diff --git a/scriptengines/javascript/plasmoid/declarativeappletscript.cpp b/scriptengines/javascript/plasmoid/declarativeappletscript.cpp
index 3f3d03136..b6445ff21 100644
--- a/scriptengines/javascript/plasmoid/declarativeappletscript.cpp
+++ b/scriptengines/javascript/plasmoid/declarativeappletscript.cpp
@@ -145,6 +145,8 @@ void DeclarativeAppletScript::qmlCreationFinished()
     //If it's a popupapplet and the root object has a "compactRepresentation" component, use that instead of the icon
     Plasma::Applet *a = applet();
     Plasma::PopupApplet *pa = qobject_cast<Plasma::PopupApplet *>(a);
+    m_self.setProperty("rootItem", m_engine->newQObject(m_declarativeWidget->rootObject()));
+
     if (pa) {
         QDeclarativeComponent *iconComponent = m_declarativeWidget->rootObject()->property("compactRepresentation").value<QDeclarativeComponent *>();
         if (iconComponent) {
diff --git a/scriptengines/javascript/plasmoid/declarativeappletscript.h b/scriptengines/javascript/plasmoid/declarativeappletscript.h
index d57dac448..57689ba0a 100644
--- a/scriptengines/javascript/plasmoid/declarativeappletscript.h
+++ b/scriptengines/javascript/plasmoid/declarativeappletscript.h
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class EngineAccess;
 
 class DeclarativeAppletScript : public AbstractJsAppletScript
 {
-Q_OBJECT
+    Q_OBJECT
 
 public:
     DeclarativeAppletScript(QObject *parent, const QVariantList &args);