diff --git a/doc/spec/hal-spec-properties.xml b/doc/spec/hal-spec-properties.xml
index e7f4ae5..e454143 100644
--- a/doc/spec/hal-spec-properties.xml
+++ b/doc/spec/hal-spec-properties.xml
@@ -508,6 +508,15 @@
             </row>
             <row>
               <entry>
+                <literal>usb_device.configuration</literal> (int)
+              </entry>
+              <entry>example: Bulk transfer configuration</entry>
+              <entry>No</entry>
+              <entry>Human-readable description of the current configuration the USB device is in
+              </entry>
+            </row>
+            <row>
+              <entry>
                 <literal>usb_device.num_configurations</literal> (int)
               </entry>
               <entry>example: 1</entry>
@@ -750,6 +759,14 @@
             </row>
             <row>
               <entry>
+                <literal>usb.interface.description</literal> (int)
+              </entry>
+              <entry>example: SyncML interface</entry>
+              <entry>No</entry>
+              <entry>Human-readable description for the interface provided by the device</entry>
+            </row>
+            <row>
+              <entry>
                 <literal>usb.interface.number</literal> (int)
               </entry>
               <entry>example: 1</entry>
diff --git a/hald/freebsd/hf-usb.c b/hald/freebsd/hf-usb.c
index 7a30a61..f7b2bf0 100644
--- a/hald/freebsd/hf-usb.c
+++ b/hald/freebsd/hf-usb.c
@@ -371,6 +371,18 @@ hf_usb_device_new (HalDevice *parent,
     {
       can_wake_up = (config_desc.bmAttributes & UC_REMOTE_WAKEUP) != 0;
       num_interfaces = config_desc.bNumInterface;
+
+      if (config_desc->iConfiguration != 0)
+	{
+	  char *configuration;
+
+	  configuration = hf_usb_get_string_descriptor(controller->fd, di->udi_addr, config_desc->iConfiguration, NULL);
+	  if (configuration)
+	    {
+	      hal_device_property_set_string(device, "usb_device.configuration", configuration);
+	      g_free(configuration);
+	    }
+	}
     }
 
   hal_device_property_set_bool(device, "usb_device.can_wake_up", can_wake_up);
@@ -435,6 +447,19 @@ hf_usb_interface_device_new (HalDevice *parent,
   hal_device_property_set_int(device, "usb.interface.protocol", desc->bInterfaceProtocol);
   hal_device_property_set_int(device, "usb.interface.number", desc->bInterfaceNumber);
 
+  if (desc->iInterface != 0)
+    {
+      char *interface;
+
+      interface = hf_usb_get_string_descriptor(controller->fd, di->udi_addr, desc->iInterface, NULL);
+      if (interface)
+	{
+	  hal_device_property_set_string(device, "usb.interface.description", interface);
+	  g_free(interface);
+	}
+    }
+
+
   hf_usb_device_compute_udi(device);
 
   return device;
diff --git a/hald/linux/device.c b/hald/linux/device.c
index 3936229..fe05fe9 100644
--- a/hald/linux/device.c
+++ b/hald/linux/device.c
@@ -1494,6 +1494,7 @@ usb_add (const gchar *sysfs_path, const gchar *device_file, HalDevice *parent_de
 
 		hal_device_property_set_string (d, "usb_device.linux.sysfs_path", sysfs_path);
 
+		hal_util_set_string_from_file(d, "usb_device.configuration", sysfs_path, "configuration");
 		hal_util_set_int_from_file (d, "usb_device.configuration_value", sysfs_path, "bConfigurationValue", 10);
 		hal_util_set_int_from_file (d, "usb_device.num_configurations", sysfs_path, "bNumConfigurations", 10);
 		hal_util_set_int_from_file (d, "usb_device.num_interfaces", sysfs_path, "bNumInterfaces", 10);
@@ -1589,6 +1590,7 @@ usb_add (const gchar *sysfs_path, const gchar *device_file, HalDevice *parent_de
 		hal_util_set_int_from_file (d, "usb.interface.class", sysfs_path, "bInterfaceClass", 16);
 		hal_util_set_int_from_file (d, "usb.interface.subclass", sysfs_path, "bInterfaceSubClass", 16);
 		hal_util_set_int_from_file (d, "usb.interface.protocol", sysfs_path, "bInterfaceProtocol", 16);
+		hal_util_set_string_from_file(d, "usb.interface.description", sysfs_path, "interface");
 
 		usbif_set_name (d, 
 				hal_device_property_get_int (d, "usb.interface.class"),