--- a/libpurple/dbus-server.c	Tue Jan 06 04:11:09 2009 +0000
+++ b/libpurple/dbus-server.c	Tue Jan 06 05:03:18 2009 +0000
@@ -803,6 +803,8 @@
 void
 purple_dbus_init(void)
 {
+	dbus_g_thread_init();
+
 	purple_dbus_init_ids();
 
 	g_free(init_error);