diff -r efb7b1e3e36d -r 33722e7cda18 libpurple/connection.c
--- a/libpurple/connection.c	Sat Jul 13 22:30:22 2013 +0530
+++ b/libpurple/connection.c	Sat Jul 13 22:31:27 2013 +0530
@@ -550,6 +550,15 @@
 	priv->last_received = time(NULL);
 }
 
+void purple_connection_disable_reconnection(PurpleConnection *gc)
+{
+	PurpleConnectionPrivate *priv = PURPLE_CONNECTION_GET_PRIVATE(gc);
+
+	g_return_if_fail(priv != NULL);
+
+	priv->wants_to_die = TRUE;
+}
+
 /**************************************************************************
  * GBoxed code
  **************************************************************************/