diff --git a/collection_funcs.go b/collection_funcs.go
index 5fc2068..21aa087 100644
--- a/collection_funcs.go
+++ b/collection_funcs.go
@@ -80,7 +80,9 @@ func (c *Collection) CreateItem(label string, attrs map[string]string, secret *S
 	}
 
 	props[DbusItemLabel] = dbus.MakeVariant(label)
-	props[DbusItemType] = dbus.MakeVariant(typeString)
+	if !c.service.Legacy {
+		props[DbusItemType] = dbus.MakeVariant(typeString)
+	}
 	props[DbusItemAttributes] = dbus.MakeVariant(attrs)
 	props[DbusItemCreated] = dbus.MakeVariant(uint64(time.Now().Unix()))
 	// props[DbusItemModified] = dbus.MakeVariant(uint64(time.Now().Unix()))
diff --git a/item_funcs.go b/item_funcs.go
index 145eaaf..0702c65 100644
--- a/item_funcs.go
+++ b/item_funcs.go
@@ -282,6 +282,11 @@ func (i *Item) Type() (itemType string, err error) {
 
 	var variant dbus.Variant
 
+	// Legacy spec.
+	if i.collection.service.Legacy {
+		return
+	}
+
 	if variant, err = i.Dbus.GetProperty(DbusItemType); err != nil {
 		return
 	}
diff --git a/types.go b/types.go
index 9cce73d..8d81b2b 100644
--- a/types.go
+++ b/types.go
@@ -74,6 +74,17 @@ type Service struct {
 	Session *Session `json:"-"`
 	// IsLocked indicates if the Service is locked or not. Status updated by Service.Locked.
 	IsLocked bool `json:"locked"`
+	/*
+		Legacy indicates that this SecretService implementation
+		breaks current spec by implementing the legacy/obsolete draft spec rather than current libsecret spec
+		for the Dbus API.
+
+		If you're using SecretService with KeePassXC, for instance, or a much older version of Gnome-Keyring *before* libsecret integration(?),
+		or if you are getting strange errors when performing a Service.SearchItems, you probably need to enable this field on the Service returned
+		by NewService. The coverage of this field may expand in the future, but currently it only prevents the (non-existent, in legacy spec)
+		Type property from being read or written on Items during NewItem and Collection.CreateItem.
+	*/
+	Legacy bool `json:"is_legacy"`
 }
 
 /*
@@ -83,7 +94,7 @@ type Service struct {
 */
 type Session struct {
 	*DbusObject
-	// collection tracks the Service this Session was created from.
+	// service tracks the Service this Session was created from.
 	service *Service
 }