diff --git a/home/home.nix b/home/home.nix
index 8ee22ae..ed0c37d 100644
--- a/home/home.nix
+++ b/home/home.nix
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ let
 	aspell
 	aspellDicts.de
 	aspellDicts.en
+	# for kate/KDE applications
+	hunspellDicts.de-de
+	hunspellDicts.en-us
+	hunspellDicts.en-gb-ise
 	seafile-client
 	alacritty
 	libreoffice-fresh