--- a/ipc/dbus/DBusUtils.cpp
+++ b/ipc/dbus/DBusUtils.cpp
@@ -642,10 +642,20 @@ int dbus_returns_uint32(DBusMessage *rep
                              DBUS_TYPE_INVALID)) {
     LOG_AND_FREE_DBUS_ERROR_WITH_MSG(&err, reply);
   }
 
   dbus_message_unref(reply);
   return ret;
 }
 
+void DBusReplyHandler::Callback(DBusMessage* aReply, void* aData)
+{
+  MOZ_ASSERT(aData);
+
+  nsRefPtr<DBusReplyHandler> handler =
+    already_AddRefed<DBusReplyHandler>(static_cast<DBusReplyHandler*>(aData));
+
+  handler->Handle(aReply);
+}
+
 }
 }

--- a/ipc/dbus/DBusUtils.h
+++ b/ipc/dbus/DBusUtils.h
@@ -15,16 +15,17 @@
 ** See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 ** limitations under the License.
 */
 
 #ifndef mozilla_ipc_dbus_dbusutils_h__
 #define mozilla_ipc_dbus_dbusutils_h__
 
 #include <dbus/dbus.h>
+#include "mozilla/RefPtr.h"
 #include "mozilla/Scoped.h"
 
 // LOGE and free a D-Bus error
 // Using #define so that __FUNCTION__ resolves usefully
 #define LOG_AND_FREE_DBUS_ERROR_WITH_MSG(err, msg) log_and_free_dbus_error(err, __FUNCTION__, msg);
 #define LOG_AND_FREE_DBUS_ERROR(err) log_and_free_dbus_error(err, __FUNCTION__);
 
 struct DBusMessage;
@@ -45,19 +46,56 @@ public:
     if (mMsg) dbus_message_unref(mMsg);
   }
   operator DBusMessage*() { return mMsg; }
   DBusMessage* get() { return mMsg; }
 private:
   DBusMessage* mMsg;
 };
 
+/**
+ * DBusReplyHandler represents a handler for DBus reply messages. Inherit
+ * from this class and implement the Handle method. The method Callback
+ * should be passed to the DBus send function, with the class instance as
+ * user-data argument.
+ */
+class DBusReplyHandler : public mozilla::RefCounted<DBusReplyHandler>
+{
+public:
+  virtual ~DBusReplyHandler() {
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Implements a call-back function for DBus. The supplied value for
+   * aData must be a pointer to an instance of DBusReplyHandler.
+   */
+  static void Callback(DBusMessage* aReply, void* aData);
+
+  /**
+   * Call-back method for handling the reply message from DBus.
+   */
+  virtual void Handle(DBusMessage* aReply) = 0;
+
+protected:
+  DBusReplyHandler()
+  {
+  }
+
+  DBusReplyHandler(const DBusReplyHandler& aHandler)
+  {
+  }
+
+  DBusReplyHandler& operator = (const DBusReplyHandler& aRhs)
+  {
+    return *this;
+  }
+};
+
 typedef void (*DBusCallback)(DBusMessage *, void *);
 
-
 void log_and_free_dbus_error(DBusError* err,
                              const char* function,
                              DBusMessage* msg = NULL);
 
 dbus_bool_t dbus_func_send(DBusConnection *aConnection,
                            dbus_uint32_t *aSerial,
                            DBusMessage *aMessage);