diff --git a/README b/README
index 2e1ddbe9..9108095d 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ Version 0.2
 
   Added libssh2_session_methods() to determine what methods were negotiated.
 
+  Added libssh2_session_abstract() for retreiving &session->abstract
+
+
 Version 0.1
 -----------
 
diff --git a/include/libssh2.h b/include/libssh2.h
index b2c58730..2fdcf696 100644
--- a/include/libssh2.h
+++ b/include/libssh2.h
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 
 #define LIBSSH2_VERSION								"0.1"
-#define LIBSSH2_APINO								200412091407
+#define LIBSSH2_APINO								200412091526
 
 /* Part of every banner, user specified or not */
 #define LIBSSH2_SSH_BANNER							"SSH-2.0-libssh2_" LIBSSH2_VERSION
@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ typedef struct _LIBSSH2_CHANNEL						LIBSSH2_CHANNEL;
 /* Session API */
 LIBSSH2_API LIBSSH2_SESSION *libssh2_session_init_ex(LIBSSH2_ALLOC_FUNC((*my_alloc)), LIBSSH2_FREE_FUNC((*my_free)), LIBSSH2_REALLOC_FUNC((*my_realloc)), void *abstract);
 #define libssh2_session_init()						libssh2_session_init_ex(NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL)
+LIBSSH2_API void **libssh2_session_abstract(LIBSSH2_SESSION *session);
 
 LIBSSH2_API void *libssh2_session_callback_set(LIBSSH2_SESSION *session, int cbtype, void *callback);
 
diff --git a/src/session.c b/src/session.c
index f33c8ff7..b2d8088d 100644
--- a/src/session.c
+++ b/src/session.c
@@ -484,3 +484,12 @@ LIBSSH2_API void libssh2_session_methods(LIBSSH2_SESSION *session,	char **kex,
 	}
 }
 /* }}} */
+
+/* {{{ libssh2_session_abstract
+ * Retreive a pointer to the abstract property
+ */
+LIBSSH2_API void **libssh2_session_abstract(LIBSSH2_SESSION *session)
+{
+	return &session->abstract;
+}
+/* }}} */