diff --git a/declarative/plugin.cpp b/declarative/plugin.cpp
index e1fa649..d73a077 100644
--- a/declarative/plugin.cpp
+++ b/declarative/plugin.cpp
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <qqml.h>
 #include "declarativessufeaturemodel.h"
 #include "declarativessudeviceinfo.h"
+#include "../libssu/ssu.h"
 
 static QObject *device_info_factory(QQmlEngine *, QJSEngine *)
 {
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ class NemoSsuPlugin : public QQmlExtensionPlugin
     {
         qmlRegisterType<DeclarativeSsuFeatureModel>("Nemo.Ssu", 1, 0, "FeatureModel");
         qmlRegisterSingletonType<DeclarativeSsuDeviceInfo>("Nemo.Ssu", 1, 1, "DeviceInfo", device_info_factory);
+        qmlRegisterType<Ssu>("Nemo.Ssu", 1, 1, "Ssu");
     }
 };
 
diff --git a/libssu/ssu.h b/libssu/ssu.h
index 2ad61fd..718b0b5 100644
--- a/libssu/ssu.h
+++ b/libssu/ssu.h
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ class Ssu: public QObject
 
     friend class UrlResolverTest;
 
+    Q_PROPERTY(bool registered READ isRegistered NOTIFY registrationStatusChanged)
+    Q_PROPERTY(DeviceModeFlags deviceMode READ deviceMode CONSTANT)
+    Q_PROPERTY(QString domain READ domain CONSTANT)
 public:
     /**
      * Filters to control the output of the repository lookup methods
@@ -53,6 +56,7 @@ class Ssu: public QObject
     };
 
     Q_DECLARE_FLAGS(DeviceModeFlags, DeviceMode)
+    Q_FLAGS(DeviceModeFlags)
 
     /**
      * A list of types ssu provides shiny values suitable for displaying
diff --git a/ssud/ssud.cpp b/ssud/ssud.cpp
index 1e410a6..2af9181 100644
--- a/ssud/ssud.cpp
+++ b/ssud/ssud.cpp
@@ -136,7 +136,8 @@ QString Ssud::domain()
     return ssu.domain();
 }
 
-Ssu::DeviceModeFlags Ssud::deviceMode()
+// called by DBus Adaptor, return integer instead of enum Ssu::DeviceModeFlags
+int Ssud::deviceMode()
 {
     autoclose.start();
     return ssu.deviceMode();
diff --git a/ssud/ssud.h b/ssud/ssud.h
index e79b2bf..21cda7e 100644
--- a/ssud/ssud.h
+++ b/ssud/ssud.h
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public slots:
     void unregisterDevice();
     QString domain();
     /* repository management */
-    Ssu::DeviceModeFlags deviceMode();
+    int deviceMode();
     void setDeviceMode(int mode);
     void setDeviceMode(int mode, int editMode);
     QString flavour();