diff --git a/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodel.h b/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodel.h
--- a/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodel.h
+++ b/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodel.h
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@
         GroupRole, TypeRole, DestinationRole, PathRole, DeletionTimeRole,
         // User visible roles available with Baloo:
         CommentRole, TagsRole, RatingRole, ImageSizeRole, OrientationRole,
-        WordCountRole, TitleRole, LineCountRole, ArtistRole, AlbumRole, DurationRole, TrackRole,
+        WordCountRole, TitleRole, LineCountRole, ArtistRole, GenreRole, AlbumRole, DurationRole, TrackRole,
         OriginUrlRole,
         // Non-visible roles:
         IsDirRole, IsLinkRole, IsHiddenRole, IsExpandedRole, IsExpandableRole, ExpandedParentsCountRole,
diff --git a/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodel.cpp b/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodel.cpp
--- a/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodel.cpp
@@ -2307,6 +2307,7 @@
         { "imageSize",   ImageSizeRole,   I18N_NOOP2_NOSTRIP("@label", "Image Size"),       I18N_NOOP2_NOSTRIP("@label", "Image"),    true,  true  },
         { "orientation", OrientationRole, I18N_NOOP2_NOSTRIP("@label", "Orientation"),      I18N_NOOP2_NOSTRIP("@label", "Image"),    true,  true  },
         { "artist",      ArtistRole,      I18N_NOOP2_NOSTRIP("@label", "Artist"),           I18N_NOOP2_NOSTRIP("@label", "Audio"),    true,  true  },
+        { "genre",       GenreRole,       I18N_NOOP2_NOSTRIP("@label", "Genre"),            I18N_NOOP2_NOSTRIP("@label", "Audio"),    true,  true  },
         { "album",       AlbumRole,       I18N_NOOP2_NOSTRIP("@label", "Album"),            I18N_NOOP2_NOSTRIP("@label", "Audio"),    true,  true  },
         { "duration",    DurationRole,    I18N_NOOP2_NOSTRIP("@label", "Duration"),         I18N_NOOP2_NOSTRIP("@label", "Audio"),    true,  true  },
         { "track",       TrackRole,       I18N_NOOP2_NOSTRIP("@label", "Track"),            I18N_NOOP2_NOSTRIP("@label", "Audio"),    true,  true  },
diff --git a/src/kitemviews/private/kbaloorolesprovider.cpp b/src/kitemviews/private/kbaloorolesprovider.cpp
--- a/src/kitemviews/private/kbaloorolesprovider.cpp
+++ b/src/kitemviews/private/kbaloorolesprovider.cpp
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@
         { "height",        "imageSize" },
         { "nexif.orientation", "orientation", },
         { "artist",     "artist" },
+        { "genre",	"genre"  },
         { "album",    "album" },
         { "duration",      "duration" },
         { "trackNumber",   "track" },