2 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/talloc/pytalloc.c b/lib/talloc/pytalloc.c
index 646aac87f2..c6decf33f1 100644
--- a/lib/talloc/pytalloc.c
+++ b/lib/talloc/pytalloc.c
@@ -81,3 +81,13 @@ PyObject *py_talloc_default_repr(PyObject *obj)
 	return PyString_FromFormat("<%s talloc object at 0x%p>", 
 				   type->tp_name, talloc_obj->ptr);
 }
+
+static void py_cobject_talloc_free(void *ptr)
+{
+	talloc_free(ptr);
+}
+
+PyObject *PyCObject_FromTallocPtr(void *ptr)
+{
+	return PyCObject_FromVoidPtr(ptr, py_cobject_talloc_free);
+}
diff --git a/lib/talloc/pytalloc.h b/lib/talloc/pytalloc.h
index 3bfb272958..9b6587261c 100644
--- a/lib/talloc/pytalloc.h
+++ b/lib/talloc/pytalloc.h
@@ -52,4 +52,6 @@ PyObject *py_talloc_default_repr(PyObject *py_obj);
 
 #define py_talloc_new(type, typeobj) py_talloc_steal(typeobj, talloc_zero(NULL, type))
 
+PyObject *PyCObject_FromTallocPtr(void *);
+
 #endif /* _PY_TALLOC_H_ */