diff --git a/lib/Model/Member.php b/lib/Model/Member.php
index a69618d0b..2058341a3 100644
--- a/lib/Model/Member.php
+++ b/lib/Model/Member.php
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
  * later. See the COPYING file.
  *
  * @author Maxence Lange <maxence@artificial-owl.com>
+ * @author René Gieling <github@dartcafe.de>
  * @copyright 2021
  * @license GNU AGPL version 3 or any later version
  *
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@
 use OCA\Circles\Exceptions\UserTypeNotFoundException;
 use OCA\Circles\IFederatedUser;
 use OCA\Circles\IMemberships;
+use OCA\Circles\Model\DeprecatedMember;
 use OCA\Circles\Model\Federated\RemoteInstance;
 
 
@@ -295,6 +297,23 @@ public function getUserType(): int {
 		return $this->userType;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @return int
+	 * @deprecated 22.0.0 - Use `$this->getUserType()` instead
+	 */
+	public function getType(): int {
+		switch ($this->getUserType()) {
+			case (self::TYPE_USER):
+				return DeprecatedMember::TYPE_USER;
+			case (self::TYPE_GROUP):
+				return DeprecatedMember::TYPE_GROUP;
+			case (self::TYPE_MAIL):
+				return DeprecatedMember::TYPE_MAIL;
+			case (self::TYPE_CONTACT):
+				return DeprecatedMember::TYPE_CONTACT;
+		}
+		return $this->getUserType();
+	}
 
 	/**
 	 * @param string $instance
@@ -971,4 +990,3 @@ public static function parseTypeString(string $typeString): int {
 	}
 
 }
-