--- a/object.c	Fri Aug 07 11:02:56 2009 -0700
+++ b/object.c	Fri Aug 07 11:20:12 2009 -0700
@@ -130,6 +130,19 @@
   self->ob_type->tp_free((PyObject *) self);
 }
 
+static PyObject *
+PYM_getRuntime(PYM_JSObject *self, PyObject *args)
+{
+  Py_INCREF(self->runtime);
+  return (PyObject *) self->runtime;
+}
+
+static PyMethodDef PYM_JSObjectMethods[] = {
+  {"get_runtime", (PyCFunction) PYM_getRuntime, METH_VARARGS,
+   "Get the JavaScript runtime associated with this object."},
+  {NULL, NULL, 0, NULL}
+};
+
 PyTypeObject PYM_JSObjectType = {
   PyObject_HEAD_INIT(NULL)
   0,                           /*ob_size*/
@@ -162,7 +175,7 @@
   0,                           /* tp_weaklistoffset */
   0,		               /* tp_iter */
   0,		               /* tp_iternext */
-  0,                           /* tp_methods */
+  PYM_JSObjectMethods,         /* tp_methods */
   0,                           /* tp_members */
   0,                           /* tp_getset */
   0,                           /* tp_base */

--- a/test_pymonkey.py	Fri Aug 07 11:02:56 2009 -0700
+++ b/test_pymonkey.py	Fri Aug 07 11:20:12 2009 -0700
@@ -324,7 +324,12 @@
     def testFunctionTypeCannotBeInstantiated(self):
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, pymonkey.Function)
 
-    def testGetRuntimeWorks(self):
+    def testObjectGetRuntimeWorks(self):
+        rt = pymonkey.Runtime()
+        obj = rt.new_context().new_object()
+        self.assertEqual(obj.get_runtime(), rt)
+
+    def testContextGetRuntimeWorks(self):
         rt = pymonkey.Runtime()
         cx = rt.new_context()
         self.assertEqual(cx.get_runtime(), rt)