diff --git a/src/lib/edbus/edbus_connection.h b/src/lib/edbus/edbus_connection.h
index 5573f204a4..72152321c9 100644
--- a/src/lib/edbus/edbus_connection.h
+++ b/src/lib/edbus/edbus_connection.h
@@ -58,6 +58,17 @@ EAPI EDBus_Connection *edbus_connection_ref(EDBus_Connection *conn) EINA_ARG_NON
  */
 EAPI void              edbus_connection_unref(EDBus_Connection *conn) EINA_ARG_NONNULL(1);
 
+/**
+ * Integrate an existing DBus connection with the ecore main loop
+ *
+ * @param type - type of bus
+ * @param conn - a dbus connection (must be a DBusConnection *)
+ *
+ * @note this is a low-level function, it is meant to be used by language
+ *       bindings, don't use unless you know what are you doing!
+ */
+EAPI EDBus_Connection *edbus_connection_from_dbus_connection(EDBus_Connection_Type type, void *conn);
+
 /**
  * @brief Add a callback function to be called when connection is freed
  *
diff --git a/src/lib/edbus/edbus_core.c b/src/lib/edbus/edbus_core.c
index 2fb5c6dc33..6f8daf8d7f 100644
--- a/src/lib/edbus/edbus_core.c
+++ b/src/lib/edbus/edbus_core.c
@@ -975,6 +975,34 @@ _connection_get(EDBus_Connection_Type type)
    return conn;
 }
 
+EAPI EDBus_Connection *
+edbus_connection_from_dbus_connection(EDBus_Connection_Type type, void *conn)
+{
+   EDBus_Connection *econn;
+   EDBus_Object *obj;
+
+   EINA_SAFETY_ON_FALSE_RETURN_VAL((type < EDBUS_CONNECTION_TYPE_LAST) &&
+                                   (type > EDBUS_CONNECTION_TYPE_UNKNOWN), NULL);
+
+   econn = calloc(1, sizeof(EDBus_Connection));
+   EINA_SAFETY_ON_NULL_RETURN_VAL(econn, NULL);
+
+   econn->dbus_conn = (DBusConnection*) conn;
+   edbus_connection_setup(econn);
+   econn->type = type;
+   econn->refcount = 1;
+   EINA_MAGIC_SET(econn, EDBUS_CONNECTION_MAGIC);
+   econn->names = eina_hash_string_superfast_new(NULL);
+
+   edbus_signal_handler_add(econn, NULL, DBUS_PATH_LOCAL, DBUS_INTERFACE_LOCAL,
+                            "Disconnected", _disconnected, econn);
+   obj = edbus_object_get(econn, EDBUS_FDO_BUS, EDBUS_FDO_PATH);
+   econn->fdo_proxy = edbus_proxy_get(obj, EDBUS_FDO_INTERFACE);
+
+   DBG("Attached to connection at %p", conn);
+   return econn;
+}
+
 EAPI EDBus_Connection *
 edbus_private_connection_get(EDBus_Connection_Type type)
 {