diff --git a/bower.json b/bower.json
index aef4717..94d274a 100644
--- a/bower.json
+++ b/bower.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "aurelia-metadata",
-  "version": "1.0.0-rc.1.0.0",
+  "version": "1.0.0-rc.1.0.1",
   "description": "Utilities for reading and writing the metadata of JavaScript functions.",
   "keywords": [
     "aurelia",
diff --git a/dist/amd/aurelia-metadata.js b/dist/amd/aurelia-metadata.js
index 6c984b0..a3edc55 100644
--- a/dist/amd/aurelia-metadata.js
+++ b/dist/amd/aurelia-metadata.js
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ define(['exports', 'aurelia-pal'], function (exports, _aureliaPal) {
   var metadata = exports.metadata = {
     resource: 'aurelia:resource',
     paramTypes: 'design:paramtypes',
+    propertyType: 'design:type',
     properties: 'design:properties',
     get: function get(metadataKey, target, targetKey) {
       if (!target) {
diff --git a/dist/aurelia-metadata.d.ts b/dist/aurelia-metadata.d.ts
index 82743a9..eb761f8 100644
--- a/dist/aurelia-metadata.d.ts
+++ b/dist/aurelia-metadata.d.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import {
 
 /**
 * Helpers for working with metadata on functions.
+*
+* Note for the Typescript to ES5 transpiler: Due to the non-standard compliant implementation of 'extends', these methods, when applied to derived classes, will operate on the parent class and not on the child class. This can be circumvented by either transpiling to ES2015 (ES6) or by making the targetKey parameter class-specific eg. by using target.name for the targetKey parameter.
 */
 export declare interface MetadataType {
   
@@ -17,6 +19,11 @@ export declare interface MetadataType {
     */
   paramTypes: string;
   
+  /**
+    * The metadata key representing object property type information.
+    */
+  propertyType: string;
+  
   /**
     * The metadata key representing property information.
     */
diff --git a/dist/aurelia-metadata.js b/dist/aurelia-metadata.js
index 7a6129e..cba6f3c 100644
--- a/dist/aurelia-metadata.js
+++ b/dist/aurelia-metadata.js
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import {PLATFORM} from 'aurelia-pal';
 
 /**
 * Helpers for working with metadata on functions.
+*
+* Note for the Typescript to ES5 transpiler: Due to the non-standard compliant implementation of 'extends', these methods, when applied to derived classes, will operate on the parent class and not on the child class. This can be circumvented by either transpiling to ES2015 (ES6) or by making the targetKey parameter class-specific eg. by using target.name for the targetKey parameter.
 */
 interface MetadataType {
   /**
@@ -13,6 +15,10 @@ interface MetadataType {
   */
   paramTypes: string;
   /**
+  * The metadata key representing object property type information.
+  */
+  propertyType: string;
+  /**
   * The metadata key representing property information.
   */
   properties: string;
@@ -53,6 +59,7 @@ interface MetadataType {
 export const metadata: MetadataType = {
   resource: 'aurelia:resource',
   paramTypes: 'design:paramtypes',
+  propertyType: 'design:type',
   properties: 'design:properties',
   get(metadataKey: string, target: Function, targetKey?: string): Object {
     if (!target) { return undefined; }
diff --git a/dist/commonjs/aurelia-metadata.js b/dist/commonjs/aurelia-metadata.js
index 4056af5..d1a1f9d 100644
--- a/dist/commonjs/aurelia-metadata.js
+++ b/dist/commonjs/aurelia-metadata.js
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ var _aureliaPal = require('aurelia-pal');
 var metadata = exports.metadata = {
   resource: 'aurelia:resource',
   paramTypes: 'design:paramtypes',
+  propertyType: 'design:type',
   properties: 'design:properties',
   get: function get(metadataKey, target, targetKey) {
     if (!target) {
diff --git a/dist/es2015/aurelia-metadata.js b/dist/es2015/aurelia-metadata.js
index d219df5..9fbd672 100644
--- a/dist/es2015/aurelia-metadata.js
+++ b/dist/es2015/aurelia-metadata.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { PLATFORM } from 'aurelia-pal';
 export const metadata = {
   resource: 'aurelia:resource',
   paramTypes: 'design:paramtypes',
+  propertyType: 'design:type',
   properties: 'design:properties',
   get(metadataKey, target, targetKey) {
     if (!target) {
diff --git a/dist/native-modules/aurelia-metadata.js b/dist/native-modules/aurelia-metadata.js
index a09c752..222bc85 100644
--- a/dist/native-modules/aurelia-metadata.js
+++ b/dist/native-modules/aurelia-metadata.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { PLATFORM } from 'aurelia-pal';
 export var metadata = {
   resource: 'aurelia:resource',
   paramTypes: 'design:paramtypes',
+  propertyType: 'design:type',
   properties: 'design:properties',
   get: function get(metadataKey, target, targetKey) {
     if (!target) {
diff --git a/dist/system/aurelia-metadata.js b/dist/system/aurelia-metadata.js
index a6ba20e..3d577ac 100644
--- a/dist/system/aurelia-metadata.js
+++ b/dist/system/aurelia-metadata.js
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ System.register(['aurelia-pal'], function (_export, _context) {
       _export('metadata', metadata = {
         resource: 'aurelia:resource',
         paramTypes: 'design:paramtypes',
+        propertyType: 'design:type',
         properties: 'design:properties',
         get: function get(metadataKey, target, targetKey) {
           if (!target) {
diff --git a/doc/CHANGELOG.md b/doc/CHANGELOG.md
index bb5cdf7..460dd0c 100644
--- a/doc/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/doc/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+<a name="1.0.0-rc.1.0.1"></a>
+# [1.0.0-rc.1.0.1](https://github.com/aurelia/metadata/compare/1.0.0-rc.1.0.0...v1.0.0-rc.1.0.1) (2016-07-12)
+
+
+
 <a name="1.0.0-rc.1.0.0"></a>
 # [1.0.0-rc.1.0.0](https://github.com/aurelia/metadata/compare/1.0.0-beta.2.0.1...v1.0.0-rc.1.0.0) (2016-06-22)
 
diff --git a/doc/api.json b/doc/api.json
index a38f1b3..b3d9265 100644
--- a/doc/api.json
+++ b/doc/api.json
@@ -1 +1 @@
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