diff --git a/spa/include/spa/param/param.h b/spa/include/spa/param/param.h
index 3a393adf4..131347acc 100644
--- a/spa/include/spa/param/param.h
+++ b/spa/include/spa/param/param.h
@@ -106,8 +106,13 @@ enum spa_param_profile {
 	SPA_PARAM_PROFILE_priority,	/**< profile priority (Int) */
 	SPA_PARAM_PROFILE_available,	/**< availability of the profile
 					  *  (Id enum spa_param_availability) */
+	SPA_PARAM_PROFILE_properties,	/**< properties (Struct(
+					  *		  Int : n_items,
+					  *		  (String : key,
+					  *		   String : value)*)) */
 	SPA_PARAM_PROFILE_classes,	/**< node classes provided by this profile
 					  *  (Struct(
+					  *	   Int : number of items following
 					  *        Struct(
 					  *           String : class name (eg. "Audio/Source"),
 					  *           Int : number of nodes)*)) */
@@ -143,6 +148,10 @@ enum spa_param_route {
 	SPA_PARAM_ROUTE_priority,		/**< priority of the destination (Int) */
 	SPA_PARAM_ROUTE_available,		/**< availability of the destination
 						  *  (Id enum spa_param_availability) */
+	SPA_PARAM_ROUTE_properties,		/**< properties (Struct(
+						  *		  Int : n_items,
+						  *		  (String : key,
+						  *		   String : value)*)) */
 	SPA_PARAM_ROUTE_profiles,		/**< associated profile indexes (Array of Int) */
 };
 
diff --git a/spa/include/spa/param/type-info.h b/spa/include/spa/param/type-info.h
index 325bf3d95..e00c33e91 100644
--- a/spa/include/spa/param/type-info.h
+++ b/spa/include/spa/param/type-info.h
@@ -288,6 +288,7 @@ static const struct spa_type_info spa_type_param_profile[] = {
 	{ SPA_PARAM_PROFILE_description, SPA_TYPE_String, SPA_TYPE_INFO_PARAM_PROFILE_BASE "description", NULL },
 	{ SPA_PARAM_PROFILE_priority, SPA_TYPE_Int, SPA_TYPE_INFO_PARAM_PROFILE_BASE "priority", NULL },
 	{ SPA_PARAM_PROFILE_available, SPA_TYPE_Id, SPA_TYPE_INFO_PARAM_PROFILE_BASE "available", spa_type_param_availability, },
+	{ SPA_PARAM_PROFILE_properties, SPA_TYPE_Struct, SPA_TYPE_INFO_PARAM_PROFILE_BASE "properties", NULL, },
 	{ SPA_PARAM_PROFILE_classes, SPA_TYPE_Struct, SPA_TYPE_INFO_PARAM_PROFILE_BASE "classes", NULL, },
 	{ 0, 0, NULL, NULL },
 };
@@ -329,6 +330,7 @@ static const struct spa_type_info spa_type_param_route[] = {
 	{ SPA_PARAM_ROUTE_description, SPA_TYPE_String, SPA_TYPE_INFO_PARAM_ROUTE_BASE "description", NULL, },
 	{ SPA_PARAM_ROUTE_priority, SPA_TYPE_Int, SPA_TYPE_INFO_PARAM_ROUTE_BASE "priority", NULL, },
 	{ SPA_PARAM_ROUTE_available, SPA_TYPE_Id, SPA_TYPE_INFO_PARAM_ROUTE_BASE "available", spa_type_param_availability, },
+	{ SPA_PARAM_ROUTE_properties, SPA_TYPE_Struct, SPA_TYPE_INFO_PARAM_ROUTE_BASE "properties", NULL, },
 	{ SPA_PARAM_ROUTE_profiles, SPA_TYPE_Array, SPA_TYPE_INFO_PARAM_ROUTE_BASE "profiles", NULL, },
 	{ 0, 0, NULL, NULL },
 };