diff --git a/app_templates/CMakeLists.txt b/app_templates/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/app_templates/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/app_templates/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@
     cpp/CMake/cmake_qt5-qml2
     cpp/QMake/qmake_qt5guiapp
     cpp/QMake/qt5-qml2
+    c/CMake/cmake_plainc
     empty
 )
diff --git a/app_templates/c/CMake/cmake_plainc/%{PROJECTDIRNAME}.kdev4 b/app_templates/c/CMake/cmake_plainc/%{PROJECTDIRNAME}.kdev4
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app_templates/c/CMake/cmake_plainc/%{PROJECTDIRNAME}.kdev4
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[Project]
+Name=%{APPNAME}
+Manager=KDevCMakeManager
diff --git a/app_templates/c/CMake/cmake_plainc/CMakeLists.txt b/app_templates/c/CMake/cmake_plainc/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app_templates/c/CMake/cmake_plainc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0)
+
+project(%{APPNAMELC} LANGUAGES C)
+
+add_executable(%{APPNAMELC} main.c)
+
+install(TARGETS %{APPNAMELC} RUNTIME DESTINATION bin)
diff --git a/app_templates/c/CMake/cmake_plainc/cmake_plainc.kdevtemplate b/app_templates/c/CMake/cmake_plainc/cmake_plainc.kdevtemplate
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app_templates/c/CMake/cmake_plainc/cmake_plainc.kdevtemplate
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# KDE Config File
+[General]
+Name=CMake C
+Comment=Simple CMake-based C application
+Category=Standard/Terminal
+Icon=default-kdevelop
+ShowFilesAfterGeneration=main.c
+ValidProjectName=^[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]+$
diff --git a/app_templates/c/CMake/cmake_plainc/main.c b/app_templates/c/CMake/cmake_plainc/main.c
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app_templates/c/CMake/cmake_plainc/main.c
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+    puts("Hello, World!");
+    return 0;
+}