diff --git a/include/core/SkDevice.h b/include/core/SkDevice.h
index ec62033..b9a96d9 100644
--- a/include/core/SkDevice.h
+++ b/include/core/SkDevice.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include "SkBitmap.h"
 #include "SkCanvas.h"
 #include "SkColor.h"
+#include "SkRefDict.h"
 
 class SkDevice;
 class SkDraw;
@@ -184,6 +185,10 @@
     virtual void drawDevice(const SkDraw&, SkDevice*, int x, int y,
                             const SkPaint&);
 
+    ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+    SkRefDict& getRefDict() { return fRefDict; }
+
 protected:
     /** Update as needed the pixel value in the bitmap, so that the caller can access
         the pixels directly. Note: only the pixels field should be altered. The config/width/height/rowbytes
@@ -199,8 +204,9 @@
     }
 
 private:
-    SkCanvas* fCanvas;
-    SkBitmap fBitmap;
+    SkCanvas*   fCanvas;
+    SkBitmap    fBitmap;
+    SkRefDict   fRefDict;
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/include/core/SkRefDict.h b/include/core/SkRefDict.h
index c66f808..3ee27d9 100644
--- a/include/core/SkRefDict.h
+++ b/include/core/SkRefDict.h
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+/*
+    Copyright 2011 Google Inc.
+
+    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+    You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+    WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+    See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+    limitations under the License.
+ */
+
 #ifndef SkRefDict_DEFINED
 #define SkRefDict_DEFINED
 
diff --git a/src/core/SkRefDict.cpp b/src/core/SkRefDict.cpp
index 572ed7e..6f1e7ca 100644
--- a/src/core/SkRefDict.cpp
+++ b/src/core/SkRefDict.cpp
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+/*
+    Copyright 2011 Google Inc.
+
+    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+    You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+    WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+    See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+    limitations under the License.
+ */
+
 #include "SkRefDict.h"
 #include "SkString.h"
 
diff --git a/tests/RefDictTest.cpp b/tests/RefDictTest.cpp
index 61f64e9..f52541b 100644
--- a/tests/RefDictTest.cpp
+++ b/tests/RefDictTest.cpp
@@ -46,6 +46,20 @@
     dict.removeAll();
     REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, NULL == dict.find("foo"));
     REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, NULL == dict.find("bar"));
+    REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, 1 == data0.getRefCnt());
+    REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, 1 == data1.getRefCnt());
+
+    {
+        SkRefDict d;
+        REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, NULL == d.find("foo"));
+        REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, 1 == data0.getRefCnt());
+        d.set("foo", &data0);
+        REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, &data0 == d.find("foo"));
+        REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, 2 == data0.getRefCnt());
+        // let d go out of scope still with a ref on data0
+    }
+    // be sure d's destructor lowered data0's owner count back to 1
+    REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, 1 == data0.getRefCnt());
 }
 
 #include "TestClassDef.h"
diff --git a/xcode/core/core.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/xcode/core/core.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index 1f24d01..3c468fa 100644
--- a/xcode/core/core.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/xcode/core/core.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@
 		005F25E60EF94F7900582A90 /* SkWriter32.cpp in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 005F256D0EF94F7900582A90 /* SkWriter32.cpp */; };
 		005F25E70EF94F7900582A90 /* SkXfermode.cpp in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 005F256E0EF94F7900582A90 /* SkXfermode.cpp */; };
 		005F26960EF955D400582A90 /* SkComposeShader.cpp in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 005F26950EF955D400582A90 /* SkComposeShader.cpp */; };
+		006EB61412EF97E100686979 /* SkRefDict.cpp in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 006EB61312EF97E100686979 /* SkRefDict.cpp */; };
 		007C786A0F3B4D5F0004B142 /* SkQuadClipper.cpp in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 007C78690F3B4D5F0004B142 /* SkQuadClipper.cpp */; };
 		008AE3D612E4A3D6002516FE /* opts_check_SSE2.cpp in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 008AE3D112E4A3D6002516FE /* opts_check_SSE2.cpp */; };
 		008AE3D712E4A3D6002516FE /* SkBitmapProcState_opts_SSE2.cpp in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 008AE3D212E4A3D6002516FE /* SkBitmapProcState_opts_SSE2.cpp */; };
@@ -259,6 +260,7 @@
 		005F256D0EF94F7900582A90 /* SkWriter32.cpp */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.cpp.cpp; name = SkWriter32.cpp; path = ../../src/core/SkWriter32.cpp; sourceTree = SOURCE_ROOT; };
 		005F256E0EF94F7900582A90 /* SkXfermode.cpp */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.cpp.cpp; name = SkXfermode.cpp; path = ../../src/core/SkXfermode.cpp; sourceTree = SOURCE_ROOT; };
 		005F26950EF955D400582A90 /* SkComposeShader.cpp */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.cpp.cpp; name = SkComposeShader.cpp; path = ../../src/core/SkComposeShader.cpp; sourceTree = SOURCE_ROOT; };
+		006EB61312EF97E100686979 /* SkRefDict.cpp */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.cpp.cpp; name = SkRefDict.cpp; path = ../../src/core/SkRefDict.cpp; sourceTree = SOURCE_ROOT; };
 		007C78690F3B4D5F0004B142 /* SkQuadClipper.cpp */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.cpp.cpp; name = SkQuadClipper.cpp; path = ../../src/core/SkQuadClipper.cpp; sourceTree = SOURCE_ROOT; };
 		008AE3D112E4A3D6002516FE /* opts_check_SSE2.cpp */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.cpp.cpp; name = opts_check_SSE2.cpp; path = ../../src/opts/opts_check_SSE2.cpp; sourceTree = SOURCE_ROOT; };
 		008AE3D212E4A3D6002516FE /* SkBitmapProcState_opts_SSE2.cpp */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.cpp.cpp; name = SkBitmapProcState_opts_SSE2.cpp; path = ../../src/opts/SkBitmapProcState_opts_SSE2.cpp; sourceTree = SOURCE_ROOT; };
@@ -340,6 +342,7 @@
 		08FB7795FE84155DC02AAC07 /* src */ = {
 			isa = PBXGroup;
 			children = (
+				006EB61312EF97E100686979 /* SkRefDict.cpp */,
 				00B5785E12BFDC2A00393BE9 /* SkFlate.cpp */,
 				277670F312B840CA006811C2 /* SkRegion_rects.cpp */,
 				277670F412B840CA006811C2 /* SkScalar.cpp */,
@@ -673,6 +676,7 @@
 				008AE3D712E4A3D6002516FE /* SkBitmapProcState_opts_SSE2.cpp in Sources */,
 				008AE3D812E4A3D6002516FE /* SkBlitRow_opts_SSE2.cpp in Sources */,
 				008AE3DA12E4A3D6002516FE /* SkUtils_opts_SSE2.cpp in Sources */,
+				006EB61412EF97E100686979 /* SkRefDict.cpp in Sources */,
 			);
 			runOnlyForDeploymentPostprocessing = 0;
 		};