Index: src/OFObject.h
==================================================================
--- src/OFObject.h
+++ src/OFObject.h
@@ -203,10 +203,17 @@
  *	  autorelease pool stack.
  *
  * \return The object
  */
 - autorelease;
+
+/**
+ * \brief Returns the receiver.
+ *
+ * \return The receiver
+ */
+- self;
 @end
 
 /**
  * \brief The root class for all other classes inside ObjFW.
  */

Index: src/OFObject.m
==================================================================
--- src/OFObject.m
+++ src/OFObject.m
@@ -799,10 +799,15 @@
 	if (autoreleasePool == Nil)
 		autoreleasePool = [OFAutoreleasePool class];
 
 	[autoreleasePool addObject: self];
 
+	return self;
+}
+
+- self
+{
 	return self;
 }
 
 - (void)dealloc
 {