diff --git a/libjava/ChangeLog b/libjava/ChangeLog
index abe7989f40dc5b95578e5f1c37591d872f14886c..d13425b1316c24445d203bdc1ca18018ca4cdb55 100644
--- a/libjava/ChangeLog
+++ b/libjava/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-01-23  Keith Seitz  <keiths@redhat.com>
+
+	* java/lang/Class.h (_Jv_FindInterpreterMethod): Add new declaration.
+	* java/lang/natClass.cc (_Jv_FindInterpreterMethod): New function.
+
 2006-01-23  David Daney  <ddaney@avtrex.com>
 
 	* configure.host (disable_dladdr): Remove variable and its
diff --git a/libjava/java/lang/Class.h b/libjava/java/lang/Class.h
index 1c14df3a9c39159347e11d71a8609dcb7762c771..fe31fa2a39cecca2b8fef04205cac23be58047d4 100644
--- a/libjava/java/lang/Class.h
+++ b/libjava/java/lang/Class.h
@@ -81,6 +81,12 @@ class _Jv_ExecutionEngine;
 class _Jv_CompiledEngine;
 class _Jv_InterpreterEngine;
 
+#ifdef INTERPRETER
+class _Jv_ClassReader;
+class _Jv_InterpClass;
+class _Jv_InterpMethod;
+#endif
+
 struct _Jv_Constants
 {
   jint size;
@@ -217,6 +223,11 @@ jmethodID _Jv_FromReflectedConstructor (java::lang::reflect::Constructor *);
 jint JvNumMethods (jclass);
 jmethodID JvGetFirstMethod (jclass);
 
+#ifdef INTERPRETER
+// Finds a desired interpreter method in the given class or NULL if not found
+_Jv_InterpMethod* _Jv_FindInterpreterMethod (jclass, jmethodID);
+#endif
+
 // Friend classes and functions to implement the ClassLoader
 class java::lang::ClassLoader;
 class java::lang::VMClassLoader;
@@ -256,10 +267,6 @@ void _Jv_CopyClassesToSystemLoader (gnu::gcj::runtime::SystemClassLoader *);
 
 #ifdef INTERPRETER
 void _Jv_InitField (jobject, jclass, int);
-
-class _Jv_ClassReader;
-class _Jv_InterpClass;
-class _Jv_InterpMethod;
 #endif
 
 class _Jv_StackTrace;
@@ -442,6 +449,10 @@ private:
   friend jmethodID (::_Jv_FromReflectedConstructor) (java::lang::reflect::Constructor *);
   friend jint (::JvNumMethods) (jclass);
   friend jmethodID (::JvGetFirstMethod) (jclass);
+#ifdef INTERPRETER
+  friend _Jv_InterpMethod* (::_Jv_FindInterpreterMethod) (jclass klass,
+							  jmethodID desired_method);
+#endif
 
   // Friends classes and functions to implement the ClassLoader
   friend class java::lang::ClassLoader;
diff --git a/libjava/java/lang/natClass.cc b/libjava/java/lang/natClass.cc
index bd68eb224358375ad40687b9125770126ce2857b..951bab974cc9c5eb1ff6c86d950697befb7f4b4c 100644
--- a/libjava/java/lang/natClass.cc
+++ b/libjava/java/lang/natClass.cc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // natClass.cc - Implementation of java.lang.Class native methods.
 
-/* Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005  
+/* Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006  
    Free Software Foundation
 
    This file is part of libgcj.
@@ -1220,3 +1220,29 @@ _Jv_getInterfaceMethod (jclass search_class, jclass &found_class, int &index,
 
   return false;
 }
+
+#ifdef INTERPRETER
+_Jv_InterpMethod*
+_Jv_FindInterpreterMethod (jclass klass, jmethodID desired_method)
+{
+  using namespace java::lang::reflect;
+
+  _Jv_InterpClass* iclass
+    = reinterpret_cast<_Jv_InterpClass*> (klass->aux_info);
+  _Jv_MethodBase** imethods = _Jv_GetFirstMethod (iclass);
+
+  for (int i = 0; i < JvNumMethods (klass); ++i)
+    {
+      _Jv_MethodBase* imeth = imethods[i];
+      _Jv_ushort accflags = klass->methods[i].accflags;
+      if ((accflags & (Modifier::NATIVE | Modifier::ABSTRACT)) == 0)
+	{
+	  _Jv_InterpMethod* im = reinterpret_cast<_Jv_InterpMethod*> (imeth);
+	  if (im->get_method () == desired_method)
+	    return im;
+	}
+    }
+
+  return NULL;
+}
+#endif