diff --git a/package.h b/package.h
index 1f25367b3..25f617f2d 100644
--- a/package.h
+++ b/package.h
@@ -138,9 +138,6 @@ class PLASMA_EXPORT Package
          */
         static bool registerPackage(const PackageMetadata &data, const QString &iconPath);
 
-        //TODO implement uninstall
-        //static bool uninstallPackage(const QString& package, const QString& packageRoot);
-
         /**
          * Creates a package based on the metadata from the files contained
          * in the source directory
diff --git a/packagestructure.cpp b/packagestructure.cpp
index 8fb820854..ccbe22d97 100644
--- a/packagestructure.cpp
+++ b/packagestructure.cpp
@@ -365,6 +365,12 @@ bool PackageStructure::installPackage(const QString &package, const QString &pac
     return Package::installPackage(package, packageRoot);
 }
 
+bool PackageStructure::uninstallPackage(const QString &package, const QString &packageRoot)
+{
+    //TODO: implement
+    return false;
+}
+
 } // Plasma namespace
 
 #include "packagestructure.moc"
diff --git a/packagestructure.h b/packagestructure.h
index 7cd199c89..cb085c0a9 100644
--- a/packagestructure.h
+++ b/packagestructure.h
@@ -214,8 +214,8 @@ public:
     void write(KConfigBase *config) const;
 
     /**
-     * Installs a package matching this package structure. By default simply calls
-     * Plasma::Package::install.
+     * Installs a package matching this package structure. By default installs a
+     * native Plasma::Package.
      *
      * @param archivePath path to the package archive file
      * @param packageRoot path to the directory where the package should be
@@ -224,6 +224,15 @@ public:
      **/
     virtual bool installPackage(const QString &archivePath, const QString &packageRoot);
 
+    /**
+     * Uninstalls a package matching this package structure.
+     *
+     * @arg package the name of the package to remove
+     * @arg packageRoot path to the directory where the package should be installed to
+     * @return true on successful removal of the package, false otherwise
+     */
+    virtual bool uninstallPackage(const QString& package, const QString& packageRoot);
+
     /**
      * @return the prefix inserted between the base path and content entries
      */