diff --git a/crates/bevy_core/Cargo.toml b/crates/bevy_core/Cargo.toml
index e502ce125a..7ec7585f04 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/bevy_core/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
 bevy_app = { path = "../bevy_app" }
+bevy_component_registry = { path = "../bevy_component_registry" }
 bevy_transform = { path = "../bevy_transform" }
 legion = { path = "../bevy_legion" }
 glam = { path =  "../bevy_glam" }
diff --git a/crates/bevy_core/src/lib.rs b/crates/bevy_core/src/lib.rs
index a5b1a8cef0..a04c6c6d7f 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_core/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_core/src/lib.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ pub mod time;
 pub mod transform;
 
 use bevy_app::{stage, AppBuilder, AppPlugin};
-use bevy_transform::transform_system_bundle;
+use bevy_component_registry::RegisterComponent;
+use bevy_transform::{transform_system_bundle, components::{Children, LocalToParent, LocalToWorld, Translation, Rotation, Scale, NonUniformScale}};
 use legion::prelude::IntoSystem;
 use time::{start_timer_system, stop_timer_system, Time};
 
@@ -17,6 +18,13 @@ impl AppPlugin for CorePlugin {
         }
 
         app.init_resource::<Time>()
+            .register_component::<Children>()
+            .register_component::<LocalToParent>()
+            .register_component::<LocalToWorld>()
+            .register_component::<Translation>()
+            .register_component::<Rotation>()
+            .register_component::<Scale>()
+            .register_component::<NonUniformScale>()
             .add_system_to_stage(stage::FIRST, start_timer_system.system())
             .add_system_to_stage(stage::LAST, stop_timer_system.system());
     }
diff --git a/crates/bevy_property/bevy_property_derive/src/lib.rs b/crates/bevy_property/bevy_property_derive/src/lib.rs
index 56f5cde7b2..445cf920ad 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_property/bevy_property_derive/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_property/bevy_property_derive/src/lib.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use darling::FromMeta;
 use modules::{get_modules, get_path};
 use proc_macro::TokenStream;
 use quote::quote;
-use syn::{parse_macro_input, Data, DataStruct, DeriveInput, Field, Fields, Index, Member};
+use syn::{parse_macro_input, Data, DataStruct, DeriveInput, Field, Fields, Index, Member, punctuated::Punctuated};
 
 #[derive(FromMeta, Debug, Default)]
 struct PropAttributeArgs {
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ static PROP_ATTRIBUTE_NAME: &str = "prop";
 #[proc_macro_derive(Properties, attributes(prop, module))]
 pub fn derive_properties(input: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
     let ast = parse_macro_input!(input as DeriveInput);
+    let unit_struct_punctuated = Punctuated::new();
     let fields = match &ast.data {
         Data::Struct(DataStruct {
             fields: Fields::Named(fields),
@@ -28,6 +29,10 @@ pub fn derive_properties(input: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
             fields: Fields::Unnamed(fields),
             ..
         }) => &fields.unnamed,
+        Data::Struct(DataStruct {
+            fields: Fields::Unit,
+            ..
+        }) => &unit_struct_punctuated,
         _ => panic!("expected a struct with named fields"),
     };
     let fields_and_args = fields
diff --git a/crates/bevy_render/src/camera.rs b/crates/bevy_render/src/camera.rs
index 242da10ae4..75426fcf51 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_render/src/camera.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_render/src/camera.rs
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ use glam::Mat4;
 use legion::prelude::*;
 use serde::{Serialize, Deserialize};
 
-#[derive(Default)]
+#[derive(Default, Properties)]
 pub struct ActiveCamera;
 
-#[derive(Default)]
+#[derive(Default, Properties)]
 pub struct ActiveCamera2d;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
diff --git a/crates/bevy_render/src/lib.rs b/crates/bevy_render/src/lib.rs
index bc41958120..48b91c1473 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_render/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_render/src/lib.rs
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ impl AppPlugin for RenderPlugin {
             .add_asset::<PipelineDescriptor>()
             .add_asset_loader::<Texture, PngTextureLoader>()
             .register_component::<Camera>()
+            .register_component::<Renderable>()
+            .register_component::<ActiveCamera>()
+            .register_component::<ActiveCamera2d>()
             .init_resource::<RenderGraph>()
             .init_resource::<PipelineAssignments>()
             .init_resource::<PipelineCompiler>()
diff --git a/crates/bevy_transform/src/components/non_uniform_scale.rs b/crates/bevy_transform/src/components/non_uniform_scale.rs
index ee7d08aa8f..c8af5ea437 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_transform/src/components/non_uniform_scale.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_transform/src/components/non_uniform_scale.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 use crate::math::Vec3;
 use shrinkwraprs::Shrinkwrap;
 use std::fmt;
+use bevy_property::Properties;
 
