diff --git a/src/App/MetadataPy.xml b/src/App/MetadataPy.xml
index be05c18aea..0d31aca4b9 100644
--- a/src/App/MetadataPy.xml
+++ b/src/App/MetadataPy.xml
@@ -53,6 +53,12 @@ bytes : bytes\n    Python bytes-like object.</UserDocu>
             </Documentation>
             <Parameter Name="Date" Type="Object" />
         </Attribute>
+        <Attribute Name="Type">
+            <Documentation>
+                <UserDocu>String representing the type of this item (text only, no markup allowed).</UserDocu>
+            </Documentation>
+            <Parameter Name="Type" Type="Object" />
+        </Attribute>
         <Attribute Name="Description">
             <Documentation>
                 <UserDocu>String representing the description of this item (text only, no markup allowed).</UserDocu>
diff --git a/src/App/MetadataPyImp.cpp b/src/App/MetadataPyImp.cpp
index d3708ada85..9ad1fd79ad 100644
--- a/src/App/MetadataPyImp.cpp
+++ b/src/App/MetadataPyImp.cpp
@@ -192,6 +192,19 @@ void MetadataPy::setDescription(Py::Object args)
     getMetadataPtr()->setDescription(description);
 }
 
+Py::Object MetadataPy::getType() const
+{
+    return Py::String(getMetadataPtr()->type());
+}
+
+void MetadataPy::setType(Py::Object args)
+{
+    const char *type = nullptr;
+    if (!PyArg_Parse(args.ptr(), "s", &type))
+        throw Py::Exception();
+    getMetadataPtr()->setType(type);
+}
+
 Py::Object MetadataPy::getMaintainer() const
 {
     auto maintainers = getMetadataPtr()->maintainer();
diff --git a/src/Mod/AddonManager/addonmanager_metadata.py b/src/Mod/AddonManager/addonmanager_metadata.py
index 6a72e6d47b..115f5f29fe 100644
--- a/src/Mod/AddonManager/addonmanager_metadata.py
+++ b/src/Mod/AddonManager/addonmanager_metadata.py
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ class Metadata:
     version: Version = None
     date: str = ""
     description: str = ""
+    type: str = ""
     maintainer: List[Contact] = field(default_factory=list)
     license: List[License] = field(default_factory=list)
     url: List[Url] = field(default_factory=list)
@@ -269,7 +270,7 @@ class MetadataReader:
         metadata object."""
 
         tag = child.tag[len(namespace) :]
-        if tag in ["name", "date", "description", "icon", "classname", "subdirectory"]:
+        if tag in ["name", "date", "description", "type", "icon", "classname", "subdirectory"]:
             # Text-only elements
             metadata.__dict__[tag] = child.text
         elif tag in ["version", "freecadmin", "freecadmax", "pythonmin"]: