diff --git a/core/include/Variable/VariableController.h b/core/include/Variable/VariableController.h
index 5c51817..0ec574b 100644
--- a/core/include/Variable/VariableController.h
+++ b/core/include/Variable/VariableController.h
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 #include <Common/spimpl.h>
 
+class Variable;
 Q_DECLARE_LOGGING_CATEGORY(LOG_VariableController)
 
 /**
@@ -17,6 +18,13 @@ public:
     explicit VariableController(QObject *parent = 0);
     virtual ~VariableController();
 
+    /**
+     * Creates a new variable
+     * @param name the name of the new variable
+     * @return the variable if it was created successfully, nullptr otherwise
+     */
+    Variable *createVariable(const QString &name) noexcept;
+
 public slots:
     void initialize();
     void finalize();
diff --git a/core/src/Variable/VariableController.cpp b/core/src/Variable/VariableController.cpp
index 734de3c..bfeefc6 100644
--- a/core/src/Variable/VariableController.cpp
+++ b/core/src/Variable/VariableController.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include <Variable/VariableController.h>
+#include <Variable/VariableModel.h>
 
 #include <QMutex>
 #include <QThread>
@@ -7,11 +8,12 @@ Q_LOGGING_CATEGORY(LOG_VariableController, "VariableController")
 
 struct VariableController::VariableControllerPrivate {
     explicit VariableControllerPrivate()
-            : m_WorkingMutex{}
+            : m_WorkingMutex{}, m_VariableModel{std::make_unique<VariableModel>()}
     {
     }
 
     QMutex m_WorkingMutex;
+    std::unique_ptr<VariableModel> m_VariableModel;
 };
 
 VariableController::VariableController(QObject *parent)
@@ -28,6 +30,11 @@ VariableController::~VariableController()
     this->waitForFinish();
 }
 
+Variable *VariableController::createVariable(const QString &name) noexcept
+{
+    return impl->m_VariableModel->createVariable(name);
+}
+
 void VariableController::initialize()
 {
     qCDebug(LOG_VariableController()) << tr("VariableController init") << QThread::currentThread();