diff -urN dbus-glib-0.82-orig/dbus/dbus-glib.h dbus-glib-0.82-patched/dbus/dbus-glib.h
--- dbus-glib-0.82-orig/dbus/dbus-glib.h	2009-09-04 12:47:36.000000000 -0400
+++ dbus-glib-0.82-patched/dbus/dbus-glib.h	2009-09-04 13:09:07.000000000 -0400
@@ -105,6 +105,9 @@
                                          GError      **error);
 DBusGConnection* dbus_g_bus_get         (DBusBusType   type,
                                          GError      **error);
+DBusGConnection* dbus_g_bus_get_private (DBusBusType   type,
+                                         GError      **error);
+
 
 typedef struct _DBusGObjectInfo DBusGObjectInfo;
 typedef struct _DBusGMethodInfo DBusGMethodInfo;
diff -urN dbus-glib-0.82-orig/dbus/dbus-gmain.c dbus-glib-0.82-patched/dbus/dbus-gmain.c
--- dbus-glib-0.82-orig/dbus/dbus-gmain.c	2009-09-04 12:47:36.000000000 -0400
+++ dbus-glib-0.82-patched/dbus/dbus-gmain.c	2009-09-04 16:48:55.000000000 -0400
@@ -765,6 +765,47 @@
   return DBUS_G_CONNECTION_FROM_CONNECTION (connection);
 }
 
+/**
+ * dbus_g_bus_get_private:
+ * @type: bus type
+ * @error: address where an error can be returned.
+ *
+ * Returns a new, private connection to the given bus. The the 
+ * creater of this connection must call dbus_connection_close() 
+ * before releasing the last reference.
+ * 
+ * (Internally, calls dbus_bus_get() then calls
+ * dbus_connection_setup_with_g_main() on the result.)
+ *
+ * Returns: a DBusConnection
+ */
+DBusGConnection*
+dbus_g_bus_get_private (DBusBusType     type,
+			GError        **error)
+{
+  DBusConnection *connection;
+  DBusError derror;
+
+  g_return_val_if_fail (error == NULL || *error == NULL, NULL);
+
+  _dbus_g_value_types_init ();
+  
+  dbus_error_init (&derror);
+
+  connection = dbus_bus_get_private (type, &derror);
+  if (connection == NULL)
+    {
+      dbus_set_g_error (error, &derror);
+      dbus_error_free (&derror);
+      return NULL;
+    }
+
+  /* does nothing if it's already been done */
+  dbus_connection_setup_with_g_main (connection, NULL);
+
+  return DBUS_G_CONNECTION_FROM_CONNECTION (connection);
+}
+
 /** @} */ /* end of public API */
 
 #ifdef DBUS_BUILD_TESTS