diff --git a/helpers/make-dbus-python b/helpers/make-dbus-python
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..af5355dbf69e47089a1beee1435edde54b370011
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helpers/make-dbus-python
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+#    Copyright (C) 2008-2010  Rubén Rodríguez <ruben@trisquel.info>
+#
+#    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+#    (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+#    Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA
+#
+
+VERSION=1
+
+. ./config
+
+cat << EOF | patch -p0
+--- dbus/gobject_service.py.orig	2012-01-27 16:52:13.000000000 +0100
++++ dbus/gobject_service.py	2013-07-11 21:25:25.937253558 +0200
+@@ -24,7 +24,15 @@
+ 
+ __all__ = ['ExportedGObject']
+ 
+-from gi.repository import GObject as gobject
++import sys
++
++if 'gi' in sys.modules:
++    # this worked in dbus-python 1.0, so preserve the functionality
++    from gi.repository import GObject as gobject
++else:
++    # this worked in dbus-python < 1.0
++    import gobject
++
+ import dbus.service
+ 
+ # The odd syntax used here is required so that the code is compatible with
+EOF
+
+changelog "Backported GObject import method from 1.1.1"
+
+compile