diff --git a/source/blender/windowmanager/WM_api.h b/source/blender/windowmanager/WM_api.h
index e7f5bb3b291..0054f151803 100644
--- a/source/blender/windowmanager/WM_api.h
+++ b/source/blender/windowmanager/WM_api.h
@@ -126,7 +126,8 @@ void		WM_event_remove_handlers(struct bContext *C, ListBase *handlers);
 void		WM_event_add_mousemove(struct bContext *C);
 int			WM_modal_tweak_exit(struct wmEvent *evt, int tweak_event);
 
-void		WM_event_add_notifier(const struct bContext *C, unsigned int type, void *data);
+void		WM_event_add_notifier(const struct bContext *C, unsigned int type, void *reference);
+void		WM_main_add_notifier(unsigned int type, void *reference);
 
 void		wm_event_add		(struct wmWindow *win, struct wmEvent *event_to_add); /* XXX only for warning */
 
diff --git a/source/blender/windowmanager/intern/wm_event_system.c b/source/blender/windowmanager/intern/wm_event_system.c
index 086fdd3665b..4a8aac4525d 100644
--- a/source/blender/windowmanager/intern/wm_event_system.c
+++ b/source/blender/windowmanager/intern/wm_event_system.c
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 #include "BKE_context.h"
 #include "BKE_idprop.h"
 #include "BKE_global.h"
+#include "BKE_main.h"
 #include "BKE_object.h"
 #include "BKE_report.h"
 #include "BKE_scene.h"
@@ -118,6 +119,26 @@ void WM_event_add_notifier(const bContext *C, unsigned int type, void *reference
 	note->reference= reference;
 }
 
+void WM_main_add_notifier(unsigned int type, void *reference)
+{
+	Main *bmain= G.main;
+	wmWindowManager *wm= bmain->wm.first;
+
+	if(wm) {
+		wmNotifier *note= MEM_callocN(sizeof(wmNotifier), "notifier");
+		
+		note->wm= wm;
+		BLI_addtail(&note->wm->queue, note);
+		
+		note->category= type & NOTE_CATEGORY;
+		note->data= type & NOTE_DATA;
+		note->subtype= type & NOTE_SUBTYPE;
+		note->action= type & NOTE_ACTION;
+		
+		note->reference= reference;
+	}
+}
+
 static wmNotifier *wm_notifier_next(wmWindowManager *wm)
 {
 	wmNotifier *note= wm->queue.first;