diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 80c9317..0155996 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ Incompatibilities:
 
 New:
 
-- *add item here*
+- Added uninstall profile.  The Collection type is removed when you
+  uninstall this package.  [maurits]
 
 Fixes:
 
diff --git a/plone/app/collection/configure.zcml b/plone/app/collection/configure.zcml
index d2bda5d..7f8e3b6 100644
--- a/plone/app/collection/configure.zcml
+++ b/plone/app/collection/configure.zcml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   <include package="plone.app.querystring" />
   <include package="plone.app.contentlisting" />
   <include package=".browser" />
-  
+
   <genericsetup:registerProfile
     name="default"
     title="plone.app.collection"
@@ -18,6 +18,14 @@
     provides="Products.GenericSetup.interfaces.EXTENSION"
     />
 
+  <genericsetup:registerProfile
+    name="uninstall"
+    title="plone.app.collection"
+    directory="profiles/uninstall"
+    description="Archetypes-based collections (uninstall)"
+    provides="Products.GenericSetup.interfaces.EXTENSION"
+    />
+
   <!-- hide profiles for our widget/field dependencies -->
   <utility
     factory=".integration.HiddenProfiles"
diff --git a/plone/app/collection/profiles/default/types.xml b/plone/app/collection/profiles/default/types.xml
index e4f2f9d..9705225 100644
--- a/plone/app/collection/profiles/default/types.xml
+++ b/plone/app/collection/profiles/default/types.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
 <object name="portal_types">
-   <!-- We remove the existing FTI since itcould be Dexterity-based and would
+   <!-- We remove the existing FTI since it could be Dexterity-based and would
         not be compatible in that case.  You get this error when installing:
         ValueError: undefined property 'content_meta_type' -->
   <object name="Collection" remove="True"/>
diff --git a/plone/app/collection/profiles/uninstall/types.xml b/plone/app/collection/profiles/uninstall/types.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a1ea1c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plone/app/collection/profiles/uninstall/types.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<object name="portal_types">
+  <object name="Collection" remove="True"/>
+</object>