diff --git a/desktop-widgets/mapwidget.cpp b/desktop-widgets/mapwidget.cpp
index 145946152..f5424bb0b 100644
--- a/desktop-widgets/mapwidget.cpp
+++ b/desktop-widgets/mapwidget.cpp
@@ -6,11 +6,14 @@
 #include "mapwidget.h"
 #include "core/dive.h"
 #include "core/divesite.h"
+#include "mobile-widgets/qmlmapwidgethelper.h"
 
 MapWidget *MapWidget::m_instance = NULL;
 
 MapWidget::MapWidget(QWidget *parent) : QQuickWidget(parent)
 {
+	qmlRegisterType<MapWidgetHelper>("org.subsurfacedivelog.mobile", 1, 0, "MapWidgetHelper");
+
 	setSource(QUrl(QStringLiteral("qrc:/mapwidget-qml")));
 	setResizeMode(QQuickWidget::SizeRootObjectToView);