diff --git a/pkgs/applications/kde/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/kde/default.nix
index 9622404c456d..4713c9ecf494 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/kde/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/kde/default.nix
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ let
       kcharselect = callPackage ./kcharselect.nix {};
       kcolorchooser = callPackage ./kcolorchooser.nix {};
       kdebugsettings = callPackage ./kdebugsettings.nix {};
+      kdeconnect-kde = callPackage ./kdeconnect-kde.nix {};
       kdegraphics-mobipocket = callPackage ./kdegraphics-mobipocket.nix {};
       kdegraphics-thumbnailers = callPackage ./kdegraphics-thumbnailers.nix {};
       kdenetwork-filesharing = callPackage ./kdenetwork-filesharing.nix {};
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/kdeconnect/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/kde/kdeconnect-kde.nix
similarity index 71%
rename from pkgs/applications/misc/kdeconnect/default.nix
rename to pkgs/applications/kde/kdeconnect-kde.nix
index d042f011bb78..a1ebda75a9cc 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/kdeconnect/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/kde/kdeconnect-kde.nix
@@ -1,39 +1,32 @@
 { mkDerivation
-, lib
-, fetchurl
-, fetchpatch
 , extra-cmake-modules
+, fetchpatch
 , kcmutils
 , kconfigwidgets
 , kdbusaddons
 , kdoctools
-, kiconthemes
 , ki18n
-, knotifications
-, qca-qt5
-, libfakekey
-, libXtst
-, qtx11extras
-, qtmultimedia
-, qtgraphicaleffects
-, sshfs
-, makeWrapper
-, kwayland
+, kiconthemes
 , kio
-, kpeoplevcard
-, kpeople
 , kirigami2
+, knotifications
+, kpeople
+, kpeoplevcard
+, kwayland
+, lib
+, libXtst
+, libfakekey
+, makeWrapper
 , pulseaudio-qt
+, qca-qt5
+, qtgraphicaleffects
+, qtmultimedia
+, qtx11extras
+, sshfs
 }:
 
-mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "kdeconnect";
-  version = "20.08.2";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://download.kde.org/stable/release-service/${version}/src/${pname}-kde-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "0rzfnkgkv759d4pa16qk0sw87wqzwgkd99yzrzfy2zcq423f6hvd";
-  };
+mkDerivation {
+  name = "kdeconnect-kde";
 
   patches = [
     # https://invent.kde.org/network/kdeconnect-kde/-/merge_requests/328
@@ -44,39 +37,36 @@ mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
-    libfakekey
-    libXtst
-    qtmultimedia
-    qtgraphicaleffects
-    pulseaudio-qt
-    kpeoplevcard
-    kpeople
-    kirigami2
-    ki18n
-    kiconthemes
     kcmutils
     kconfigwidgets
     kdbusaddons
-    knotifications
-    qca-qt5
-    qtx11extras
-    makeWrapper
-    kwayland
+    ki18n
+    kiconthemes
     kio
+    kirigami2
+    knotifications
+    kpeople
+    kpeoplevcard
+    kwayland
+    libXtst
+    libfakekey
+    pulseaudio-qt
+    qca-qt5
+    qtgraphicaleffects
+    qtmultimedia
+    qtx11extras
   ];
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ extra-cmake-modules kdoctools ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ extra-cmake-modules kdoctools makeWrapper ];
 
   postInstall = ''
     wrapProgram $out/libexec/kdeconnectd --prefix PATH : ${lib.makeBinPath [ sshfs ]}
   '';
 
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "KDE Connect provides several features to integrate your phone and your computer";
-    homepage    = "https://community.kde.org/KDEConnect";
-    license     = with licenses; [ gpl2 ];
+    homepage = "https://community.kde.org/KDEConnect";
+    license = with licenses; [ gpl2 ];
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ fridh ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 3538ac56ecfa..eeb5519233ce 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   kdecoration-viewer = throw "kdecoration-viewer has been removed from nixpkgs, as there is no upstream activity"; # 2020-06-16
   julia_07 = throw "julia_07 is deprecated in favor of julia_10 LTS"; # added 2020-09-15
   julia_11 = throw "julia_11 is deprecated in favor of latest Julia version"; # added 2020-09-15
+  kdeconnect = kdeApplications.kdeconnect-kde; # added 2020-10-28
   kdiff3-qt5 = kdiff3; # added 2017-02-18
   keepass-keefox = keepass-keepassrpc; # backwards compatibility alias, added 2018-02
   keepassx-community = keepassxc; # added 2017-11
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 8d46ff6b8108..319d24d2e25d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -21708,7 +21708,7 @@ in
     kaddressbook kalzium kapptemplate kapman kate katomic
     kblackbox kblocks kbounce
     kcachegrind kcalc kcharselect kcolorchooser
-    kdenlive kdf kdialog kdiamond
+    kdeconnect-kde kdenlive kdf kdialog kdiamond
     keditbookmarks
     kfind kfloppy
     kget kgpg
@@ -21733,8 +21733,6 @@ in
 
   k4dirstat = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/misc/k4dirstat { };
 
-  kdeconnect = libsForQt512.callPackage ../applications/misc/kdeconnect { };
-
   inherit (kdeFrameworks) kdesu;
 
   kdevelop-pg-qt = libsForQt514.callPackage ../applications/editors/kdevelop5/kdevelop-pg-qt.nix { };