diff --git a/src/calamares/CMakeLists.txt b/src/calamares/CMakeLists.txt
index dfd04c21b..81fd0d132 100644
--- a/src/calamares/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/calamares/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ include_directories(
 # Translations
 include( CalamaresAddTranslations )
 add_calamares_translations( ${CALAMARES_TRANSLATION_LANGUAGES} )
+qt5_add_resources( calamaresRc calamares.qrc )
 
 add_executable( calamares_bin ${calamaresSources} ${calamaresRc} ${trans_outfile} )
 target_include_directories( calamares_bin PRIVATE ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR} )
diff --git a/src/calamares/calamares-sidebar.qml b/src/calamares/calamares-sidebar.qml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6cab24bec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/calamares/calamares-sidebar.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import QtQuick 2.3
+
+Rectangle {
+    width: 200
+    height: 100
+    color: "red"
+
+    Text {
+        anchors.centerIn: parent
+        text: "Hello, World!"
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/calamares/calamares.qrc b/src/calamares/calamares.qrc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fdcd5e05d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/calamares/calamares.qrc
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<!DOCTYPE RCC><RCC version="1.0">
+<qresource>
+  <file alias="calamares-sidebar.qml">calamares-sidebar.qml</file>
+</qresource>
+</RCC>