diff --git a/desktop-widgets/mapwidget.cpp b/desktop-widgets/mapwidget.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2ebc92e0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/desktop-widgets/mapwidget.cpp
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+#include <QQmlContext>
+#include <QDebug>
+#include <QQuickItem>
+
+#include "mapwidget.h"
+
+MapWidget *MapWidget::m_instance = NULL;
+
+MapWidget::MapWidget(QWidget *parent) : QQuickWidget(parent)
+{
+	setSource(QUrl(QStringLiteral("qrc:/mapwidget-qml")));
+	setResizeMode(QQuickWidget::SizeRootObjectToView);
+
+	m_rootItem = qobject_cast<QQuickItem *>(rootObject());
+}
+
+MapWidget::~MapWidget()
+{
+	m_instance = NULL;
+}
+
+MapWidget *MapWidget::instance()
+{
+	if (m_instance == NULL)
+		m_instance = new MapWidget();
+	return m_instance;
+}
diff --git a/desktop-widgets/mapwidget.h b/desktop-widgets/mapwidget.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c1d55ae91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/desktop-widgets/mapwidget.h
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+#ifndef MAPWIDGET_H
+#define MAPWIDGET_H
+
+#include <QQuickWidget>
+
+class QResizeEvent;
+class QQuickItem;
+
+class MapWidget : public QQuickWidget {
+
+public:
+	MapWidget(QWidget *parent = NULL);
+	~MapWidget();
+
+	static MapWidget *instance();
+
+private:
+	static MapWidget *m_instance;
+	QQuickItem *m_rootItem;
+
+};
+
+#endif // MAPWIDGET_H