diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b2ae06ce3d..725dca13e0 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2007-08-12  Wim Taymans  <wim.taymans@gmail.com>
+
+	* docs/gst/gstreamer-sections.txt:
+	* gst/gststructure.c: (gst_structure_get_uint):
+	* gst/gststructure.h:
+	Add function to get uint from a structure.
+	API: gst_structure_get_uint()
+
 2007-08-12  Wim Taymans  <wim.taymans@gmail.com>
 
 	* gst/gstcaps.c: (gst_caps_set_simple_valist),
diff --git a/docs/gst/gstreamer-sections.txt b/docs/gst/gstreamer-sections.txt
index 16722afa93..a0e9b3c9bc 100644
--- a/docs/gst/gstreamer-sections.txt
+++ b/docs/gst/gstreamer-sections.txt
@@ -1768,6 +1768,7 @@ gst_structure_has_field
 gst_structure_has_field_typed
 gst_structure_get_boolean
 gst_structure_get_int
+gst_structure_get_uint
 gst_structure_get_fourcc
 gst_structure_get_double
 gst_structure_get_string
diff --git a/gst/gststructure.c b/gst/gststructure.c
index 1ccb857dd8..d837cb38a5 100644
--- a/gst/gststructure.c
+++ b/gst/gststructure.c
@@ -1042,6 +1042,42 @@ gst_structure_get_int (const GstStructure * structure,
   return TRUE;
 }
 
+/**
+ * gst_structure_get_uint:
+ * @structure: a #GstStructure
+ * @fieldname: the name of a field
+ * @value: a pointer to a uint to set
+ *
+ * Sets the uint pointed to by @value corresponding to the value of the
+ * given field.  Caller is responsible for making sure the field exists
+ * and has the correct type.
+ *
+ * Returns: %TRUE if the value could be set correctly. If there was no field
+ * with @fieldname or the existing field did not contain a uint, this function
+ * returns %FALSE.
+ */
+gboolean
+gst_structure_get_uint (const GstStructure * structure,
+    const gchar * fieldname, guint * value)
+{
+  GstStructureField *field;
+
+  g_return_val_if_fail (structure != NULL, FALSE);
+  g_return_val_if_fail (fieldname != NULL, FALSE);
+  g_return_val_if_fail (value != NULL, FALSE);
+
+  field = gst_structure_get_field (structure, fieldname);
+
+  if (field == NULL)
+    return FALSE;
+  if (!G_VALUE_HOLDS_UINT (&field->value))
+    return FALSE;
+
+  *value = g_value_get_uint (&field->value);
+
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
 /**
  * gst_structure_get_fourcc:
  * @structure: a #GstStructure
diff --git a/gst/gststructure.h b/gst/gststructure.h
index 8bdfc847f8..0fc50315a7 100644
--- a/gst/gststructure.h
+++ b/gst/gststructure.h
@@ -167,6 +167,9 @@ gboolean                gst_structure_get_boolean          (const GstStructure
 gboolean                gst_structure_get_int              (const GstStructure      *structure,
 							    const gchar             *fieldname,
 							    gint                    *value);
+gboolean                gst_structure_get_uint             (const GstStructure      *structure,
+							    const gchar             *fieldname,
+							    guint                   *value);
 gboolean                gst_structure_get_fourcc           (const GstStructure      *structure,
 							    const gchar             *fieldname,
 							    guint32                 *value);