diff --git a/src/properties.h b/src/properties.h
--- a/src/properties.h
+++ b/src/properties.h
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@
     ReleaseYear,
 
     /**
-     * Represents the Comment or Description stored in the file. This can map
-     * to the 'dc:description' tag from DublinCore or the "COMM" field from IDv3
+     * Represents a comment stored in the file. This can map
+     * to e.g. the "COMM" field from IDv3
      */
     Comment,
 
@@ -349,6 +349,12 @@
       */
     ReplayGainTrackGain,
 
+    /**
+     * Represents the description stored in the file. This maps
+     * to the 'dc:description' tag from DublinCore
+     */
+    Description,
+
     PropertyCount,
     LastProperty = PropertyCount-1,
 
diff --git a/src/propertyinfo.cpp b/src/propertyinfo.cpp
--- a/src/propertyinfo.cpp
+++ b/src/propertyinfo.cpp
@@ -92,6 +92,13 @@
             d->shouldBeIndexed = false;
             break;
 
+        case Property::Description:
+            d->name = QStringLiteral("description");
+            d->displayName = i18nc("@label", "Description");
+            d->valueType = QVariant::String;
+            d->shouldBeIndexed = false;
+            break;
+
         case Property::Composer:
             d->name = QStringLiteral("composer");
             d->displayName = i18nc("@label", "Composer");
@@ -605,6 +612,7 @@
         { QStringLiteral("discnumber"), Property::DiscNumber },
         { QStringLiteral("releaseyear"), Property::ReleaseYear },
         { QStringLiteral("comment"), Property::Comment },
+        { QStringLiteral("description"), Property::Description },
         { QStringLiteral("artist"), Property::Artist },
         { QStringLiteral("album"), Property::Album },
         { QStringLiteral("albumartist"), Property::AlbumArtist },