diff --git a/package.cpp b/package.cpp
index 1ff0380ce..34735710b 100644
--- a/package.cpp
+++ b/package.cpp
@@ -757,7 +757,11 @@ PackagePrivate::PackagePrivate(const PackageStructure::Ptr st, const QString &p)
           service(0)
 {
     if (structure) {
-        structure->setPath(p);
+        if (p.isEmpty()) {
+            structure->setPath(structure->defaultPackageRoot());
+        } else {
+            structure->setPath(p);
+        }
     }
 
     valid = structure && !structure->path().isEmpty();
diff --git a/packagestructure.cpp b/packagestructure.cpp
index 4fb78c33a..8bfb12482 100644
--- a/packagestructure.cpp
+++ b/packagestructure.cpp
@@ -145,6 +145,10 @@ PackageStructure::Ptr PackageStructure::load(const QString &packageFormat)
     } else if (packageFormat == "Plasma/Theme") {
         structure = Theme::packageStructure();
         structure->d->type = "Plasma/Theme";
+    } else if (packageFormat == "Plasma/Generic") {
+        structure = defaultPackageStructure(GenericComponent);
+        structure->d->type = "Plasma/Generic";
+        structure->setDefaultPackageRoot(KStandardDirs::locate("data", "plasmapackages"));
     }
 
     if (structure) {
diff --git a/plasma.h b/plasma.h
index d6b9f8bd3..e4a1c7b1f 100644
--- a/plasma.h
+++ b/plasma.h
@@ -234,7 +234,8 @@ enum ComponentType {
     RunnerComponent = 4,      /**< Plasma::AbstractRunner based plugsin **/
     AnimatorComponent = 8,    /**< Plasma::Animator based plugins **/
     ContainmentComponent = 16,/**< Plasma::Containment based plugins **/
-    WallpaperComponent = 32   /**< Plasma::Wallpaper based plugins **/
+    WallpaperComponent = 32,   /**< Plasma::Wallpaper based plugins **/
+    GenericComponent = 64      /** Generic repositories of files, usually they keep QML files and their assets **/
 };
 Q_DECLARE_FLAGS(ComponentTypes, ComponentType)