diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/libreoffice/soffice-template.desktop b/pkgs/applications/office/libreoffice/soffice-template.desktop
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4adb91284a95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/libreoffice/soffice-template.desktop
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+Name=LibreOffice @app@...
+Comment=Enter LibreOffice @app@ filename:
+Type=Link
+URL=.source/soffice.@ext@
+Icon=libreoffice-oasis-@type@
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/libreoffice/wrapper.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/libreoffice/wrapper.nix
index 08b01a4a051b..fd9ef63dc73f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/libreoffice/wrapper.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/libreoffice/wrapper.nix
@@ -1,19 +1,32 @@
-{ libreoffice, runCommand, dbus, bash }:
-let
-  jdk = libreoffice.jdk;
-in
-(runCommand libreoffice.name {
-  inherit dbus libreoffice jdk bash;
-} ''
+{ lib, runCommand
+, libreoffice, dbus, bash, substituteAll
+, dolphinTemplates ? true
+}:
+runCommand libreoffice.name {
+  inherit (libreoffice) jdk meta;
+  inherit dbus libreoffice bash;
+} (''
   mkdir -p "$out/bin"
-  ln -s "${libreoffice}/share" "$out/share"
   substituteAll "${./wrapper.sh}" "$out/bin/soffice"
   chmod a+x "$out/bin/soffice"
 
   for i in $(ls "${libreoffice}/bin/"); do
     test "$i" = "soffice" || ln -s soffice "$out/bin/$(basename "$i")"
   done
-'') // {
-  inherit libreoffice dbus;
-  meta = libreoffice.meta;
-}
+
+  mkdir -p "$out/share"
+  ln -s "${libreoffice}/share"/* $out/share
+'' + lib.optionalString dolphinTemplates ''
+  # Add templates to dolphin "Create new" menu - taken from debian
+
+  # We need to unpack the core source since the necessary files aren't available in the libreoffice output
+  unpackFile "${libreoffice.src}"
+
+  install -D "${libreoffice.name}"/extras/source/shellnew/soffice.* --target-directory="$out/share/templates/.source"
+
+  cp ${substituteAll {src = ./soffice-template.desktop; app="Writer";  ext="odt"; type="text";        }} $out/share/templates/soffice.odt.desktop
+  cp ${substituteAll {src = ./soffice-template.desktop; app="Calc";    ext="ods"; type="spreadsheet"; }} $out/share/templates/soffice.ods.desktop
+  cp ${substituteAll {src = ./soffice-template.desktop; app="Impress"; ext="odp"; type="presentation";}} $out/share/templates/soffice.odp.desktop
+  cp ${substituteAll {src = ./soffice-template.desktop; app="Draw";    ext="odg"; type="drawing";     }} $out/share/templates/soffice.odg.desktop
+'')
+