diff --git a/include/libvirt/libvirt.h.in b/include/libvirt/libvirt.h.in
--- a/include/libvirt/libvirt.h.in
+++ b/include/libvirt/libvirt.h.in
@@ -131,6 +131,65 @@ struct _virNodeInfo {
 };
 
 
+/*
+ * Asynchronous background jobs
+ */
+
+/**
+ * virJobType;
+ *
+ * A job may have a finite bounded progress, or may be
+ * unbounded.
+ */
+typedef enum {
+    VIR_JOB_BOUNDED= 0, /* finite, 0-> 100 completion */
+    VIR_JOB_UNBOUNDED= 1, /* unknown completion percent */
+} virJobType;
+
+
+/**
+ * virJobState;
+ *
+ * A job may be in one of several states
+ */
+typedef enum {
+    VIR_JOB_RUNNING = 0,     /* Still active */
+    VIR_JOB_COMPLETE = 1,    /* Completed successfully */
+    VIR_JOB_FAILED = 2,      /* Failed to complete see virJobGetError */
+    VIR_JOB_CANCELLED = 3,   /* User requested cancellation */
+} virJobState;
+
+/**
+ * virJobInfoPtr:
+ *
+ * a virJobInfo is a structure filled by virJobGetInfo() and extracting
+ * runtime informations for a given active Job
+ */
+
+typedef struct _virJobInfo virJobInfo;
+
+struct _virJobInfo {
+    int type;                  /* One of virJobType constants */
+    int state;                 /* One of virJobState constants */
+    unsigned int elapsedTime;  /* Actual running time in seconds */
+    unsigned int remainingTime;/* Estimated remaining time in seconds */
+
+    unsigned long long elapsedData;   /* Total processed data so far */
+    unsigned long long remainingData; /* Estimated remaining data to process */
+    unsigned long long totalData;     /* Total data to be processed for job */
+
+    int percentComplete;         /* Completion progress 0 -> 100, if VIR_JOB_BOUNDED */
+};
+
+/**
+ * virJobInfoPtr:
+ *
+ * a virJobInfoPtr is a pointer to a virJobInfo structure.
+ */
+
+typedef virJobInfo *virJobInfoPtr;
+
+
 /**
  * virDomainSchedParameterType:
  *
@@ -455,6 +514,10 @@ int                     virDomainDestroy
 int                     virDomainDestroy        (virDomainPtr domain);
 int                     virDomainFree           (virDomainPtr domain);
 
+int                     virDomainGetJobInfo     (virDomainPtr dom,
+                                                 virJobInfoPtr info);
+int                     virDomainCancelJob      (virDomainPtr dom);
+
 /*
  * Domain suspend/resume
  */
@@ -466,8 +529,14 @@ int                     virDomainResume 
  */
 int                     virDomainSave           (virDomainPtr domain,
                                                  const char *to);
+int                     virDomainSaveFlags      (virDomainPtr domain,
+                                                 const char *to,
+                                                 unsigned int flags);
 int                     virDomainRestore        (virConnectPtr conn,
                                                  const char *from);
+int                     virDomainRestoreFlags   (virConnectPtr conn,
+                                                 const char *from,
+                                                 unsigned int flags);
 
 /*
  * Domain core dump
@@ -559,6 +628,8 @@ int                     virConnectListDe
                                                  char **const names,
                                                  int maxnames);
 int                     virDomainCreate         (virDomainPtr domain);
+int                     virDomainCreateFlags    (virDomainPtr domain,
+                                                 unsigned int flags);
 
 int                     virDomainGetAutostart   (virDomainPtr domain,
                                                  int *autostart);
@@ -929,6 +1000,10 @@ int                     virStoragePoolRe
 int                     virStoragePoolRefresh           (virStoragePoolPtr pool,
                                                          unsigned int flags);
 
+int                     virStoragePoolGetJobInfo        (virStoragePoolPtr pool,
+                                                         virJobInfoPtr info);
+int                     virStoragePoolCancelJob         (virStoragePoolPtr pool);
+
 /*
  * StoragePool information
  */
@@ -986,6 +1061,10 @@ char *                  virStorageVolGet
                                                          unsigned int flags);
 
 char *                  virStorageVolGetPath            (virStorageVolPtr vol);
+
+int                     virStorageVolGetJobInfo         (virStoragePoolPtr pool,
+                                                         virJobInfoPtr info);
+int                     virStorageVolCancelJob          (virStoragePoolPtr pool);
 
 /*
  * Deprecated calls
@@ -1295,6 +1374,18 @@ void virEventRegisterImpl(virEventAddHan
                           virEventAddTimeoutFunc addTimeout,
                           virEventUpdateTimeoutFunc updateTimeout,
                           virEventRemoveTimeoutFunc removeTimeout);
+
+
+typedef struct _virJob virJob;
+typedef virJob *virJobPtr;
+
+
+virJobPtr virConnectGetJob(virConnectPtr conn);
+virJobPtr virDomainGetJob(virDomainPtr dom);
+
+int virJobCancel(virJobPtr job);
+
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif