diff --git a/kdelibs-4.8.3-kdeclarative-install-location.patch b/kdelibs-4.8.3-kdeclarative-install-location.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ace5462
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kdelibs-4.8.3-kdeclarative-install-location.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff -up kdelibs-4.8.3/experimental/libkdeclarative/CMakeLists.txt.kdeclarative-install-location kdelibs-4.8.3/experimental/libkdeclarative/CMakeLists.txt
+--- kdelibs-4.8.3/experimental/libkdeclarative/CMakeLists.txt.kdeclarative-install-location	2012-04-29 22:37:35.777207066 +0200
++++ kdelibs-4.8.3/experimental/libkdeclarative/CMakeLists.txt	2012-04-30 12:20:40.384393056 +0200
+@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ endif(KDE_PLATFORM_FEATURE_BINARY_COMPAT
+ 
+ configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/config-kdeclarative.h.cmake ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/config-kdeclarative.h)
+ 
++set (LIB_SUFFIX "" CACHE STRING "Define suffix of library directory name (eg. '64')")
++set( LIB_INSTALL_DIR lib${LIB_SUFFIX} )
++
+ include_directories(
+    ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}
+    ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}
diff --git a/kdelibs.spec b/kdelibs.spec
index 60736dc..141939d 100644
--- a/kdelibs.spec
+++ b/kdelibs.spec
@@ -142,6 +142,8 @@ Patch52: kdelibs-4.7.4-SOLID_UPNP.patch
 Patch53: kdelibs-4.7.2-kjs-s390.patch
 
 ## upstream
+# fix kdeclarative install location (by wstephenson as found in kde-packager list)
+Patch100: kdelibs-4.8.3-kdeclarative-install-location.patch
 
 ## security fix
 # Not Upstreamed? why not ? -- Rex
@@ -571,6 +573,7 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 %{_kde4_bindir}/kde4-doxygen.sh
 %{_kde4_appsdir}/cmake/
 %{_kde4_includedir}/*
+%{_kde4_libdir}/cmake/KDeclarative/
 %{_kde4_libdir}/kde4/devel/
 
 %if 0%{?apidocs}
@@ -591,6 +594,7 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 - 4.8.3
 - remove cmake implicit link directories patch
 - remove adblock filter patch
+- add kdeclarative install location patch
 
 * Mon Apr 16 2012 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org> 6:4.8.2-4
 - enable udisks2, +Requires: udisks2 on f18+ too