diff --git a/Headers/gnustep/gui/NSDataLinkPanel.h b/Headers/gnustep/gui/NSDataLinkPanel.h
index a7e05aa2d..af17f308c 100644
--- a/Headers/gnustep/gui/NSDataLinkPanel.h
+++ b/Headers/gnustep/gui/NSDataLinkPanel.h
@@ -29,12 +29,17 @@
 #ifndef _GNUstep_H_NSDataLinkPanel
 #define _GNUstep_H_NSDataLinkPanel
 
+#include <AppKit/NSApplication.h>
 #include <AppKit/NSPanel.h>
 
 @class NSDataLink;
 @class NSDataLinkManager;
 @class NSView;
 
+@interface NSApplication (NSDataLinkPanel)
+- (void) orderFrontDataLinkPanel: (id)sender;
+@end
+
 @interface NSDataLinkPanel : NSPanel <NSCoding>
 {
   // Attributes
diff --git a/Source/NSDataLinkPanel.m b/Source/NSDataLinkPanel.m
index 48b4acd42..d476d2218 100644
--- a/Source/NSDataLinkPanel.m
+++ b/Source/NSDataLinkPanel.m
@@ -26,6 +26,21 @@
 #include <gnustep/gui/config.h>
 #include <AppKit/NSDataLinkPanel.h>
 
+
+@implementation NSApplication (NSDataLinkPanel)
+
+- (void) orderFrontDataLinkPanel: sender
+{
+  NSDataLinkPanel *dataLinkPanel = [NSDataLinkPanel sharedDataLinkPanel];
+
+  if (dataLinkPanel)
+    [dataLinkPanel orderFront: nil];
+  else
+    NSBeep();
+}
+
+@end
+
 @implementation NSDataLinkPanel
 
 //