diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -549,6 +549,7 @@
 qt5_add_dbus_adaptor( kwin_KDEINIT_SRCS org.kde.kwin.Compositing.xml dbusinterface.h KWin::CompositorDBusInterface )
 qt5_add_dbus_adaptor( kwin_KDEINIT_SRCS org.kde.kwin.ColorCorrect.xml colorcorrection/colorcorrectdbusinterface.h KWin::ColorCorrect::ColorCorrectDBusInterface )
 qt5_add_dbus_adaptor( kwin_KDEINIT_SRCS ${kwin_effects_dbus_xml} effects.h KWin::EffectsHandlerImpl )
+qt5_add_dbus_adaptor( kwin_KDEINIT_SRCS org.kde.kwin.OrientationSensor.xml orientation_sensor.h KWin::OrientationSensor)
 
 qt5_add_dbus_interface( kwin_KDEINIT_SRCS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/org.freedesktop.ScreenSaver.xml screenlocker_interface)
 
diff --git a/autotests/CMakeLists.txt b/autotests/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/autotests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/autotests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@
     ../orientation_sensor.cpp
 )
 kconfig_add_kcfg_files(testScriptedEffectLoader_SRCS ../settings.kcfgc)
+qt5_add_dbus_adaptor( testScriptedEffectLoader_SRCS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../org.kde.kwin.OrientationSensor.xml ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../orientation_sensor.h KWin::OrientationSensor)
 add_executable( testScriptedEffectLoader ${testScriptedEffectLoader_SRCS})
 
 target_link_libraries(testScriptedEffectLoader
@@ -239,10 +240,12 @@
     ../orientation_sensor.cpp
 )
 kconfig_add_kcfg_files(testScreens_SRCS ../settings.kcfgc)
+qt5_add_dbus_adaptor( testScreens_SRCS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../org.kde.kwin.OrientationSensor.xml ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../orientation_sensor.h KWin::OrientationSensor)
 
 add_executable( testScreens ${testScreens_SRCS})
 target_include_directories(testScreens BEFORE PRIVATE ./)
 target_link_libraries(testScreens
+    Qt5::DBus
     Qt5::Sensors
     Qt5::Test
     Qt5::X11Extras
@@ -273,9 +276,12 @@
      ../orientation_sensor.cpp
 )
 kconfig_add_kcfg_files(testXRandRScreens_SRCS ../settings.kcfgc)
+qt5_add_dbus_adaptor( testXRandRScreens_SRCS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../org.kde.kwin.OrientationSensor.xml ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../orientation_sensor.h KWin::OrientationSensor)
 add_executable( testXRandRScreens ${testXRandRScreens_SRCS} )
 target_link_libraries( testXRandRScreens
                        Qt5::Test
+                       Qt5::DBus
+                       Qt5::Gui
                        Qt5::Sensors
 		       Qt5::Widgets
                        KF5::ConfigCore
@@ -316,6 +322,7 @@
 )
 kconfig_add_kcfg_files(testScreenEdges_SRCS ../settings.kcfgc)
 qt5_add_dbus_interface( testScreenEdges_SRCS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../org.freedesktop.ScreenSaver.xml screenlocker_interface)
+qt5_add_dbus_adaptor( testScreenEdges_SRCS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../org.kde.kwin.OrientationSensor.xml ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../orientation_sensor.h KWin::OrientationSensor)
 
 add_executable( testScreenEdges ${testScreenEdges_SRCS})
 set_target_properties(testScreenEdges PROPERTIES COMPILE_DEFINITIONS "NO_NONE_WINDOW")
diff --git a/org.kde.kwin.OrientationSensor.xml b/org.kde.kwin.OrientationSensor.xml
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.kde.kwin.OrientationSensor.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<!DOCTYPE node PUBLIC "-//freedesktop//DTD D-BUS Object Introspection 1.0//EN" "http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/dbus/1.0/introspect.dtd">
+<node>
+  <interface name="org.kde.kwin.OrientationSensor">
+    <property name="userEnabled" type="b" access="readwrite"/>
+  </interface>
+</node>
diff --git a/orientation_sensor.h b/orientation_sensor.h
--- a/orientation_sensor.h
+++ b/orientation_sensor.h
@@ -21,17 +21,22 @@
 
 #include <QObject>
 
+#include <KSharedConfig>
+
 #include <kwin_export.h>
 
 class QOrientationSensor;
+class OrientationSensorAdaptor;
 class KStatusNotifierItem;
 
 namespace KWin
 {
 
 class KWIN_EXPORT OrientationSensor : public QObject
 {
     Q_OBJECT
+    Q_CLASSINFO("D-Bus Interface", "org.kde.kwin.OrientationSensor")
+    Q_PROPERTY(bool userEnabled READ isUserEnabled WRITE setUserEnabled NOTIFY userEnabledChanged)
 public:
     explicit OrientationSensor(QObject *parent = nullptr);
     ~OrientationSensor();
@@ -56,17 +61,30 @@
         return m_orientation;
     }
 
