diff --git a/dbus_service.cc b/dbus_service.cc
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+// Copyright (c) 2010 The Chromium OS Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+#include "update_engine/dbus_service.h"
+#include <string>
+#include "base/logging.h"
+
+using std::string;
+
+G_DEFINE_TYPE(UpdateEngineService, update_engine_service, G_TYPE_OBJECT)
+
+static void update_engine_service_finalize(GObject* object) {
+  G_OBJECT_CLASS(update_engine_service_parent_class)->finalize(object);
+}
+
+static void update_engine_service_class_init(UpdateEngineServiceClass* klass) {
+  GObjectClass *object_class;
+  object_class = G_OBJECT_CLASS(klass);
+  object_class->finalize = update_engine_service_finalize;
+}
+
+static void update_engine_service_init(UpdateEngineService* object) {
+}
+
+UpdateEngineService* update_engine_service_new(void) {
+  return reinterpret_cast<UpdateEngineService*>(
+      g_object_new(UPDATE_ENGINE_TYPE_SERVICE, NULL));
+}
+
+gboolean update_engine_service_get_status(UpdateEngineService* self,
+                                          int64_t* last_checked_time,
+                                          double* progress,
+                                          gchar** current_operation,
+                                          gchar** new_version,
+                                          int64_t* new_size,
+                                          GError **error) {
+  string current_op;
+  string new_version_str;
+  
+  CHECK(self->update_attempter_->GetStatus(last_checked_time,
+                                           progress,
+                                           &current_op,
+                                           &new_version_str,
+                                           new_size));
+  
+  *current_operation = strdup(current_op.c_str());
+  *new_version = strdup(new_version_str.c_str());
+  return TRUE;
+}
+