diff --git a/gdbus/gdbus.h b/gdbus/gdbus.h
index 98148386..d99c2549 100644
--- a/gdbus/gdbus.h
+++ b/gdbus/gdbus.h
@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ struct GDBusSecurityTable {
 	.flags = G_DBUS_SIGNAL_FLAG_EXPERIMENTAL
 
 void g_dbus_set_flags(int flags);
+int g_dbus_get_flags(void);
 
 gboolean g_dbus_register_interface(DBusConnection *connection,
 					const char *path, const char *name,
diff --git a/gdbus/object.c b/gdbus/object.c
index 4d5a64cb..b62c062a 100644
--- a/gdbus/object.c
+++ b/gdbus/object.c
@@ -1816,3 +1816,8 @@ void g_dbus_set_flags(int flags)
 {
 	global_flags = flags;
 }
+
+int g_dbus_get_flags(void)
+{
+	return global_flags;
+}