--- hal-0.5.12rc1/hal.conf.in.orig	2008-12-09 14:48:43.000000000 -0500
+++ hal-0.5.12rc1/hal.conf.in	2008-12-09 14:49:15.000000000 -0500
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
   <!-- Allow anyone to invoke methods on the Manager and Device interfaces -->
   <policy context="default">
+    <allow send_destination="org.freedesktop.Hal"
+           send_interface="org.freedesktop.DBus.Introspectable"/>
     <allow send_interface="org.freedesktop.Hal.Manager"/>
     <allow send_interface="org.freedesktop.Hal.Device"/>
     <allow receive_interface="org.freedesktop.Hal.Manager"