diff --git a/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodel.h b/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodel.h
--- a/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodel.h
+++ b/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodel.h
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@
         // User visible roles available with Baloo:
         CommentRole, TagsRole, RatingRole, ImageSizeRole, OrientationRole,
         WordCountRole, TitleRole, LineCountRole, ArtistRole, GenreRole, AlbumRole, DurationRole, TrackRole,
-        OriginUrlRole,
+        BitrateRole, OriginUrlRole,
         // Non-visible roles:
         IsDirRole, IsLinkRole, IsHiddenRole, IsExpandedRole, IsExpandableRole, ExpandedParentsCountRole,
         // Mandatory last entry:
diff --git a/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodel.cpp b/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodel.cpp
--- a/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodel.cpp
@@ -2314,6 +2314,7 @@
         { "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  },
+        { "bitrate",     BitrateRole,     I18N_NOOP2_NOSTRIP("@label", "Bitrate"),          I18N_NOOP2_NOSTRIP("@label", "Audio"),    true,  true  },
         { "track",       TrackRole,       I18N_NOOP2_NOSTRIP("@label", "Track"),            I18N_NOOP2_NOSTRIP("@label", "Audio"),    true,  true  },
         { "path",        PathRole,        I18N_NOOP2_NOSTRIP("@label", "Path"),             I18N_NOOP2_NOSTRIP("@label", "Other"),    false, false },
         { "deletiontime",DeletionTimeRole,I18N_NOOP2_NOSTRIP("@label", "Deletion Time"),    I18N_NOOP2_NOSTRIP("@label", "Other"),    false, false },
diff --git a/src/kitemviews/private/kbaloorolesprovider.h b/src/kitemviews/private/kbaloorolesprovider.h
--- a/src/kitemviews/private/kbaloorolesprovider.h
+++ b/src/kitemviews/private/kbaloorolesprovider.h
@@ -79,6 +79,12 @@
      */
     QString durationFromValue(int value) const;
 
+    /**
+     * @return Bitrate in the format N kB/s for the value given
+     *         in b/s.
+     */
+    QString bitrateFromValue(int value) const;
+
 private:
     QSet<QByteArray> m_roles;
     QHash<QString, QByteArray> m_roleForProperty;
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
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <Baloo/File>
 #include <KFileMetaData/PropertyInfo>
 #include <KFileMetaData/UserMetaData>
+#include <KFormat>
 
 #include <QTime>
 #include <QMap>
@@ -95,6 +96,9 @@
         } else if (role == "duration") {                                                                                                                                                 
             const QString duration = durationFromValue(value.toInt());
             values.insert(role, duration);
+        } else if (role == "bitrate") {
+            const QString bitrate = bitrateFromValue(value.toInt());
+            values.insert(role, bitrate);
         } else {
             values.insert(role, value.toString());
         }
@@ -149,6 +153,7 @@
         { "genre",     "genre"  },
         { "album",    "album" },
         { "duration",      "duration" },
+        { "bitRate",      "bitrate" },
         { "trackNumber",   "track" },
         { "originUrl", "originUrl" }
     };
@@ -193,3 +198,11 @@
     return duration.toString(QStringLiteral("hh:mm:ss"));
 }
 
+
+QString KBalooRolesProvider::bitrateFromValue(int value) const
+{
+    KFormat form;
+    QString bitrate = i18nc("@label bitrate (per second)", "%1/s", form.formatByteSize(value, 1, KFormat::MetricBinaryDialect));
+    return bitrate;
+}
+