diff --git a/libjava/ChangeLog b/libjava/ChangeLog
index b88803fd9079..9206f99b796d 100644
--- a/libjava/ChangeLog
+++ b/libjava/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2002-11-29  Gary Benson  <gbenson@redhat.com>
+
+	For PR libgcj/8759:
+	* java/beans/Introspector.java (flushCaches): New method.
+	(flushFromCaches): Likewise.
+
 2002-11-29  Michael Koch <konqueror@gmx.de>
 
 	* java/nio/channels/DatagramChannel.java
diff --git a/libjava/java/beans/Introspector.java b/libjava/java/beans/Introspector.java
index fa98c69ae9d5..ac9e36721e4a 100644
--- a/libjava/java/beans/Introspector.java
+++ b/libjava/java/beans/Introspector.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* java.beans.Introspector
-   Copyright (C) 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Copyright (C) 1998, 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 This file is part of GNU Classpath.
 
@@ -209,6 +209,32 @@ public class Introspector {
       }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Flush all of the Introspector's internal caches.
+   *
+   * @since 1.2
+   */
+  public static void flushCaches()
+  {
+    beanInfoCache.clear();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Flush the Introspector's internal cached information for a given
+   * class.
+   *
+   * @param clz the class to be flushed.
+   * @throws NullPointerException if clz is null.
+   * @since 1.2
+   */
+  public static void flushFromCaches(Class clz)
+  {
+    synchronized (clz)
+      {
+	beanInfoCache.remove(clz);
+      }
+  }
+
   /** 
    * Get the BeanInfo for class <CODE>beanClass</CODE>,
    * first by looking for explicit information, next by