
+}
+
+build() {
+  cd "${srcdir}/build"
+  cmake "${srcdir}/libkipi" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
+                -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr \
+                -DLIB_INSTALL_DIR=lib \
+                -DKDE_INSTALL_USE_QT_SYS_PATHS=ON \
+                -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF
+  make
+}
+
+package() {
+  cd "${srcdir}/build"
+  make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" install
+}
diff --git a/libkipi-git/libkipi-git.install b/libkipi-git/libkipi-git.install
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..23f5838bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libkipi-git/libkipi-git.install
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+post_install() {
+        xdg-icon-resource forceupdate --theme hicolor &> /dev/null
+        update-desktop-database -q
+}
+
+post_upgrade() {
+        post_install
+}
+
+post_remove() {
+        post_install
+}