Index: dbus/dbus-glib.h
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/dbus/dbus/dbus/dbus-glib.h,v
retrieving revision 1.22
diff -u -r1.22 dbus-glib.h
--- dbus/dbus-glib.h	15 Feb 2006 21:42:54 -0000	1.22
+++ dbus/dbus-glib.h	1 Mar 2006 12:33:29 -0000
@@ -138,6 +138,9 @@
 GType        dbus_g_object_path_get_g_type         (void) G_GNUC_CONST;
 #define DBUS_TYPE_G_OBJECT_PATH (dbus_g_object_path_get_g_type ())
 
+GType        dbus_g_signature_get_g_type         (void) G_GNUC_CONST;
+#define DBUS_TYPE_G_SIGNATURE (dbus_g_signature_get_g_type ())
+
 void         dbus_g_object_register_marshaller      (GClosureMarshal  marshaller,
 						     GType            rettype,
 						     ...);
Index: glib/dbus-binding-tool-glib.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/dbus/dbus/glib/dbus-binding-tool-glib.c,v
retrieving revision 1.27
diff -u -r1.27 dbus-binding-tool-glib.c
--- glib/dbus-binding-tool-glib.c	13 Feb 2006 22:30:11 -0000	1.27
+++ glib/dbus-binding-tool-glib.c	1 Mar 2006 12:33:30 -0000
@@ -1081,6 +1081,7 @@
   MAP_KNOWN(G_TYPE_VALUE_ARRAY);
   MAP_KNOWN(DBUS_TYPE_G_PROXY);
   MAP_KNOWN(DBUS_TYPE_G_OBJECT_PATH);
+  MAP_KNOWN(DBUS_TYPE_G_SIGNATURE);
   return NULL;
 }
 #undef MAP_FUNDAMENTAL
Index: glib/dbus-gsignature.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/dbus/dbus/glib/dbus-gsignature.c,v
retrieving revision 1.2
diff -u -r1.2 dbus-gsignature.c
--- glib/dbus-gsignature.c	13 Feb 2006 22:30:11 -0000	1.2
+++ glib/dbus-gsignature.c	1 Mar 2006 12:33:30 -0000
@@ -147,6 +147,8 @@
     return _dbus_gtype_from_basic_typecode (current_type);
   else if (current_type == DBUS_TYPE_OBJECT_PATH)
     return DBUS_TYPE_G_OBJECT_PATH;
+  else if (current_type == DBUS_TYPE_SIGNATURE)
+    return DBUS_TYPE_G_SIGNATURE;
   else
     {
       DBusSignatureIter subiter;
Index: glib/dbus-gvalue.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/dbus/dbus/glib/dbus-gvalue.c,v
retrieving revision 1.27
diff -u -r1.27 dbus-gvalue.c
--- glib/dbus-gvalue.c	16 Feb 2006 00:43:41 -0000	1.27
+++ glib/dbus-gvalue.c	1 Mar 2006 12:33:30 -0000
@@ -353,6 +353,23 @@
   return type_id;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Get the GLib type ID for a DBusGSignature boxed type.
+ *
+ * @returns GLib type
+ */
+GType
+dbus_g_signature_get_g_type (void)
+{
+  static GType type_id = 0;
+
+  if (!type_id)
+    type_id = g_boxed_type_register_static ("DBusGSignature",
+					    (GBoxedCopyFunc) g_strdup,
+					    (GBoxedFreeFunc) g_free);
+  return type_id;
+}
+
 
 char *
 _dbus_gtype_to_signature (GType gtype)