diff --git a/recipes-plasma-mobile/alligator.inc b/recipes-plasma-mobile/alligator.inc
index d300777..4456122 100644
--- a/recipes-plasma-mobile/alligator.inc
+++ b/recipes-plasma-mobile/alligator.inc
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ DEPENDS = " \
     plasma-framework \
 "
 
-SRC_URI = "git://invent.kde.org/plasma-mobile/${BPN};nobranch=1;protocol=https"
-S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
+SRC_URI ?= "git://invent.kde.org/plasma-mobile/${BPN};nobranch=1;protocol=https"
 
 inherit cmake_kdeapp
 inherit kconfig
diff --git a/recipes-plasma-mobile/calindori.inc b/recipes-plasma-mobile/calindori.inc
index 6078cdc..1babc84 100644
--- a/recipes-plasma-mobile/calindori.inc
+++ b/recipes-plasma-mobile/calindori.inc
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ DEPENDS = " \
     plasma-framework \
 "
 
-SRC_URI = "git://invent.kde.org/plasma-mobile/${BPN};nobranch=1;protocol=https"
-S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
+SRC_URI ?= "git://invent.kde.org/plasma-mobile/${BPN};nobranch=1;protocol=https"
 
 inherit cmake_kdeapp
 inherit kconfig
diff --git a/recipes-plasma-mobile/kasts.inc b/recipes-plasma-mobile/kasts.inc
index ae4ef91..e1d3726 100644
--- a/recipes-plasma-mobile/kasts.inc
+++ b/recipes-plasma-mobile/kasts.inc
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ DEPENDS = " \
     ki18n \
 "
 
-SRC_URI = "git://invent.kde.org/plasma-mobile/${BPN};nobranch=1;protocol=https"
-S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
+SRC_URI ?= "git://invent.kde.org/plasma-mobile/${BPN};nobranch=1;protocol=https"
 
 inherit cmake_kdeapp
 inherit kconfig
diff --git a/recipes-plasma-mobile/kclock.inc b/recipes-plasma-mobile/kclock.inc
index 93c15cc..a7563c0 100644
--- a/recipes-plasma-mobile/kclock.inc
+++ b/recipes-plasma-mobile/kclock.inc
@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@ DEPENDS = " \
     plasma-framework \
 "
 
-SRC_URI = "git://invent.kde.org/plasma-mobile/${BPN};nobranch=1;protocol=https"
-S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
+SRC_URI ?= "git://invent.kde.org/plasma-mobile/${BPN};nobranch=1;protocol=https"
 
 inherit cmake_kdeapp
 inherit kconfig
diff --git a/recipes-plasma-mobile/koko.inc b/recipes-plasma-mobile/koko.inc
index d933944..dcb62f1 100644
--- a/recipes-plasma-mobile/koko.inc
+++ b/recipes-plasma-mobile/koko.inc
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ DEPENDS = " \
     exiv2 \
 "
 
-SRC_URI = "git://invent.kde.org/graphics/${BPN};nobranch=1;protocol=https"
-S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
+SRC_URI ?= "git://invent.kde.org/graphics/${BPN};nobranch=1;protocol=https"
 
 inherit cmake_kdeapp
 inherit kconfig
diff --git a/recipes-plasma-mobile/kongress.inc b/recipes-plasma-mobile/kongress.inc
index 9c0bb5f..99bd286 100644
--- a/recipes-plasma-mobile/kongress.inc
+++ b/recipes-plasma-mobile/kongress.inc
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ DEPENDS = " \
     knotifications \
 "
 
-SRC_URI = "git://invent.kde.org/utilities/${BPN};nobranch=1;protocol=https"
-S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
+SRC_URI ?= "git://invent.kde.org/utilities/${BPN};nobranch=1;protocol=https"
 
 inherit cmake_kdeapp
 inherit kconfig
diff --git a/recipes-plasma-mobile/krecorder.inc b/recipes-plasma-mobile/krecorder.inc
index b5d27ef..b3b128f 100644
--- a/recipes-plasma-mobile/krecorder.inc
+++ b/recipes-plasma-mobile/krecorder.inc
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ DEPENDS = " \
     kirigami \
 "
 
-SRC_URI = "git://invent.kde.org/plasma-mobile/${BPN};nobranch=1;protocol=https"
-S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
+SRC_URI ?= "git://invent.kde.org/plasma-mobile/${BPN};nobranch=1;protocol=https"
 
 inherit cmake_kdeapp
 inherit kconfig
diff --git a/recipes-plasma-mobile/ktrip.inc b/recipes-plasma-mobile/ktrip.inc
index 87a5480..8b25b7e 100644
--- a/recipes-plasma-mobile/ktrip.inc
+++ b/recipes-plasma-mobile/ktrip.inc
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ DEPENDS = " \
     kpublictransport \
 "
 
-SRC_URI = "git://invent.kde.org/utilities/${BPN};nobranch=1;protocol=https"
-S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
+SRC_URI ?= "git://invent.kde.org/utilities/${BPN};nobranch=1;protocol=https"
 
 inherit cmake_kdeapp
 inherit kconfig
diff --git a/recipes-plasma-mobile/kweather.inc b/recipes-plasma-mobile/kweather.inc
index ad2a1f2..4cd8129 100644
--- a/recipes-plasma-mobile/kweather.inc
+++ b/recipes-plasma-mobile/kweather.inc
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ DEPENDS = " \
     kweathercore \
 "
 
-SRC_URI = "git://invent.kde.org/plasma-mobile/${BPN};nobranch=1;protocol=https"
-S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
+SRC_URI ?= "git://invent.kde.org/plasma-mobile/${BPN};nobranch=1;protocol=https"
 
 inherit cmake_kdeapp
 inherit kconfig
diff --git a/scripts/plasma-mobile-release.sh b/scripts/plasma-mobile-release.sh
index dd1c16a..2276766 100755
--- a/scripts/plasma-mobile-release.sh
+++ b/scripts/plasma-mobile-release.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 function usage()
 {
-    echo "$1 [add|remove|update] <version> [<new version>]"
+    echo "$1 [add|add-tarball|remove|update <version> [<new version>]"
     exit 1
 }
 
@@ -31,10 +31,34 @@ cat <<EOM > $name
 
 require \${PN}.inc
 SRCREV = "v\${PV}"
+S = "\${WORKDIR}/git"
 EOM
         git add $name
     done
     ;;
+add-tarball)
+    # search for all non-staging inc files without underlines
+    for recipe in $(find $base -regex ".*/[0-9a-zA-Z\-]+\.inc" | grep -v /staging/); do
+        name=$(echo $recipe | sed -e "s,\.inc,_${version}.bb,")
+        app=$(echo $recipe | grep -P -o '[0-9a-zA-Z\-]+(?=\.inc)')
+        url="https://download.kde.org/stable/plasma-mobile/${version}/${app}-${version}.tar.xz"
+        sha256=$(curl -s "${url}.sha256" | cut -d" " -f1)
+        echo "${url} : ${sha256}"
+# examples:
+#https://download.kde.org/stable/plasma-mobile/21.07/kclock-21.07.tar.xz
+#https://download.kde.org/stable/plasma-mobile/21.07/kclock-21.07.tar.xz.sha256
+cat <<EOM > $name
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: none
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0
+
+require \${PN}.inc
+SRC_URI = "${url}"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "${sha256}"
+${extraconfig}
+EOM
+         git add $name
+    done
+    ;;
 remove)
     for recipe in `find $base -name "*_$version.bb"`; do
         git rm -f $recipe