diff --git a/include/dbus-c++/eventloop.h b/include/dbus-c++/eventloop.h
index fa6728b..8ba6064 100644
--- a/include/dbus-c++/eventloop.h
+++ b/include/dbus-c++/eventloop.h
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ class DXXAPI DefaultMutex
 {
 public:
 
-	DefaultMutex();
+	DefaultMutex(bool recursive = false);
 
 	~DefaultMutex();
 
diff --git a/src/eventloop.cpp b/src/eventloop.cpp
index d64197d..34ae2d1 100644
--- a/src/eventloop.cpp
+++ b/src/eventloop.cpp
@@ -75,9 +75,17 @@ DefaultWatch::~DefaultWatch()
 	_disp->_mutex_w.unlock();
 }
 
-DefaultMutex::DefaultMutex()
+DefaultMutex::DefaultMutex(bool recursive)
 {
-	pthread_mutex_init(&_mutex, NULL);
+	if (recursive)
+	{
+		pthread_mutex_t recmutex = PTHREAD_RECURSIVE_MUTEX_INITIALIZER_NP; 
+ 		_mutex = recmutex;
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		pthread_mutex_init(&_mutex, NULL);
+	}
 }
 
 DefaultMutex::~DefaultMutex()