diff --git a/demos/qmlchart/qml/qmlchart/View1.qml b/demos/qmlchart/qml/qmlchart/View1.qml
index 2f179a8..1332bf6 100644
--- a/demos/qmlchart/qml/qmlchart/View1.qml
+++ b/demos/qmlchart/qml/qmlchart/View1.qml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ Rectangle {
         title: "Car brand shares in Finland"
         anchors.fill: parent
         theme: Chart.ChartThemeLight
+        legend: Chart.LegendBottom
 
         PieSeries {
             horizontalPosition: 0.2
diff --git a/demos/qmlchart/qml/qmlchart/View3.qml b/demos/qmlchart/qml/qmlchart/View3.qml
index 32092cb..faa869c 100644
--- a/demos/qmlchart/qml/qmlchart/View3.qml
+++ b/demos/qmlchart/qml/qmlchart/View3.qml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ Rectangle {
         title: "NHL All-Star Team Players"
         anchors.fill: parent
         theme: Chart.ChartThemeHighContrast
+        legend: Chart.LegendTop
 
         AreaSeries {
             name: "Finnish"
diff --git a/qmlplugin/declarativechart.cpp b/qmlplugin/declarativechart.cpp
index 2506707..633bb52 100644
--- a/qmlplugin/declarativechart.cpp
+++ b/qmlplugin/declarativechart.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ QTCOMMERCIALCHART_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
 DeclarativeChart::DeclarativeChart(QDeclarativeItem *parent)
     : QDeclarativeItem(parent),
-      m_chart(new QChart(this))
+      m_chart(new QChart(this)),
+      m_legend(LegendDisabled)
 {
     m_chart->setAnimationOptions(QChart::SeriesAnimations);
     setFlag(QGraphicsItem::ItemHasNoContents, false);
@@ -73,6 +74,42 @@ QChart::AnimationOption DeclarativeChart::animationOptions()
         return QChart::NoAnimation;
 }
 
+void DeclarativeChart::setLegend(ChartLegend legend)
+{
+    if (legend != m_legend) {
+        m_legend = legend;
+        switch (m_legend) {
+        case LegendDisabled:
+            m_chart->legend()->setVisible(false);
+            break;
+        case LegendTop:
+            m_chart->legend()->setVisible(true);
+            m_chart->legend()->setAlignment(QLegend::AlignmentTop);
+            break;
+        case LegendBottom:
+            m_chart->legend()->setVisible(true);
+            m_chart->legend()->setAlignment(QLegend::AlignmentBottom);
+            break;
+        case LegendLeft:
+            m_chart->legend()->setVisible(true);
+            m_chart->legend()->setAlignment(QLegend::AlignmentLeft);
+            break;
+        case LegendRight:
+            m_chart->legend()->setVisible(true);
+            m_chart->legend()->setAlignment(QLegend::AlignmentRight);
+            break;
+        default:
+            m_chart->legend()->setVisible(false);
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+DeclarativeChart::ChartLegend DeclarativeChart::legend()
+{
+    return m_legend;
+}
+
 #include "moc_declarativechart.cpp"
 
 QTCOMMERCIALCHART_END_NAMESPACE
diff --git a/qmlplugin/declarativechart.h b/qmlplugin/declarativechart.h
index 45ad501..9229056 100644
--- a/qmlplugin/declarativechart.h
+++ b/qmlplugin/declarativechart.h
@@ -36,6 +36,17 @@ class DeclarativeChart : public QDeclarativeItem
     Q_PROPERTY(QChart::ChartTheme theme READ theme WRITE setTheme)
     Q_PROPERTY(QChart::AnimationOption animationOptions READ animationOptions WRITE setAnimationOptions)
     Q_PROPERTY(QString title READ title WRITE setTitle)
+    Q_PROPERTY(ChartLegend legend READ legend WRITE setLegend)
+    Q_ENUMS(ChartLegend)
+
+public:
+    enum ChartLegend {
+        LegendDisabled = 0,
+        LegendTop,
+        LegendBottom,
+        LegendLeft,
+        LegendRight
+    };
 
 public:
     DeclarativeChart(QDeclarativeItem *parent = 0);
@@ -52,11 +63,14 @@ public:
     QChart::AnimationOption animationOptions();
     void setTitle(QString title) {m_chart->setTitle(title);}
     QString title() { return m_chart->title();}
+    void setLegend(ChartLegend legend);
+    ChartLegend legend();
 
 public:
     // Extending QChart with DeclarativeChart is not possible because QObject does not support
     // multi inheritance, so we now have a QChart as a member instead
     QChart *m_chart;
+    ChartLegend m_legend;
 };
 
 QTCOMMERCIALCHART_END_NAMESPACE