diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6a220912de..c184ccb3de 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+2009-01-08  Wim Taymans  <wim.taymans@collabora.co.uk>
+
+	* docs/libs/gst-plugins-base-libs-sections.txt:
+	* gst-libs/gst/rtsp/gstrtspurl.c: (register_rtsp_url_type),
+	(gst_rtsp_url_get_type), (gst_rtsp_url_copy):
+	* gst-libs/gst/rtsp/gstrtspurl.h:
+	* win32/common/libgstrtsp.def:
+	Add GType for GstRTSPUrl and expose a copy function because we can.
+	API: gst_rtsp_url_copy()
+	Fixes #567027.
+
 2009-01-07  Sebastian Dröge  <sebastian.droege@collabora.co.uk>
 
 	* configure.ac:
diff --git a/docs/libs/gst-plugins-base-libs-sections.txt b/docs/libs/gst-plugins-base-libs-sections.txt
index 809a72bcc5..ef117f339b 100644
--- a/docs/libs/gst-plugins-base-libs-sections.txt
+++ b/docs/libs/gst-plugins-base-libs-sections.txt
@@ -1242,10 +1242,13 @@ gst_rtsp_message_dump
 GST_RTSP_DEFAULT_PORT
 GstRTSPUrl
 gst_rtsp_url_parse
+gst_rtsp_url_copy
 gst_rtsp_url_free
 gst_rtsp_url_get_request_uri
 gst_rtsp_url_set_port
 gst_rtsp_url_get_port
+<SUBSECTION Standard>
+gst_rtsp_url_get_type
 </SECTION>
 
 <SECTION>
diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/rtsp/gstrtspurl.c b/gst-libs/gst/rtsp/gstrtspurl.c
index 1a7a3e1fa7..4885160c70 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/rtsp/gstrtspurl.c
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/rtsp/gstrtspurl.c
@@ -58,6 +58,24 @@
 
 #include "gstrtspurl.h"
 
+static void
+register_rtsp_url_type (GType * id)
+{
+  *id = g_boxed_type_register_static ("GstRTSPUrl",
+      (GBoxedCopyFunc) gst_rtsp_url_copy, (GBoxedFreeFunc) gst_rtsp_url_free);
+}
+
+GType
+gst_rtsp_url_get_type (void)
+{
+  static GType id;
+  static GOnce once = G_ONCE_INIT;
+
+  g_once (&once, (GThreadFunc) register_rtsp_url_type, &id);
+  return id;
+}
+
+
 #define RTSP_PROTO      "rtsp://"
 #define RTSP_PROTO_LEN  7
 #define RTSPU_PROTO     "rtspu://"
@@ -176,6 +194,37 @@ invalid:
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * gst_rtsp_url_copy:
+ * @url: a #GstRTSPUrl
+ *
+ * Make a copy of @url.
+ *
+ * Returns: a copy of @url. Free with gst_rtsp_url_free () after usage.
+ *
+ * Since: 0.10.22
+ */
+GstRTSPUrl *
+gst_rtsp_url_copy (GstRTSPUrl * url)
+{
+  GstRTSPUrl *res;
+
+  g_return_val_if_fail (url != NULL, NULL);
+
+  res = g_new0 (GstRTSPUrl, 1);
+
+  res->transports = url->transports;
+  res->family = url->family;
+  res->user = g_strdup (url->user);
+  res->passwd = g_strdup (url->passwd);
+  res->host = g_strdup (url->host);
+  res->port = url->port;
+  res->abspath = g_strdup (url->abspath);
+  res->query = g_strdup (url->query);
+
+  return res;
+}
+
 /**
  * gst_rtsp_url_free:
  * @url: a #GstRTSPUrl
diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/rtsp/gstrtspurl.h b/gst-libs/gst/rtsp/gstrtspurl.h
index 39ad316f70..30764fafd7 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/rtsp/gstrtspurl.h
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/rtsp/gstrtspurl.h
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 #define __GST_RTSP_URL_H__
 
 #include <glib.h>
+#include <glib-object.h>
 
 #include <gst/rtsp/gstrtspdefs.h>
 #include <gst/rtsp/gstrtsptransport.h>
@@ -57,6 +58,8 @@ G_BEGIN_DECLS
  */
 #define GST_RTSP_DEFAULT_PORT       554
 
+#define GST_TYPE_RTSP_URL  (gst_rtsp_url_get_type())
+
 typedef struct _GstRTSPUrl GstRTSPUrl;
 
 /**
@@ -83,7 +86,10 @@ struct _GstRTSPUrl {
   gchar             *query;
 }; 
 
+GType gst_rtsp_url_get_type (void);
+
 GstRTSPResult      gst_rtsp_url_parse           (const gchar *urlstr, GstRTSPUrl **url);
+GstRTSPUrl*        gst_rtsp_url_copy            (GstRTSPUrl *url);
 void               gst_rtsp_url_free            (GstRTSPUrl *url);
 gchar*             gst_rtsp_url_get_request_uri (GstRTSPUrl *url);
 
diff --git a/win32/common/libgstrtsp.def b/win32/common/libgstrtsp.def
index b227384495..e621040dcb 100644
--- a/win32/common/libgstrtsp.def
+++ b/win32/common/libgstrtsp.def
@@ -75,9 +75,11 @@ EXPORTS
 	gst_rtsp_transport_init
 	gst_rtsp_transport_new
 	gst_rtsp_transport_parse
+	gst_rtsp_url_copy
 	gst_rtsp_url_free
 	gst_rtsp_url_get_port
 	gst_rtsp_url_get_request_uri
+	gst_rtsp_url_get_type
 	gst_rtsp_url_parse
 	gst_rtsp_url_set_port
 	gst_rtsp_version_as_text