diff --git a/src/blackmisc/valuecache.cpp b/src/blackmisc/valuecache.cpp
index 5d8281f1b..066028b7d 100644
--- a/src/blackmisc/valuecache.cpp
+++ b/src/blackmisc/valuecache.cpp
@@ -60,6 +60,11 @@ namespace BlackMisc
         return result;
     }
 
+    void CValueCachePacket::registerMetadata()
+    {
+        MetaType::registerMetadata();
+        qDBusRegisterMetaType<value_type>();
+    }
 
     ////////////////////////////////
     // CValueCache
diff --git a/src/blackmisc/valuecache.h b/src/blackmisc/valuecache.h
index bd84b75e8..679d71557 100644
--- a/src/blackmisc/valuecache.h
+++ b/src/blackmisc/valuecache.h
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ namespace BlackMisc
         //! Discard timestamps and return as variant map.
         CVariantMap toVariantMap() const;
 
+        //! \copydoc CValueObject::registerMetadata`
+        static void registerMetadata();
+
         //! \private Iterator behaves like a CVariantMap::const_iterator with an additional timestamp() method.
         struct const_iterator : public CDictionary::const_iterator
         {