diff --git a/src/QmlControls/QGroundControlQmlGlobal.cc b/src/QmlControls/QGroundControlQmlGlobal.cc
index af893774ea8496833310aeb7d2c8f17394ad3c1e..59a4579c3fbb18ba04db6c6e1399377b16299510 100644
--- a/src/QmlControls/QGroundControlQmlGlobal.cc
+++ b/src/QmlControls/QGroundControlQmlGlobal.cc
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ QGroundControlQmlGlobal::QGroundControlQmlGlobal(QGCApplication* app)
     , _corePlugin(NULL)
     , _firmwarePluginManager(NULL)
     , _settingsManager(NULL)
+    , _showTouchAreas(false)
+    , _showAdvancedUI(false)
 {
     // We clear the parent on this object since we run into shutdown problems caused by hybrid qml app. Instead we let it leak on shutdown.
     setParent(NULL);
diff --git a/src/QmlControls/QGroundControlQmlGlobal.h b/src/QmlControls/QGroundControlQmlGlobal.h
index 047e3f86e94e6e61b3ce4b8dd6d39ba35b69ef8c..24c0aa58c31322c4be861645373825bb66686749 100644
--- a/src/QmlControls/QGroundControlQmlGlobal.h
+++ b/src/QmlControls/QGroundControlQmlGlobal.h
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ public:
 
     Q_PROPERTY(QString qgcVersion READ qgcVersion CONSTANT)
 
+    Q_PROPERTY(bool showTouchAreas MEMBER _showTouchAreas NOTIFY showTouchAreasChanged)
+    Q_PROPERTY(bool showAdvancedUI MEMBER _showAdvancedUI NOTIFY showAdvancedUIChanged)
+
     Q_INVOKABLE void    saveGlobalSetting       (const QString& key, const QString& value);
     Q_INVOKABLE QString loadGlobalSetting       (const QString& key, const QString& defaultValue);
     Q_INVOKABLE void    saveBoolGlobalSetting   (const QString& key, bool value);
@@ -153,6 +156,9 @@ public:
 
     QString qgcVersion(void) const { return qgcApp()->applicationVersion(); }
 
+    bool showTouchAreas(void) const { return _showTouchAreas; } ///< Show visible extents of touch areas
+    bool showAdvancedUI(void) const { return _showAdvancedUI; } ///< Show hidden advanced UI
+
     // Overrides from QGCTool
     virtual void setToolbox(QGCToolbox* toolbox);
 
@@ -162,6 +168,8 @@ signals:
     void mavlinkSystemIDChanged         (int id);
     void flightMapPositionChanged       (QGeoCoordinate flightMapPosition);
     void flightMapZoomChanged           (double flightMapZoom);
+    void showTouchAreasChanged          (bool showTouchAreas);
+    void showAdvancedUIChanged          (bool showAdvancedUI);
 
 private:
     FlightMapSettings*      _flightMapSettings;
@@ -178,6 +186,9 @@ private:
 
     QGeoCoordinate          _flightMapPosition;
     double                  _flightMapZoom;
+
+    bool                    _showTouchAreas;
+    bool                    _showAdvancedUI;
 };
 
 #endif