diff --git a/docs/gst/gstreamer-sections.txt b/docs/gst/gstreamer-sections.txt
index 18f106fb73..582157ab28 100644
--- a/docs/gst/gstreamer-sections.txt
+++ b/docs/gst/gstreamer-sections.txt
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ gst_bus_timed_pop_filtered
 gst_bus_set_flushing
 gst_bus_set_sync_handler
 gst_bus_sync_signal_handler
+gst_bus_get_pollfd
 gst_bus_create_watch
 gst_bus_add_watch_full
 gst_bus_add_watch
diff --git a/gst/gstbus.c b/gst/gstbus.c
index 6a7820cbb1..f4039db1cf 100644
--- a/gst/gstbus.c
+++ b/gst/gstbus.c
@@ -761,6 +761,31 @@ no_replace:
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * gst_bus_get_pollfd:
+ * @bus: A #GstBus
+ * @fd: A GPollFD to fill
+ *
+ * Gets the file descriptor from the bus which can be used to get notified about
+ * messages being available with functions like g_poll(), and allows integration
+ * into other event loops based on file descriptors.
+ * Whenever a message is available, the %POLLIN / %G_IO_IN event is set.
+ *
+ * Warning: NEVER read or write anything to the returned fd but only use it
+ * for getting notifications via g_poll() or similar and then use the normal
+ * GstBus API, e.g. gst_bus_pop().
+ *
+ * Since: 1.14
+ */
+void
+gst_bus_get_pollfd (GstBus * bus, GPollFD * fd)
+{
+  g_return_if_fail (GST_IS_BUS (bus));
+  g_return_if_fail (bus->priv->poll != NULL);
+
+  *fd = bus->priv->pollfd;
+}
+
 /* GSource for the bus
  */
 typedef struct
diff --git a/gst/gstbus.h b/gst/gstbus.h
index ed49b2e482..fbacf7b2de 100644
--- a/gst/gstbus.h
+++ b/gst/gstbus.h
@@ -149,6 +149,10 @@ void                    gst_bus_set_flushing            (GstBus * bus, gboolean
 /* synchronous dispatching */
 void                    gst_bus_set_sync_handler        (GstBus * bus, GstBusSyncHandler func,
                                                          gpointer user_data, GDestroyNotify notify);
+
+/* asynchronous message notifications */
+void                    gst_bus_get_pollfd              (GstBus * bus, GPollFD *fd);
+
 /* GSource based dispatching */
 GSource *               gst_bus_create_watch            (GstBus * bus);
 guint                   gst_bus_add_watch_full          (GstBus * bus,
diff --git a/win32/common/libgstreamer.def b/win32/common/libgstreamer.def
index bc4bd55067..389f528591 100644
--- a/win32/common/libgstreamer.def
+++ b/win32/common/libgstreamer.def
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ EXPORTS
 	gst_bus_disable_sync_message_emission
 	gst_bus_enable_sync_message_emission
 	gst_bus_flags_get_type
+	gst_bus_get_pollfd
 	gst_bus_get_type
 	gst_bus_have_pending
 	gst_bus_new