diff --git a/recipes-kde-framework/tier3/kactivities/files/0001-replace-try_run-by-try_compile-in-compiler-feature-c.patch b/recipes-kde-framework/tier3/kactivities/files/0001-replace-try_run-by-try_compile-in-compiler-feature-c.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..459278be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-kde-framework/tier3/kactivities/files/0001-replace-try_run-by-try_compile-in-compiler-feature-c.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+From 08e119b0775333ddf912ef7e724f9aa7e8cfd0c1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Andreas=20M=C3=BCller?= <schnitzeltony@googlemail.com>
+Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2014 10:41:28 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] replace try_run by try_compile in compiler feature check
+MIME-Version: 1.0
+Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
+Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
+
+try_run does not work in cross environments
+
+Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [embedded specific]
+
+Signed-off-by: Andreas Müller <schnitzeltony@googlemail.com>
+---
+ cmake/modules/CheckCxxFeatures.cmake | 17 +++++------------
+ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/cmake/modules/CheckCxxFeatures.cmake b/cmake/modules/CheckCxxFeatures.cmake
+index 95b9542..e751113 100644
+--- a/cmake/modules/CheckCxxFeatures.cmake
++++ b/cmake/modules/CheckCxxFeatures.cmake
+@@ -7,19 +7,18 @@ set(CXX_FEATURES_UNSUPPORTED "")
+ 
+ macro(CXX_PERFORM_TEST TEST_SOURCE_FILE TEST_TEST_BINARY_DIR EXPECTED_RESULT RESULT COMPILE_DEFINITIONS)
+ 
+-    try_run(
+-        RUN_RESULT_VAR COMPILE_RESULT_VAR
++    try_compile(
++        COMPILE_RESULT_VAR
+         "${TEST_BINARY_DIR}" "${TEST_SOURCE_FILE}"
+         COMPILE_DEFINITIONS "${COMPILE_DEFINITIONS}"
+-        COMPILE_OUTPUT_VARIABLE COMPILE_OUT
+-        RUN_OUTPUT_VARIABLE RUN_OUT
++        OUTPUT_VARIABLE COMPILE_OUT
+     )
+ 
+     set(RESULT_VAR FALSE)
+ 
+-    if (COMPILE_RESULT_VAR AND NOT RUN_RESULT_VAR)
++    if (COMPILE_RESULT_VAR)
+         set(RESULT_VAR TRUE)
+-    endif (COMPILE_RESULT_VAR AND NOT RUN_RESULT_VAR)
++    endif (COMPILE_RESULT_VAR)
+ 
+     if (NOT ("${RESULT_VAR}" STREQUAL "${EXPECTED_RESULT}"))
+         # message ("Got ${RESULT_VAR} as a result, but ${EXPECTED_RESULT} expected")
+@@ -29,12 +28,6 @@ macro(CXX_PERFORM_TEST TEST_SOURCE_FILE TEST_TEST_BINARY_DIR EXPECTED_RESULT RES
+             # message("${COMPILE_OUT}")
+         endif (NOT ${COMPILE_RESULT_VAR})
+ 
+-        if (${RUN_RESULT_VAR})
+-            # message("---------- run output ----------")
+-            # message("${RUN_OUT}")
+-            # message("Process returned: ${RUN_RESULT_VAR}")
+-        endif (${RUN_RESULT_VAR})
+-
+         # message("--------------------------------")
+ 
+         set (${RESULT} FALSE)
+-- 
+1.8.3.1
+
diff --git a/recipes-kde-framework/tier3/kactivities/kactivities_5.5.0.bb b/recipes-kde-framework/tier3/kactivities/kactivities_5.5.0.bb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ad4b4e36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-kde-framework/tier3/kactivities/kactivities_5.5.0.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+SUMMARY = "Runtime and library to organize the user work in separate activities"
+LICENSE = "GPLv2"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = " \
+	file://src/service/common.h;endline=18;md5=c6cc045ed732acc1204af0c74a0418b0 \
+"
+
+inherit kde cmake-lib
+
+DEPENDS += "boost kconfig kcoreaddons ki18n kservice kwindowsystem kglobalaccel kxmlgui kio kdbusaddons kdeclarative kcmutils"
+
+SRCREV = "25f2c49862918f8cdf61d878f13889d6f410d60c"
+SRC_URI += "file://0001-replace-try_run-by-try_compile-in-compiler-feature-c.patch"
+
+# cross libs / headers
+CMAKE_HIDE_ERROR[1] = "KF5Activities, -S${libdir}/lib, -S${STAGING_LIBDIR}/lib"
+CMAKE_HIDE_ERROR[2] = "KF5Activities, -S${includedir}, -S${STAGING_INCDIR}"
+
+FILES_${PN} += "${datadir}/k*5 ${libdir}/plugins ${libdir}/qml/org/kde"
+FILES_${PN}-dbg += "${libdir}/plugins/.debug ${libdir}/plugins/*/.debug ${libdir}/qml/org/kde/*/.debug"