diff --git a/src/calamares/CalamaresApplication.cpp b/src/calamares/CalamaresApplication.cpp
index c7851d6b7..78b16e3bb 100644
--- a/src/calamares/CalamaresApplication.cpp
+++ b/src/calamares/CalamaresApplication.cpp
@@ -316,5 +316,6 @@ CalamaresApplication::onPluginsReady()
 void
 CalamaresApplication::initJobQueue()
 {
-    new Calamares::JobQueue( this );
+    Calamares::JobQueue *jobQueue = new Calamares::JobQueue( this );
+    Calamares::Branding::instance()->setGlobals( jobQueue->globalStorage() );
 }
diff --git a/src/libcalamaresui/Branding.cpp b/src/libcalamaresui/Branding.cpp
index b1672f899..8943f9ea9 100644
--- a/src/libcalamaresui/Branding.cpp
+++ b/src/libcalamaresui/Branding.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 #include "Branding.h"
 
+#include "GlobalStorage.h"
 #include "utils/CalamaresUtils.h"
 #include "utils/Logger.h"
 #include "utils/YamlUtils.h"
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <QDir>
 #include <QFile>
 #include <QPixmap>
+#include <QVariantMap>
 
 #include <yaml-cpp/yaml.h>
 
@@ -200,6 +202,19 @@ Branding::slideshowPaths() const
 }
 
 
+void
+Branding::setGlobals( GlobalStorage* globalStorage ) const
+{
+    QVariantMap brandingMap;
+    brandingMap.insert( "productName", string( ProductName ) );
+    brandingMap.insert( "version", string( Version ) );
+    brandingMap.insert( "shortVersion", string( ShortVersion ) );
+    brandingMap.insert( "versionedName", string( VersionedName ) );
+    brandingMap.insert( "shortVersionedName", string( ShortVersionedName ) );
+    globalStorage->insert( "branding", brandingMap );
+}
+
+
 void
 Branding::bail( const QString& message )
 {
diff --git a/src/libcalamaresui/Branding.h b/src/libcalamaresui/Branding.h
index d86c92878..991aafa39 100644
--- a/src/libcalamaresui/Branding.h
+++ b/src/libcalamaresui/Branding.h
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
 namespace Calamares
 {
 
+class GlobalStorage;
+
 class UIDLLEXPORT Branding : public QObject
 {
     Q_OBJECT
@@ -63,6 +65,13 @@ public:
     QPixmap image( Branding::ImageEntry imageEntry, const QSize& size ) const;
     QStringList slideshowPaths() const;
 
+    /**
+     * Creates a map called "branding" in the global storage, and inserts an
+     * entry for each of the branding strings. This makes the branding
+     * information accessible to the Python modules.
+     */
+    void setGlobals( GlobalStorage* globalStorage ) const;
+
 private:
     static Branding* s_instance;