diff --git a/extragear/kile/kile-disable-sonnet-language-autodetect.diff b/extragear/kile/kile-disable-sonnet-language-autodetect.diff
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1bf465b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extragear/kile/kile-disable-sonnet-language-autodetect.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+diff --git a/src/kile.cpp b/src/kile.cpp
+index a624737f..951bf333 100644
+--- a/src/kile.cpp
++++ b/src/kile.cpp
+@@ -404,6 +404,12 @@ Kile::Kile(bool allowRestore, QWidget *parent)
+     // version 3.0 regarding the newly introduced live preview feature
+     const QString& lastVersionRunFor = KileConfig::systemCheckLastVersionRunForAtStartUp();
+     if(lastVersionRunFor.isEmpty() || compareVersionStrings(lastVersionRunFor, "2.9.91") < 0) {
++
++        // work around the problem that Sonnet's language auto-detection feature doesn't work
++        // together with KatePart (as of 08 November 2019)
++        QSettings settings(QStringLiteral("KDE"), QStringLiteral("Sonnet"));
++        settings.setValue(QStringLiteral("autodetectLanguage"), false);
++
+         slotPerformCheck();
+         KileConfig::setSystemCheckLastVersionRunForAtStartUp(kileFullVersion);
+     }
diff --git a/extragear/kile/kile.py b/extragear/kile/kile.py
index d24b596b..171bb746 100644
--- a/extragear/kile/kile.py
+++ b/extragear/kile/kile.py
@@ -1,46 +1,44 @@
 import info
 from Package.CMakePackageBase import *
 
 
 class subinfo(info.infoclass):
     def setTargets(self):
         self.svnTargets['master'] = 'git://anongit.kde.org/kile'
         self.svnTargets['gitStable-2.1'] = 'git://anongit.kde.org/kile|2.1|'
         for ver in ['2.1.1', '2.9.92', '2.9.93']:
             self.targets[ver] = 'http://downloads.sourceforge.net/kile/kile-' + ver + '.tar.bz2'
             self.targetInstSrc[ver] = 'kile-' + ver
         self.description = "a user friendly TeX/LaTeX editor for KDE"
         self.displayName = "Kile"
         self.webpage = "https://kile.sourceforge.io/"
         self.defaultTarget = '2.9.93'
+        self.patchToApply['2.9.93'] = [('kile-disable-sonnet-language-autodetect.diff', 1)]
 
     def setDependencies(self):
         self.runtimeDependencies["libs/qt5/qtscript"] = None
         self.runtimeDependencies['qt-libs/poppler'] = 'default'
         self.runtimeDependencies['kde/applications/okular'] = 'default'
         self.runtimeDependencies["kde/applications/kate"] = None
         self.runtimeDependencies["kde/frameworks/tier3/khtml"] = None
 
 
 class Package(CMakePackageBase):
     def __init__(self):
         CMakePackageBase.__init__(self)
 
     def createPackage(self):
         self.blacklist_file.append(os.path.join(self.packageDir(), 'blacklist.txt'))
         self.defines["executable"] = "bin\\kile.exe"
 
         # kile icons
         self.defines["icon"] = os.path.join(self.packageDir(), "kile.ico")
         self.defines["icon_png"] = os.path.join(self.sourceDir(), "src", "data", "icons", "150-apps-kile.png")
         self.defines["icon_png_44"] = os.path.join(self.sourceDir(), "src", "data", "icons", "44-apps-kile.png")
 
-        # disable Sonnet's language auto-detection as it doesn't work within KatePart (yet)
-        self.defines["registy_hook"] = ("""WriteRegStr SHCTX "Software\\KDE\\Sonnet" "autodetectLanguage" 'false'""")
-
         # this requires an 310x150 variant in addition!
         #self.defines["icon_png_310x310"] = os.path.join(self.sourceDir(), "src", "data", "icons", "310-apps-kile.png")
 
         self.ignoredPackages.append("binary/mysql")
 
         return TypePackager.createPackage(self)