diff --git a/panelsvg.cpp b/panelsvg.cpp
index 931a947e4..1568474c3 100644
--- a/panelsvg.cpp
+++ b/panelsvg.cpp
@@ -129,7 +129,11 @@ void PanelSvg::setEnabledBorders(const EnabledBorders borders)
 
 PanelSvg::EnabledBorders PanelSvg::enabledBorders() const
 {
-    return d->panels[d->prefix]->enabledBorders;
+    if (d->panels.contains(d->prefix)) {
+        return d->panels[d->prefix]->enabledBorders;
+    } else {
+        return NoBorder;
+    }
 }
 
 void PanelSvg::setElementPrefix(Plasma::Location location)
@@ -234,6 +238,15 @@ void PanelSvg::resizePanel(const QSizeF& size)
     d->panels[d->prefix]->panelSize = size;
 }
 
+QSizeF PanelSvg::panelSize() const
+{
+    if (d->panels.contains(d->prefix)) {
+        return d->panels[d->prefix]->panelSize;
+    } else {
+        return QSize(-1, -1);
+    }
+}
+
 qreal PanelSvg::marginSize(const Plasma::MarginEdge edge) const
 {
     if (d->panels[d->prefix]->noBorderPadding) {
diff --git a/panelsvg.h b/panelsvg.h
index 110f29922..fbcae0afb 100644
--- a/panelsvg.h
+++ b/panelsvg.h
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ class PLASMA_EXPORT PanelSvg : public Svg
         /**
          * These flags represents what borders should be drawn
          */
-        enum EnabledBorder { TopBorder = 1,
+        enum EnabledBorder { NoBorder = 0,
+                             TopBorder = 1,
                              BottomBorder = 2,
                              LeftBorder = 4,
                              RightBorder = 8,
@@ -93,6 +94,11 @@ class PLASMA_EXPORT PanelSvg : public Svg
          */
         void resizePanel(const QSizeF& size);
 
+        /**
+         * @returns the size of the panel
+         */
+        QSizeF panelSize() const;
+
         /**
          * Returns the margin size given the margin edge we want
          * @arg edge the margin edge we want, top, bottom, left or right