diff --git a/gnu/packages/kde.scm b/gnu/packages/kde.scm
index b1b8b6a484..3d0c61bf79 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/kde.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/kde.scm
@@ -840,6 +840,31 @@ Python, PHP, and Perl.")
 a variety of formats, including PDF, PostScript, DejaVu, and EPub.")
     (license license:gpl2+)))
 
+(define-public poxml
+  (package
+    (name "poxml")
+    (version "20.12.0")
+    (source (origin
+              (method url-fetch)
+              (uri
+               (string-append "mirror://kde/stable/release-service/" version
+                              "/src/poxml-" version ".tar.xz"))
+              (sha256
+               (base32
+                "06if7rfyfzdb75fzdhyfzfams7qsjf9jbql9bwzh4dp34jzzg6kr"))))
+    (build-system cmake-build-system)
+    (native-inputs
+     `(("extra-cmake-modules" ,extra-cmake-modules)
+       ("kdoctools" ,kdoctools)))
+    (inputs
+     `(("gettext" ,gettext-minimal)
+       ("qtbase" ,qtbase)))
+    (home-page "https://kde.org/applications/development")
+    (synopsis "Tools for translating DocBook XML files with Gettext")
+    (description "Conversions between PO and XML. provide @command{po2xml}
+@command{split2po} @command{swappo} @command{xml2pot}.")
+    (license license:gpl2+)))
+
 (define-public kdegraphics-mobipocket
   (package
     (name "kdegraphics-mobipocket")