diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@
 include(ECMSetupVersion)
 include(ECMGenerateHeaders)
 include(ECMQtDeclareLoggingCategory)
+include(ECMAddQch)
+
+option(BUILD_QCH "Build API documentation in QCH format (for e.g. Qt Assistant, Qt Creator & KDevelop)" OFF)
+add_feature_info(QCH ${BUILD_QCH} "API documentation in QCH format (for e.g. Qt Assistant, Qt Creator & KDevelop)")
 
 ecm_setup_version(PROJECT
     VARIABLE_PREFIX KARCHIVE
@@ -65,6 +69,16 @@
 # create a Config.cmake and a ConfigVersion.cmake file and install them
 set(CMAKECONFIG_INSTALL_DIR "${KDE_INSTALL_CMAKEPACKAGEDIR}/KF5Archive")
 
+if (BUILD_QCH)
+    ecm_install_qch_export(
+        TARGETS KF5Archive_QCH
+        FILE KF5ArchiveQchTargets.cmake
+        DESTINATION "${CMAKECONFIG_INSTALL_DIR}"
+        COMPONENT Devel
+    )
+    set(PACKAGE_INCLUDE_QCHTARGETS "include(\"\${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/KF5ArchiveQchTargets.cmake\")")
+endif()
+
 include(CMakePackageConfigHelpers)
 
 configure_package_config_file(
diff --git a/KF5ArchiveConfig.cmake.in b/KF5ArchiveConfig.cmake.in
--- a/KF5ArchiveConfig.cmake.in
+++ b/KF5ArchiveConfig.cmake.in
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@
 set(KArchive_HAVE_LZMA  "@LIBLZMA_FOUND@")
 
 include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/KF5ArchiveTargets.cmake")
-
+@PACKAGE_INCLUDE_QCHTARGETS@
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -99,6 +99,27 @@
         DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR_KF5}/KArchive
         COMPONENT Devel)
 
+if(BUILD_QCH)
+    ecm_add_qch(
+        KF5Archive_QCH
+        NAME KArchive
+        BASE_NAME KF5Archive
+        VERSION ${KF5_VERSION}
+        ORG_DOMAIN org.kde
+        SOURCES # using only public headers, to cover only public API
+            ${KArchive_HEADERS}
+        MD_MAINPAGE "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/README.md"
+        LINK_QCHS
+            Qt5Core_QCH
+        BLANK_MACROS
+            KARCHIVE_EXPORT
+            KARCHIVE_DEPRECATED
+        TAGFILE_INSTALL_DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_QTQCHDIR}
+        QCH_INSTALL_DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_QTQCHDIR}
+        COMPONENT Devel
+    )
+endif()
+
 include(ECMGeneratePriFile)
 ecm_generate_pri_file(BASE_NAME KArchive LIB_NAME KF5Archive DEPS "core" FILENAME_VAR PRI_FILENAME INCLUDE_INSTALL_DIR ${KDE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR_KF5}/KArchive)
 install(FILES ${PRI_FILENAME}