diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@
 
 find_package(KDevPlatform ${KDEVELOP_VERSION} REQUIRED)
 
+find_package(SharedMimeInfo REQUIRED)
+
 add_definitions(
     -DQT_DEPRECATED_WARNINGS
     -DQT_DISABLE_DEPRECATED_BEFORE=0x050400
diff --git a/app/CMakeLists.txt b/app/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/app/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/app/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@
     add_subdirectory(plasma)
 endif()
 
-find_package(SharedMimeInfo REQUIRED)
-
 option(KDEVELOP_SINGLE_APP "Use QtSingleApplication as KDevelop's base" OFF)
 
 set(singleapp_SRCS qtlocalpeer.cpp qtsingleapplication.cpp qtlockedfile.cpp)
diff --git a/languages/clang/CMakeLists.txt b/languages/clang/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/languages/clang/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/languages/clang/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -134,3 +134,6 @@
     KDev::Util
     KDev::Project
 )
+
+install(FILES kdevclang.xml DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_MIMEDIR})
+update_xdg_mimetypes(${KDE_INSTALL_MIMEDIR})
diff --git a/languages/clang/XmlMessages.sh b/languages/clang/XmlMessages.sh
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/languages/clang/XmlMessages.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+function get_files
+{
+    echo kdevclang.xml
+}
+
+function po_for_file
+{
+    case "$1" in
+       kdevclang.xml)
+           echo kdevclang_xml_mimetypes.po
+       ;;
+    esac
+}
+
+function tags_for_file
+{
+    case "$1" in
+      kdevclang.xml)
+           echo comment
+       ;;
+    esac
+}
diff --git a/languages/clang/kdevclang.xml b/languages/clang/kdevclang.xml
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/languages/clang/kdevclang.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<mime-info xmlns="http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/shared-mime-info">
+    <!--
+    Will be part of shared-mime-info 1.9. Remove once 1.9 is the minimum dependency.
+    The mimetype id used here is disputable: is the one currently used in shared-mime-info,
+    though that one was created out-of-the-blue, without being backed by wider usage
+    or greater input from the OpenCL community. So needs more work.
+    -->
+    <mime-type type="text/x-opencl-src">
+        <comment>OpenCL C source code</comment>
+        <acronym>OpenCL</acronym>
+        <expanded-acronym>Open Computing Language</expanded-acronym>
+        <sub-class-of type="text/x-csrc"/>
+        <glob pattern="*.cl"/>
+        <alias type="text/x-opencl"/>
+    </mime-type>
+</mime-info>