diff --git a/legacy/eina/src/include/eina_model.h b/legacy/eina/src/include/eina_model.h
index 9e5aa01169..1240a4ad8d 100644
--- a/legacy/eina/src/include/eina_model.h
+++ b/legacy/eina/src/include/eina_model.h
@@ -979,6 +979,60 @@ EAPI Eina_Bool eina_model_type_check(const Eina_Model_Type *type) EINA_ARG_NONNU
 EAPI const char *eina_model_type_name_get(const Eina_Model_Type *type) EINA_ARG_NONNULL(1) EINA_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT EINA_PURE;
 EAPI const Eina_Model_Type *eina_model_type_parent_get(const Eina_Model_Type *type) EINA_ARG_NONNULL(1) EINA_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT EINA_PURE;
 
+/**
+ * @brief Setup the type to be a subclass of another parent type.
+ * @param type type to be modified
+ * @param parent type to be used as parent
+ * @return #EINA_TRUE on success, #EINA_FALSE otherwise.
+ *
+ * Although @a type is modified, the following properties are not
+ * touched or they are actually used for validation:
+ *
+ * @li @c type->version must be #EINA_MODEL_TYPE_VERSION;
+ * @li @c type->private_size unmodified, should be set to type's size;
+ * @li @c type->name unmodified, should be set to type's name.
+ *
+ *
+ * All other fields are modified as follow:
+ *
+ * @li @c type->type_size initiated to parent->type_size
+ * @li @c type->interfaces = NULL;
+ * @li @c type->events = NULL;
+ * @li @c type->setup = NULL;
+ * @li @c type->flush = NULL;
+ * @li @c type->constructor = NULL;
+ * @li @c type->destructor = NULL;
+ * @li @c type->copy = NULL;
+ * @li @c type->deep_copy = NULL;
+ * @li @c type->compare = NULL;
+ * @li @c type->load = NULL;
+ * @li @c type->unload = NULL;
+ * @li @c type->property_get = NULL;
+ * @li @c type->property_set = NULL;
+ * @li @c type->property_del = NULL;
+ * @li @c type->properties_names_list_get = NULL;
+ * @li @c type->child_count = NULL;
+ * @li @c type->child_get = NULL;
+ * @li @c type->child_set = NULL;
+ * @li @c type->child_del = NULL;
+ * @li @c type->child_insert_at = NULL;
+ * @li @c type->child_find = NULL;
+ * @li @c type->child_search = NULL;
+ * @li @c type->child_sort = NULL;
+ * @li @c type->child_iterator_get = NULL;
+ * @li @c type->child_reversed_iterator_get = NULL;
+ * @li @c type->child_sorted_iterator_get = NULL;
+ * @li @c type->child_filtered_iterator_get = NULL;
+ * @li @c type->to_string = NULL;
+ *
+ * If you have custom methods, overload them afterwards
+ * eina_model_type_subclass_setup() returns with #EINA_TRUE.
+ *
+ * @since 1.2
+ */
+EAPI Eina_Bool eina_model_type_subclass_setup(Eina_Model_Type *type,
+                                              const Eina_Model_Type *parent) EINA_ARG_NONNULL(1, 2);
+
 EAPI Eina_Bool eina_model_type_subclass_check(const Eina_Model_Type *type,
                                               const Eina_Model_Type *self_or_parent) EINA_ARG_NONNULL(1, 2) EINA_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT EINA_PURE;
 
diff --git a/legacy/eina/src/lib/eina_model.c b/legacy/eina/src/lib/eina_model.c
index de5de0b708..21ad4aba16 100644
--- a/legacy/eina/src/lib/eina_model.c
+++ b/legacy/eina/src/lib/eina_model.c
@@ -4207,7 +4207,6 @@ eina_model_type_parent_get(const Eina_Model_Type *type)
    return type->parent;
 }
 
-
 #define EINA_MODEL_TYPE_INSTANCE_CHECK(type, model)                     \
   EINA_SAFETY_ON_NULL_RETURN(type);                                     \
   EINA_SAFETY_ON_FALSE_RETURN(_eina_model_type_check(type));            \
@@ -4577,6 +4576,61 @@ eina_model_type_to_string(const Eina_Model_Type *type, const Eina_Model *model)
    return to_string(model);
 }
 
+EAPI Eina_Bool
+eina_model_type_subclass_setup(Eina_Model_Type *type, const Eina_Model_Type *parent)
+{
+   EINA_SAFETY_ON_NULL_RETURN_VAL(type, EINA_FALSE);
+   EINA_SAFETY_ON_NULL_RETURN_VAL(parent, EINA_FALSE);
+   EINA_SAFETY_ON_FALSE_RETURN_VAL(_eina_model_type_check(parent), EINA_FALSE);
+   EINA_SAFETY_ON_FALSE_RETURN_VAL(type->version == EINA_MODEL_TYPE_VERSION,
+                                   EINA_FALSE);
+
+   type->parent = parent;
+   type->type_size = parent->type_size;
+   type->interfaces = NULL;
+   type->events = NULL;
+
+   type->setup = NULL;
+   type->flush = NULL;
+   type->constructor = NULL;
+   type->destructor = NULL;
+   type->copy = NULL;
+   type->deep_copy = NULL;
+   type->compare = NULL;
+   type->load = NULL;
+   type->unload = NULL;
+   type->property_get = NULL;
+   type->property_set = NULL;
+   type->property_del = NULL;
+   type->properties_names_list_get = NULL;
+   type->child_count = NULL;
+   type->child_get = NULL;
+   type->child_set = NULL;
+   type->child_del = NULL;
+   type->child_insert_at = NULL;
+   type->child_find = NULL;
+   type->child_search = NULL;
+   type->child_sort = NULL;
+   type->child_iterator_get = NULL;
+   type->child_reversed_iterator_get = NULL;
+   type->child_sorted_iterator_get = NULL;
+   type->child_filtered_iterator_get = NULL;
+   type->to_string = NULL;
+   type->__extension_ptr0 = NULL;
+   type->__extension_ptr1 = NULL;
+   type->__extension_ptr2 = NULL;
+   type->__extension_ptr3 = NULL;
+
+   if (type->type_size > sizeof(Eina_Model_Type))
+     {
+        unsigned char *p = (unsigned char *)type;
+        p += sizeof(Eina_Model_Type);
+        memset(p, 0, type->type_size - sizeof(Eina_Model_Type));
+     }
+
+   return EINA_TRUE;
+}
+
 EAPI Eina_Bool
 eina_model_type_subclass_check(const Eina_Model_Type *type, const Eina_Model_Type *self_or_parent)
 {