diff --git a/gdk/gdkcursor.c b/gdk/gdkcursor.c
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+/* GDK - The GIMP Drawing Kit
+ * Copyright (C) 1995-1997 Peter Mattis, Spencer Kimball and Josh MacDonald
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Modified by the GTK+ Team and others 1997-1999.  See the AUTHORS
+ * file for a list of people on the GTK+ Team.  See the ChangeLog
+ * files for a list of changes.  These files are distributed with
+ * GTK+ at ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk/. 
+ */
+
+#include "gdkcursor.h"
+#include "gdkprivate.h"
+
+GdkCursor*
+gdk_cursor_ref (GdkCursor *cursor)
+{
+  cursor->refcount += 1;
+
+  return cursor;
+}
+
+void
+gdk_cursor_unref (GdkCursor *cursor)
+{
+  g_return_if_fail (cursor != NULL);
+  g_return_if_fail (cursor->refcount > 0);
+
+  cursor->refcount -= 1;
+
+  if (cursor->refcount == 0)
+    _gdk_cursor_destroy(cursor);
+}
+