diff --git a/src/prop.c b/src/prop.c
index 18d235d3..48c8edaf 100644
--- a/src/prop.c
+++ b/src/prop.c
@@ -160,8 +160,10 @@ prop_add_params_to_msg(void *obj, const property_t *p, htsmsg_t *msg)
     htsmsg_add_str(m, "id", p[i].id);
     htsmsg_add_str(m, "caption", p[i].name);
     htsmsg_add_str(m, "type", val2str(p[i].type, typetab) ?: "unknown");
-    if (p->rdonly)
+    if (p->options & PO_RDONLY)
       htsmsg_add_u32(m, "rdonly", 1);
+    if (p->options & PO_NOSAVE)
+      htsmsg_add_u32(m, "nosave", 1);
     if (obj)
       prop_read_value(obj, p+i, m, "value");
     htsmsg_add_msg(msg, NULL, m);
@@ -182,7 +184,7 @@ prop_seti(void *obj, const property_t *p, const char *value)
   uint16_t u16;
   const char *s;
 
-  if (p->rdonly) return 0;
+  if (p->options & PO_NOSAVE) return 0;
 
   void *val = obj + p->off;
   switch(p->type) {
diff --git a/src/prop.h b/src/prop.h
index ada7b74e..a0083c85 100644
--- a/src/prop.h
+++ b/src/prop.h
@@ -11,12 +11,16 @@ typedef enum {
   PT_U32,
 } prop_type_t;
 
+#define PO_NONE   0x0
+#define PO_RDONLY 0x1 // Note: if this is changed, change PROPDEF2
+#define PO_NOSAVE 0x2
+
 typedef struct property {
   const char *id;
   const char *name;
   prop_type_t type;
   size_t off;
-  int rdonly;
+  int options;
 
   const char *(*str_get)(void *ptr);
   void (*str_set)(void *ptr, const char *str);
@@ -39,6 +43,12 @@ int prop_update_all(void *obj, const property_t *p,
                      const char *(*getvalue)(void *opaque, const char *key),
                      void *opaque);
 
+#define PROPDEF0(_i, _n, _t, _o)\
+  .id      = _i,\
+  .name    = _n,\
+  .type    = _t,\
+  .options = _o
+
 #define PROPDEF1(_i, _n, _t, _o, _v)\
   .id      = _i,\
   .name    = _n,\
@@ -50,5 +60,12 @@ int prop_update_all(void *obj, const property_t *p,
   .name    = _n,\
   .type    = _t,\
   .off     = offsetof(_o, _v),\
-  .rdonly  = _r
+  .options = _r
+
+#define PROPDEF3(_i, _n, _t, _o, _v, _c)\
+  .id      = _i,\
+  .name    = _n,\
+  .type    = _t,\
+  .off     = offsetof(_o, _v),\
+  .options = _c