diff --git a/src/libcalamaresui/ViewManager.cpp b/src/libcalamaresui/ViewManager.cpp
index 9a3a1d020..4e53fb90b 100644
--- a/src/libcalamaresui/ViewManager.cpp
+++ b/src/libcalamaresui/ViewManager.cpp
@@ -608,4 +608,25 @@ ViewManager::rowCount( const QModelIndex& parent ) const
     return m_steps.length();
 }
 
+bool
+ViewManager::isChrootMode() const
+{
+    const auto* s = Settings::instance();
+    return s ? s->doChroot() : true;
+}
+
+bool
+ViewManager::isDebugMode() const
+{
+    const auto* s = Settings::instance();
+    return s ? s->debugMode() : false;
+}
+
+bool
+ViewManager::isSetupMode() const
+{
+    const auto* s = Settings::instance();
+    return s ? s->isSetupMode() : false;
+}
+
 }  // namespace Calamares
diff --git a/src/libcalamaresui/ViewManager.h b/src/libcalamaresui/ViewManager.h
index 4fbcda39d..9a77cbb5a 100644
--- a/src/libcalamaresui/ViewManager.h
+++ b/src/libcalamaresui/ViewManager.h
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ class UIDLLEXPORT ViewManager : public QAbstractListModel
     ///@brief Sides on which the ViewManager has side-panels
     Q_PROPERTY( Qt::Orientations panelSides READ panelSides WRITE setPanelSides MEMBER m_panelSides )
 
+    // Global properties, where ViewManager proxies to Settings
+    Q_PROPERTY( bool isDebugMode READ isDebugMode CONSTANT FINAL )
+    Q_PROPERTY( bool isChrootMode READ isChrootMode CONSTANT FINAL )
+    Q_PROPERTY( bool isSetupMode READ isSetupMode CONSTANT FINAL )
+
 public:
     /**
      * @brief instance access to the ViewManager singleton.
@@ -197,6 +202,13 @@ public Q_SLOTS:
     /// @brief Connected to ViewStep::nextStatusChanged for all steps
     void updateNextStatus( bool enabled );
 
+    /// @brief Proxy to Settings::debugMode() default @c false
+    bool isDebugMode() const;
+    /// @brief Proxy to Settings::doChroot() default @c true
+    bool isChrootMode() const;
+    /// @brief Proxy to Settings::isSetupMode() default @c false
+    bool isSetupMode() const;
+
 signals:
     void currentStepChanged();
     void ensureSize( QSize size ) const;  // See ViewStep::ensureSize()