diff --git a/kde-plasma/plasma-desktop/metadata.xml b/kde-plasma/plasma-desktop/metadata.xml
index 9bb79ffcc6940..3ebe0b14e20f3 100644
--- a/kde-plasma/plasma-desktop/metadata.xml
+++ b/kde-plasma/plasma-desktop/metadata.xml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 		<flag name="gtk3">Add support for gtk+3-based applications using legacy xembed systray icons via libappindicator.</flag>
 		<flag name="ibus">Use ibus input method via <pkg>app-i18n/ibus</pkg></flag>
 		<flag name="legacy-systray">Add support for applications using legacy xembed systray icons.</flag>
+		<flag name="packagekit">Add support for packagekit integration</flag>
 		<flag name="scim">Enable applets that use <pkg>app-i18n/scim</pkg></flag>
 		<flag name="touchpad">Enable configuration module for synaptics-based touchpads.</flag>
 	</use>
diff --git a/kde-plasma/plasma-desktop/plasma-desktop-5.6.3.ebuild b/kde-plasma/plasma-desktop/plasma-desktop-5.6.3.ebuild
index 47ef81f6a23a5..a33bcfddc5fe6 100644
--- a/kde-plasma/plasma-desktop/plasma-desktop-5.6.3.ebuild
+++ b/kde-plasma/plasma-desktop/plasma-desktop-5.6.3.ebuild
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ inherit kde5
 
 DESCRIPTION="KDE Plasma desktop"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~x86"
-IUSE="+fontconfig gtk2 gtk3 +input_devices_evdev input_devices_synaptics ibus legacy-systray pulseaudio +qt4 scim"
+IUSE="+fontconfig gtk2 gtk3 +input_devices_evdev input_devices_synaptics ibus
+legacy-systray packagekit pulseaudio +qt4 scim"
 
 COMMON_DEPEND="
 	$(add_frameworks_dep attica)
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@ COMMON_DEPEND="
 		x11-libs/xcb-util-keysyms
 	)
 	input_devices_synaptics? ( x11-drivers/xf86-input-synaptics )
+	packagekit? ( app-admin/packagekit-qt[qt5] )
 	pulseaudio? (
 		dev-libs/glib:2
 		media-libs/libcanberra
@@ -144,6 +146,7 @@ src_configure() {
 		$(cmake-utils_use_find_package ibus IBus)
 		$(cmake-utils_use_find_package input_devices_evdev Evdev)
 		$(cmake-utils_use_find_package input_devices_synaptics Synaptics)
+		$(cmake-utils_use_find_package packagekit PackageKitQt5)
 		$(cmake-utils_use_find_package pulseaudio PulseAudio)
 		$(cmake-utils_use_find_package scim SCIM)
 	)