diff --git a/applet.cpp b/applet.cpp
index 4ac7bb820..3200b7c9c 100644
--- a/applet.cpp
+++ b/applet.cpp
@@ -334,6 +334,11 @@ Applet::~Applet()
     delete d;
 }
 
+PackageStructure Applet::packageStructure()
+{
+    return PlasmoidStructure();
+}
+
 void Applet::init()
 {
     if (d->script && !d->script->init()) {
diff --git a/applet.h b/applet.h
index 3adb20962..176a181ab 100644
--- a/applet.h
+++ b/applet.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include <kgenericfactory.h>
 
 #include <plasma/configxml.h>
+#include <plasma/packagestructure.h>
 #include <plasma/plasma.h>
 #include <plasma/widgets/widget.h>
 
@@ -100,6 +101,11 @@ class PLASMA_EXPORT Applet : public Widget
 
         ~Applet();
 
+        /**
+         * @return a package structure representing a Theme
+         */
+        static PackageStructure packageStructure();
+
         /**
          * This method is called once the applet is loaded and added to a Corona.
          * If the applet requires a QGraphicsScene or has an particularly intensive
diff --git a/theme.cpp b/theme.cpp
index 53bd2df1c..44cf25098 100644
--- a/theme.cpp
+++ b/theme.cpp
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
 #include <KSharedConfig>
 #include <KStandardDirs>
 
+#include "plasma/packages_p.h"
+
 namespace Plasma
 {
 
@@ -111,6 +113,11 @@ Theme::~Theme()
     delete d;
 }
 
+PackageStructure Theme::packageStructure()
+{
+    return ThemePackageStructure();
+}
+
 void Theme::setApplication(const QString &appname)
 {
     if (d->app != appname) {
diff --git a/theme.h b/theme.h
index c8c235eb3..20f5b5b81 100644
--- a/theme.h
+++ b/theme.h
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <KDE/KSharedConfig>
 
 #include <plasma/plasma_export.h>
+#include <plasma/packagestructure.h>
 
 namespace Plasma
 {
@@ -63,6 +64,11 @@ class PLASMA_EXPORT Theme : public QObject
         explicit Theme( QObject* parent = 0 );
         ~Theme();
 
+        /**
+         * @return a package structure representing a Theme
+         */
+        static PackageStructure packageStructure();
+
         /**
          * Sets the application the theme setting is associated with. This
          * allows for individual applications that use libplasma to have the