diff --git a/src/libtomahawk/playlist/PlaylistModel.cpp b/src/libtomahawk/playlist/PlaylistModel.cpp
index e59d43268..86f480a89 100644
--- a/src/libtomahawk/playlist/PlaylistModel.cpp
+++ b/src/libtomahawk/playlist/PlaylistModel.cpp
@@ -59,6 +59,18 @@ PlaylistModel::~PlaylistModel()
 }
 
 
+QString
+PlaylistModel::guid() const
+{
+    if ( !m_playlist.isNull() )
+    {
+        return QString( "playlistmodel/%1" ).arg( m_playlist->guid() );
+    }
+    else
+        return QString();
+}
+
+
 void
 PlaylistModel::loadPlaylist( const Tomahawk::playlist_ptr& playlist, bool loadEntries )
 {
diff --git a/src/libtomahawk/playlist/PlaylistModel.h b/src/libtomahawk/playlist/PlaylistModel.h
index 3963c2faa..989f64b42 100644
--- a/src/libtomahawk/playlist/PlaylistModel.h
+++ b/src/libtomahawk/playlist/PlaylistModel.h
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ public:
     explicit PlaylistModel( QObject* parent = 0 );
     ~PlaylistModel();
 
+    virtual QString guid() const;
+
     virtual QMimeData* mimeData( const QModelIndexList& indexes ) const;
     virtual bool dropMimeData( const QMimeData* data, Qt::DropAction action, int row, int column, const QModelIndex& parent );