diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 20c2c0a3a9..0512442604 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Tue Aug 29 23:48:43 CEST 2006 Daniel Veillard <veillard@redhat.com>
+
+	* src/conf.c: add missing entry point virConfGetValue()
+
 Tue Aug 29 23:28:31 CEST 2006 Daniel Veillard <veillard@redhat.com>
 
 	* TODO libvirt.spec.in: update
diff --git a/src/conf.c b/src/conf.c
index 143936cddb..5c0707cf24 100644
--- a/src/conf.c
+++ b/src/conf.c
@@ -770,6 +770,15 @@ virConfFree(virConfPtr conf)
 virConfValuePtr
 virConfGetValue(virConfPtr conf, const char *setting)
 {
+    virConfEntryPtr cur;
+
+    cur = conf->entries;
+    while (cur != NULL) {
+        if ((cur->name != NULL) && (!strcmp(cur->name, setting)))
+	    return(cur->value);
+        cur = cur->next;
+    }
+    return(NULL);
 }
 
 /**