+    void setConfig(KSharedConfig::Ptr config) {
+        m_config = config;
+    }
+
+    bool isUserEnabled() const {
+        return m_userEnabled;
+    }
+    void setUserEnabled(bool enabled);
+
 Q_SIGNALS:
     void orientationChanged();
+    void userEnabledChanged(bool);
 
 private:
     void setupStatusNotifier();
     void startStopSensor();
+    void loadConfig();
     QOrientationSensor *m_sensor;
     bool m_enabled = false;
     bool m_userEnabled = true;
     Orientation m_orientation = Orientation::Undefined;
     KStatusNotifierItem *m_sni = nullptr;
+    KSharedConfig::Ptr m_config;
+    OrientationSensorAdaptor *m_adaptor = nullptr;
 
 };
 
diff --git a/orientation_sensor.cpp b/orientation_sensor.cpp
--- a/orientation_sensor.cpp
+++ b/orientation_sensor.cpp
@@ -18,10 +18,12 @@
 along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 *********************************************************************/
 #include "orientation_sensor.h"
+#include <orientationsensoradaptor.h>
 
 #include <QOrientationSensor>
 #include <QOrientationReading>
 
+#include <KConfigGroup>
 #include <KStatusNotifierItem>
 #include <KLocalizedString>
 
@@ -84,14 +86,26 @@
     }
     m_enabled = enabled;
     if (m_enabled) {
+        loadConfig();
         setupStatusNotifier();
+        m_adaptor = new OrientationSensorAdaptor(this);
     } else {
         delete m_sni;
         m_sni = nullptr;
+        delete m_adaptor;
+        m_adaptor = nullptr;
     }
     startStopSensor();
 }
 
+void OrientationSensor::loadConfig()
+{
+    if (!m_config) {
+        return;
+    }
+    m_userEnabled = m_config->group("OrientationSensor").readEntry("Enabled", true);
+}
+
 void OrientationSensor::setupStatusNotifier()
 {
     if (m_sni) {
@@ -110,6 +124,7 @@
         [this] {
             m_userEnabled = !m_userEnabled;
             startStopSensor();
+            emit userEnabledChanged(m_userEnabled);
         }
     );
 }
@@ -123,4 +138,16 @@
     }
 }
 
+void OrientationSensor::setUserEnabled(bool enabled)
+{
+    if (m_userEnabled == enabled) {
+        return;
+    }
+    m_userEnabled = enabled;
+    if (m_config) {
+        m_config->group("OrientationSensor").writeEntry("Enabled", m_userEnabled);
+    }
+    emit userEnabledChanged(m_userEnabled);
+}
+
 }
diff --git a/screens.h b/screens.h
--- a/screens.h
+++ b/screens.h
@@ -223,12 +223,6 @@
     QVector<qreal> m_scales;
 };
 
-inline
-void Screens::setConfig(KSharedConfig::Ptr config)
-{
-    m_config = config;
-}
-
 inline
 int Screens::count() const
 {
diff --git a/screens.cpp b/screens.cpp
--- a/screens.cpp
+++ b/screens.cpp
@@ -226,6 +226,14 @@
     return Qt::PrimaryOrientation;
 }
 
+void Screens::setConfig(KSharedConfig::Ptr config)
+{
+    m_config = config;
+    if (m_orientationSensor) {
+        m_orientationSensor->setConfig(config);
+    }
+}
+
 BasicScreens::BasicScreens(Platform *backend, QObject *parent)
     : Screens(parent)
     , m_backend(backend)
diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -44,5 +44,11 @@
 add_executable(cursorhotspottest cursorhotspottest.cpp)
 target_link_libraries(cursorhotspottest Qt5::Widgets)
 
-add_executable(orientationtest orientationtest.cpp ../orientation_sensor.cpp)
-target_link_libraries(orientationtest Qt5::Widgets Qt5::Sensors KF5::Notifications KF5::I18n)
+include_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
+set( orientationtest_SRCS
+    orientationtest.cpp
+    ../orientation_sensor.cpp
+)
+qt5_add_dbus_adaptor( orientationtest_SRCS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../org.kde.kwin.OrientationSensor.xml ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../orientation_sensor.h KWin::OrientationSensor)
+add_executable(orientationtest ${orientationtest_SRCS})
+target_link_libraries(orientationtest Qt5::DBus Qt5::Widgets Qt5::Sensors KF5::ConfigCore KF5::Notifications KF5::I18n)