diff --git a/shell/CMakeLists.txt b/shell/CMakeLists.txt
index 0dd5846b4..e5363df14 100644
--- a/shell/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/shell/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 project(testplasma2)
 
 
-
 # Tell CMake to run moc when necessary:
 set(CMAKE_AUTOMOC ON)
 # As moc files are generated in the binary dir, tell CMake
@@ -49,4 +48,6 @@ target_link_libraries(testplasma2
  #plasma
 )
 
-install(TARGETS testplasma2 ${INSTALL_TARGETS_DEFAULT_ARGS})
\ No newline at end of file
+install(TARGETS testplasma2 ${INSTALL_TARGETS_DEFAULT_ARGS})
+
+add_subdirectory(qmlpackages)
diff --git a/shell/qmlpackages/CMakeLists.txt b/shell/qmlpackages/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d3d3e1f2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shell/qmlpackages/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+
+add_subdirectory(desktop)
diff --git a/shell/qmlpackages/desktop/CMakeLists.txt b/shell/qmlpackages/desktop/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3f48fb212
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shell/qmlpackages/desktop/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+project(desktop_homescreen)
+
+install(DIRECTORY . DESTINATION ${DATA_INSTALL_DIR}/plasma/packages/org.kde.homescreen.desktop PATTERN .svn EXCLUDE PATTERN CMakeLists.txt EXCLUDE PATTERN Messages.sh EXCLUDE)
+
+
diff --git a/shell/qmlpackages/desktop/Messages.sh b/shell/qmlpackages/desktop/Messages.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..da18c7d3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shell/qmlpackages/desktop/Messages.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env bash
+$XGETTEXT `find . -name \*.qml` -L Java -o $podir/plasma_package_org.kde.active.contour-tablet-homescreen.pot
+rm -f rc.cpp
diff --git a/shell/main.qml b/shell/qmlpackages/desktop/contents/ui/main.qml
similarity index 100%
rename from shell/main.qml
rename to shell/qmlpackages/desktop/contents/ui/main.qml
diff --git a/shell/qmlpackages/desktop/metadata.desktop b/shell/qmlpackages/desktop/metadata.desktop
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..850f24046
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shell/qmlpackages/desktop/metadata.desktop
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+Comment=Desktop view furniture
+Encoding=UTF-8
+Keywords=
+Name=Desktop
+Type=Service
+
+X-KDE-ServiceTypes=Plasma/GenericPackage
+X-KDE-ParentApp=
+X-KDE-PluginInfo-Author=Marco Martin
+X-KDE-PluginInfo-Category=
+X-KDE-PluginInfo-Email=mart@kde.org
+X-KDE-PluginInfo-License=GPLv2+
+X-KDE-PluginInfo-Name=org.kde.homescreen.desktop
+X-KDE-PluginInfo-Version=
+X-KDE-PluginInfo-Website=
+X-Plasma-MainScript=ui/main.qml