diff --git a/audiocd.cpp b/audiocd.cpp
--- a/audiocd.cpp
+++ b/audiocd.cpp
@@ -68,6 +68,13 @@
 #include <KCddb/Client>
 #include <KCompactDisc/KCompactDisc>
 
+// Pseudo plugin class to embed meta data
+class KIOPluginForMetaData : public QObject
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+    Q_PLUGIN_METADATA(IID "org.kde.kio.slave.audiocd" FILE "audiocd.json")
+};
+
 using namespace KIO;
 
 #define CDDB_INFORMATION I18N_NOOP("CDDB Information")
@@ -1229,3 +1236,5 @@
 	}
 }
 
+// needed for JSON file embedding
+#include "audiocd.moc"
diff --git a/audiocd.json b/audiocd.json
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/audiocd.json
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{
+    "KDE-KIO-Protocols": {
+        "audiocd": {
+            "Class": ":local", 
+            "Icon": "media-optical-audio", 
+            "X-DocPath": "kioslave5/audiocd/index.html", 
+            "copyFromFile": true, 
+            "copyToFile": false, 
+            "deleting": false, 
+            "exec": "kf5/kio/audiocd", 
+            "input": "none", 
+            "listing": [
+                "Name", 
+                "Type", 
+                "Size", 
+                "Date", 
+                "Link", 
+                ""
+            ], 
+            "makedir": false, 
+            "maxInstances": 20, 
+            "maxInstancesPerHost": 5, 
+            "moving": false, 
+            "output": "filesystem", 
+            "protocol": "audiocd", 
+            "reading": true, 
+            "writing": false
+        }
+    }
+}