diff -Nru dbus-1.1.20/bus/bus.c dbus-1.1.20/bus/bus.c
--- dbus-1.1.20/bus/bus.c	2008-02-26 17:02:27.000000000 +0100
+++ dbus-1.1.20/bus/bus.c	2008-04-07 21:56:05.000000000 +0200
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
   BusMatchmaker *matchmaker;
   BusLimits limits;
   unsigned int fork : 1;
+  unsigned int allow_anonymous : 1;
 };
 
 static dbus_int32_t server_data_slot = -1;
@@ -188,6 +189,9 @@
   dbus_connection_set_max_message_size (new_connection,
                                         context->limits.max_message_size);
   
+  dbus_connection_set_allow_anonymous (new_connection,
+                                       context->allow_anonymous);
+
   /* on OOM, we won't have ref'd the connection so it will die. */
 }
 
@@ -384,6 +388,7 @@
     }
 
   context->fork = bus_config_parser_get_fork (parser);
+  context->allow_anonymous = bus_config_parser_get_allow_anonymous (parser);
   
   _DBUS_ASSERT_ERROR_IS_CLEAR (error);
   retval = TRUE;
diff -Nru /tmp/qwTYSEz495/dbus-1.1.20/bus/config-parser.c /tmp/otIHEd6Wu5/dbus-1.1.20/bus/config-parser.c
--- dbus-1.1.20/bus/config-parser.c	2008-02-26 17:02:27.000000000 +0100
+++ dbus-1.1.20/bus/config-parser.c	2008-04-07 21:56:05.000000000 +0200
@@ -112,6 +112,8 @@
   unsigned int fork : 1; /**< TRUE to fork into daemon mode */
 
   unsigned int is_toplevel : 1; /**< FALSE if we are a sub-config-file inside another one */
+
+  unsigned int allow_anonymous : 1; /**< TRUE to allow anonymous connections */
 };
 
 static Element*
@@ -815,6 +817,20 @@
 
       return TRUE;
     }
+  else if (element_type == ELEMENT_ALLOW_ANONYMOUS)
+    {
+      if (!check_no_attributes (parser, "allow_anonymous", attribute_names, attribute_values, error))
+        return FALSE;
+
+      if (push_element (parser, ELEMENT_ALLOW_ANONYMOUS) == NULL)
+        {
+          BUS_SET_OOM (error);
+          return FALSE;
+        }
+
+      parser->allow_anonymous = TRUE;
+      return TRUE;
+    }
   else if (element_type == ELEMENT_SERVICEDIR)
     {
       if (!check_no_attributes (parser, "servicedir", attribute_names, attribute_values, error))
@@ -1951,6 +1967,7 @@
     case ELEMENT_ASSOCIATE:
     case ELEMENT_STANDARD_SESSION_SERVICEDIRS:
     case ELEMENT_STANDARD_SYSTEM_SERVICEDIRS:
+    case ELEMENT_ALLOW_ANONYMOUS:
       break;
     }
 
@@ -2234,6 +2251,7 @@
     case ELEMENT_FORK:
     case ELEMENT_STANDARD_SESSION_SERVICEDIRS:    
     case ELEMENT_STANDARD_SYSTEM_SERVICEDIRS:    
+    case ELEMENT_ALLOW_ANONYMOUS:
     case ELEMENT_SELINUX:
     case ELEMENT_ASSOCIATE:
       if (all_whitespace (content))
@@ -2554,6 +2572,12 @@
   return parser->fork;
 }
 
+dbus_bool_t
+bus_config_parser_get_allow_anonymous (BusConfigParser   *parser)
+{
+  return parser->allow_anonymous;
+}
+
 const char *
 bus_config_parser_get_pidfile (BusConfigParser   *parser)
 {
diff -Nru /tmp/qwTYSEz495/dbus-1.1.20/bus/config-parser-common.c /tmp/otIHEd6Wu5/dbus-1.1.20/bus/config-parser-common.c
--- dbus-1.1.20/bus/config-parser-common.c	2008-02-26 17:02:27.000000000 +0100
+++ dbus-1.1.20/bus/config-parser-common.c	2008-04-07 21:56:05.000000000 +0200
@@ -114,6 +114,10 @@
     {
       return ELEMENT_ASSOCIATE;
     }
+  else if (strcmp (name, "allow_anonymous") == 0)
+    {
+      return ELEMENT_ALLOW_ANONYMOUS;
+    }
   return ELEMENT_NONE;
 }
 
@@ -162,6 +166,8 @@
       return "selinux";
     case ELEMENT_ASSOCIATE:
       return "associate";
+    case ELEMENT_ALLOW_ANONYMOUS:
+      return "allow_anonymous";
     }
 
   _dbus_assert_not_reached ("bad element type");
diff -Nru /tmp/qwTYSEz495/dbus-1.1.20/bus/config-parser-common.h /tmp/otIHEd6Wu5/dbus-1.1.20/bus/config-parser-common.h
--- dbus-1.1.20/bus/config-parser-common.h	2008-02-26 17:02:27.000000000 +0100
+++ dbus-1.1.20/bus/config-parser-common.h	2008-04-07 21:56:05.000000000 +0200
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@
   ELEMENT_SELINUX,
   ELEMENT_ASSOCIATE,
   ELEMENT_STANDARD_SESSION_SERVICEDIRS,
-  ELEMENT_STANDARD_SYSTEM_SERVICEDIRS
+  ELEMENT_STANDARD_SYSTEM_SERVICEDIRS,
+  ELEMENT_ALLOW_ANONYMOUS
 } ElementType;
 
 ElementType bus_config_parser_element_name_to_type (const char *element_name);
diff -Nru /tmp/qwTYSEz495/dbus-1.1.20/bus/config-parser.h /tmp/otIHEd6Wu5/dbus-1.1.20/bus/config-parser.h
--- dbus-1.1.20/bus/config-parser.h	2008-02-26 17:02:27.000000000 +0100
+++ dbus-1.1.20/bus/config-parser.h	2008-04-07 21:56:05.000000000 +0200
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
 DBusList**  bus_config_parser_get_addresses    (BusConfigParser *parser);
 DBusList**  bus_config_parser_get_mechanisms   (BusConfigParser *parser);
 dbus_bool_t bus_config_parser_get_fork         (BusConfigParser *parser);
+dbus_bool_t bus_config_parser_get_allow_anonymous (BusConfigParser *parser);
 const char* bus_config_parser_get_pidfile      (BusConfigParser *parser);
 const char* bus_config_parser_get_servicehelper (BusConfigParser *parser);
 DBusList**  bus_config_parser_get_service_dirs (BusConfigParser *parser);