diff --git a/src/plasma/plasma.cpp b/src/plasma/plasma.cpp
index b37059b78..57e3c7351 100644
--- a/src/plasma/plasma.cpp
+++ b/src/plasma/plasma.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,15 @@
 namespace Plasma
 {
 
+Types::Types(QObject *parent)
+    : QObject(parent)
+{
+}
+
+Types::~Types()
+{
+}
+
 Types::Direction locationToDirection(Types::Location location)
 {
     switch (location) {
diff --git a/src/plasma/plasma.h b/src/plasma/plasma.h
index 65fe1ff63..6c2014564 100644
--- a/src/plasma/plasma.h
+++ b/src/plasma/plasma.h
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ class PLASMA_EXPORT Types : public QObject
     Q_OBJECT
 
 public:
+    ~Types();
 /**
  * The Constraint enumeration lists the various constraints that Plasma
  * objects have managed for them and which they may wish to react to,
@@ -276,6 +277,8 @@ enum BackgroundHints {
 };
 Q_ENUMS(BackgroundHints)
 
+private:
+    Types(QObject *parent = 0);
 };
 
 /**