diff --git a/common/luaclass.c b/common/luaclass.c
index 329e38e9b..b5fda74dd 100644
--- a/common/luaclass.c
+++ b/common/luaclass.c
@@ -22,6 +22,20 @@
 #include "common/luaclass.h"
 #include "common/luaobject.h"
 
+struct lua_class_property
+{
+    /** ID matching the property */
+    awesome_token_t id;
+    /** Name of the property */
+    const char *name;
+    /** Callback function called when the property is found in object creation. */
+    lua_class_propfunc_t new;
+    /** Callback function called when the property is found in object __index. */
+    lua_class_propfunc_t index;
+    /** Callback function called when the property is found in object __newindex. */
+    lua_class_propfunc_t newindex;
+};
+
 typedef struct
 {
     int id;
@@ -85,6 +99,33 @@ luaA_openlib(lua_State *L, const char *name,
     lua_pop(L, 2);
 }
 
+static int
+lua_class_property_cmp(const void *a, const void *b)
+{
+    const lua_class_property_t *x = a, *y = b;
+    return x->id > y->id ? 1 : (x->id < y->id ? -1 : 0);
+}
+
+BARRAY_FUNCS(lua_class_property_t, lua_class_property, DO_NOTHING, lua_class_property_cmp)
+
+void
+luaA_class_add_property(lua_class_t *lua_class,
+                        awesome_token_t token,
+                        const char *name,
+                        lua_class_propfunc_t cb_new,
+                        lua_class_propfunc_t cb_index,
+                        lua_class_propfunc_t cb_newindex)
+{
+    lua_class_property_array_insert(&lua_class->properties, (lua_class_property_t)
+                                    {
+                                        .id = token,
+                                        .name = name,
+                                        .new = cb_new,
+                                        .index = cb_index,
+                                        .newindex = cb_newindex
+                                    });
+}
+
 void
 luaA_class_setup(lua_State *L, lua_class_t *class,
                  const char *name,
diff --git a/common/luaclass.h b/common/luaclass.h
index f04f48e78..6a6b2ebb4 100644
--- a/common/luaclass.h
+++ b/common/luaclass.h
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@
 #define AWESOME_COMMON_LUACLASS
 
 #include "common/signal.h"
+#include "common/tokenize.h"
+
+typedef struct lua_class_property lua_class_property_t;
+
+ARRAY_TYPE(lua_class_property_t, lua_class_property)
 
 #define LUA_OBJECT_HEADER \
         signal_array_t signals;
@@ -44,8 +49,12 @@ typedef struct
     signal_array_t signals;
     /** Allocator for creating new objects of that class */
     lua_class_allocator_t allocator;
+    /** Class properties */
+    lua_class_property_array_t properties;
 } lua_class_t;
 
+typedef int (*lua_class_propfunc_t)(lua_State *, lua_object_t *);
+
 int luaA_type(lua_State *, int);
 const char * luaA_typename(lua_State *, int);
 
@@ -57,6 +66,9 @@ void luaA_openlib(lua_State *, const char *, const struct luaL_reg[], const stru
 void luaA_class_setup(lua_State *, lua_class_t *, const char *, lua_class_allocator_t,
                       const struct luaL_reg[], const struct luaL_reg[]);
 
+void luaA_class_add_property(lua_class_t *, awesome_token_t, const char *,
+                             lua_class_propfunc_t, lua_class_propfunc_t, lua_class_propfunc_t);
+
 #define LUA_CLASS_FUNCS(prefix, lua_class) \
     static inline int                                                          \
     luaA_##prefix##_class_add_signal(lua_State *L)                             \
diff --git a/common/luaobject.h b/common/luaobject.h
index faa379447..7bebcc220 100644
--- a/common/luaobject.h
+++ b/common/luaobject.h
@@ -200,6 +200,13 @@ int luaA_object_emit_signal_simple(lua_State *);
         return 1;                                                              \
     }
 
+#define LUA_OBJECT_EXPORT_PROPERTY(pfx, type, field, pusher) \
+    static int \
+    luaA_##pfx##_get_##field(lua_State *L, type *object) \
+    { \
+        pusher(L, object->field); \
+        return 1; \
+    }
 
 /** Garbage collect a Lua object.
  * \param L The Lua VM state.