diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a3deb7c10f..f464ec3a55 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2008-10-01  Torsten Schoenfeld  <kaffeetisch@gmx.de>
+
+	* docs/reference/gtk/gtk-sections.txt:
+	* gtk/gtk.symbols:
+	* gtk/gtkselection.c:
+	* gtk/gtkselection.h: Add gtk_selection_data_get_selection to
+	retrieve the sealed struct field GtkSelectionData.selection.
+
 2008-10-01  Tor Lillqvist  <tml@novell.com>
 
 	* gtk/gtkscalebutton.c: Don't #define _GNU_SOURCE on Windows as it
diff --git a/docs/reference/gtk/gtk-sections.txt b/docs/reference/gtk/gtk-sections.txt
index 1565e277f2..1eb954d8a3 100644
--- a/docs/reference/gtk/gtk-sections.txt
+++ b/docs/reference/gtk/gtk-sections.txt
@@ -5850,6 +5850,7 @@ gtk_selection_data_targets_include_image
 gtk_selection_data_targets_include_text
 gtk_selection_data_targets_include_uri
 gtk_selection_data_targets_include_rich_text
+gtk_selection_data_get_selection
 gtk_selection_data_get_data
 gtk_selection_data_get_length
 gtk_selection_data_get_data_type
diff --git a/gtk/gtk.symbols b/gtk/gtk.symbols
index 483453aca7..f2fd15e76a 100644
--- a/gtk/gtk.symbols
+++ b/gtk/gtk.symbols
@@ -3460,6 +3460,7 @@ gtk_selection_clear_targets
 gtk_selection_convert
 gtk_selection_data_copy
 gtk_selection_data_free
+gtk_selection_data_get_selection
 gtk_selection_data_get_target
 gtk_selection_data_get_data_type
 gtk_selection_data_get_display
diff --git a/gtk/gtkselection.c b/gtk/gtkselection.c
index b3013aa0c6..8ea2a3c93a 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkselection.c
+++ b/gtk/gtkselection.c
@@ -1111,6 +1111,24 @@ gtk_selection_convert (GtkWidget *widget,
   return TRUE;
 }
 
+/**
+ * gtk_selection_data_get_selection:
+ * @selection_data: a pointer to a #GtkSelectionData structure.
+ *
+ * Retrieves the selection #GdkAtom of the selection data.
+ *
+ * Returns: the selection #GdkAtom of the selection data.
+ *
+ * Since: 2.16
+ **/
+GdkAtom
+gtk_selection_data_get_selection (GtkSelectionData *selection_data)
+{
+  g_return_val_if_fail (selection_data != NULL, 0);
+
+  return selection_data->selection;
+}
+
 /**
  * gtk_selection_data_get_target:
  * @selection_data: a pointer to a #GtkSelectionData structure.
diff --git a/gtk/gtkselection.h b/gtk/gtkselection.h
index 0cd474c79c..0106a9eb83 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkselection.h
+++ b/gtk/gtkselection.h
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ gboolean gtk_selection_convert       (GtkWidget            *widget,
 				      GdkAtom               target,
 				      guint32               time_);
 
+GdkAtom       gtk_selection_data_get_selection (GtkSelectionData *selection_data);
 GdkAtom       gtk_selection_data_get_target    (GtkSelectionData *selection_data);
 GdkAtom       gtk_selection_data_get_data_type (GtkSelectionData *selection_data);
 gint          gtk_selection_data_get_format    (GtkSelectionData *selection_data);