diff --git a/src/main/java/com/squareup/kotlinpoet/KotlinFile.kt b/src/main/java/com/squareup/kotlinpoet/KotlinFile.kt
index e2730ec929..8e532d1893 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/squareup/kotlinpoet/KotlinFile.kt
+++ b/src/main/java/com/squareup/kotlinpoet/KotlinFile.kt
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ class KotlinFile private constructor(builder: KotlinFile.Builder) {
       when (member) {
         is TypeSpec -> member.emit(codeWriter, null)
         is FunSpec -> member.emit(codeWriter, null, setOf(KModifier.PUBLIC))
+        is PropertySpec -> member.emit(codeWriter, setOf(KModifier.PUBLIC))
         else -> throw AssertionError()
       }
     }
@@ -233,6 +234,11 @@ class KotlinFile private constructor(builder: KotlinFile.Builder) {
       return this
     }
 
+    fun addProperty(propertySpec: PropertySpec): Builder {
+      members += propertySpec
+      return this
+    }
+
     fun addStaticImport(constant: Enum<*>)
         = addStaticImport(ClassName.get(
         (constant as java.lang.Enum<*>).getDeclaringClass()), constant.name)
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/squareup/kotlinpoet/KotlinPoetTest.kt b/src/test/java/com/squareup/kotlinpoet/KotlinPoetTest.kt
index 2742ab0a8e..20df4b6aef 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/squareup/kotlinpoet/KotlinPoetTest.kt
+++ b/src/test/java/com/squareup/kotlinpoet/KotlinPoetTest.kt
@@ -26,23 +26,35 @@ class KotlinPoetTest {
     val source = KotlinFile.builder(tacosPackage, "Taco")
         .addFun(FunSpec.builder("a").addModifiers(KModifier.PUBLIC).build())
         .addType(TypeSpec.classBuilder("B").build())
-        .addFun(FunSpec.builder("c").build())
-        .addType(TypeSpec.classBuilder("D").build())
+        .addProperty(PropertySpec.builder(String::class, "c", KModifier.PUBLIC)
+            .initializer("%S", "C")
+            .build())
+        .addFun(FunSpec.builder("d").build())
+        .addType(TypeSpec.classBuilder("E").build())
+        .addProperty(PropertySpec.builder(String::class, "f", KModifier.PUBLIC)
+            .initializer("%S", "F")
+            .build())
         .build()
     assertThat(source.toString()).isEqualTo("""
         |package com.squareup.tacos
         |
+        |import java.lang.String
+        |
         |fun a() {
         |}
         |
         |class B {
         |}
         |
-        |fun c() {
+        |val c: String = "C"
+        |
+        |fun d() {
         |}
         |
-        |class D {
+        |class E {
         |}
+        |
+        |val f: String = "F"
         |""".trimMargin())
   }