-#[derive(Shrinkwrap, Debug, PartialEq, Clone, Copy)]
+#[derive(Shrinkwrap, Debug, PartialEq, Clone, Copy, Properties)]
 #[shrinkwrap(mutable)]
 pub struct NonUniformScale(pub Vec3);
 
@@ -12,6 +13,12 @@ impl NonUniformScale {
     }
 }
 
+impl Default for NonUniformScale {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        NonUniformScale(Vec3::new(1.0, 1.0, 1.0))
+    }
+}
+
 impl From<Vec3> for NonUniformScale {
     fn from(scale: Vec3) -> Self {
         Self(scale)
diff --git a/crates/bevy_transform/src/components/parent.rs b/crates/bevy_transform/src/components/parent.rs
index 7720b76aba..40a0cbcc20 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_transform/src/components/parent.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_transform/src/components/parent.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 use crate::ecs::prelude::*;
 use shrinkwraprs::Shrinkwrap;
+use bevy_property::Properties;
 
-#[derive(Shrinkwrap, Debug, Copy, Clone, Eq, PartialEq)]
+#[derive(Shrinkwrap, Debug, Copy, Clone, Eq, PartialEq, Properties)]
 #[shrinkwrap(mutable)]
 pub struct Parent(pub Entity);
 
diff --git a/crates/bevy_transform/src/components/rotation.rs b/crates/bevy_transform/src/components/rotation.rs
index f2e97b2cd6..86c27b9f52 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_transform/src/components/rotation.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_transform/src/components/rotation.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 use crate::math::Quat;
 use shrinkwraprs::Shrinkwrap;
+use bevy_property::Properties;
 
-#[derive(Shrinkwrap, Debug, PartialEq, Clone, Copy)]
+#[derive(Shrinkwrap, Debug, PartialEq, Clone, Copy, Properties)]
 #[shrinkwrap(mutable)]
 pub struct Rotation(pub Quat);
 impl Rotation {
diff --git a/crates/bevy_transform/src/components/scale.rs b/crates/bevy_transform/src/components/scale.rs
index 16d8292f20..629b157ad8 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_transform/src/components/scale.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_transform/src/components/scale.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 use shrinkwraprs::Shrinkwrap;
 use std::fmt;
+use bevy_property::Properties;
 
-#[derive(Shrinkwrap, Debug, PartialEq, Clone, Copy)]
+#[derive(Shrinkwrap, Debug, PartialEq, Clone, Copy, Properties)]
 #[shrinkwrap(mutable)]
 pub struct Scale(pub f32);
 
diff --git a/crates/bevy_transform/src/components/translation.rs b/crates/bevy_transform/src/components/translation.rs
index 5f91b123ee..4e8ac681f4 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_transform/src/components/translation.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_transform/src/components/translation.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 use crate::math::Vec3;
 use shrinkwraprs::Shrinkwrap;
+use bevy_property::Properties;
 
-#[derive(Shrinkwrap, Debug, PartialEq, Clone, Copy)]
+#[derive(Shrinkwrap, Debug, PartialEq, Clone, Copy, Properties)]
 #[shrinkwrap(mutable)]
 pub struct Translation(pub Vec3);
 
diff --git a/src/add_default_plugins.rs b/src/add_default_plugins.rs
index c953121835..76260ca37a 100644
--- a/src/add_default_plugins.rs
+++ b/src/add_default_plugins.rs
@@ -6,15 +6,15 @@ pub trait AddDefaultPlugins {
 
 impl AddDefaultPlugins for AppBuilder {
     fn add_default_plugins(&mut self) -> &mut Self {
+        #[cfg(feature = "component_registry")]
+        self.add_plugin(bevy_component_registry::ComponentRegistryPlugin::default());
+
         #[cfg(feature = "core")]
         self.add_plugin(bevy_core::CorePlugin::default());
 
         #[cfg(feature = "diagnostic")]
         self.add_plugin(bevy_diagnostic::DiagnosticsPlugin::default());
 
-        #[cfg(feature = "scene")]
-        self.add_plugin(bevy_component_registry::ComponentRegistryPlugin::default());
-
         #[cfg(feature = "input")]
         self.add_plugin(bevy_input::InputPlugin::default());