diff --git a/recipes/wip/x11/mate/iso-codes/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/x11/mate/iso-codes/recipe.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d3ac2a97a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/wip/x11/mate/iso-codes/recipe.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#TODO: move to appropriate category
+[source]
+tar = "https://salsa.debian.org/iso-codes-team/iso-codes/-/archive/v4.19.0/iso-codes-v4.19.0.tar.gz"
+blake3 = "153cc1748c96c4c6e8a00566aa7d0a573ec45f84c9155afd162cfc7a0cd6314b"
+
+[build]
+template = "configure"
diff --git a/recipes/wip/x11/mate/libmate-desktop-2/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/x11/mate/libmate-desktop-2/recipe.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f9651e01d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/wip/x11/mate/libmate-desktop-2/recipe.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[source]
+tar = "https://github.com/mate-desktop/mate-desktop/releases/download/v1.28.2/mate-desktop-1.28.2.tar.xz"
+blake3 = "b5897e91e0ad542dc3331209bb260124c8e14d654fcdb2d9a738e9fc23d4d3fa"
+
+[build]
+dependencies = [
+    "dconf",
+    "iso-codes",
+    "gtk3",
+]
+template = "meson"
diff --git a/recipes/wip/x11/mate/libmate-menu/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/x11/mate/libmate-menu/recipe.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aca8f232b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/wip/x11/mate/libmate-menu/recipe.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[source]
+tar = "https://github.com/mate-desktop/mate-menus/archive/refs/tags/v1.28.0.tar.gz"
+blake3 = "90b5540ec82bd9a6188d9eaf36bf1f489258aed4d35de53f3958346f892c0d7c"
+
+[build]
+dependencies = [
+    "glib",
+]
+template = "meson"
+mesonflags = [
+    "-Dintrospection=false",
+]
diff --git a/recipes/wip/x11/mate/libmateweather/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/x11/mate/libmateweather/recipe.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c5f74cb60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/wip/x11/mate/libmateweather/recipe.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Uses custom rev for libsoup3 support, next release should include it
+[source]
+tar = "https://github.com/mate-desktop/libmateweather/archive/c1c54a15545f13f3dabd2bcd303533d818905c7b.tar.gz"
+blake3 = "78c3873937bb90141386d31b6c6d3e585f9f2bde6069933abffdbd9a9161707a"
+script = """
+DYNAMIC_INIT
+autotools_recursive_regenerate
+"""
+
+[build]
+dependencies = [
+    "gtk3",
+    "libsoup",
+]
+template = "custom"
+script = """
+DYNAMIC_INIT
+cookbook_configure
+"""