diff --git a/dunstctl b/dunstctl
index 2e1f7db..bce3028 100755
--- a/dunstctl
+++ b/dunstctl
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ function show_help() {
 	  history-pop              Pop one notification from history
 	  status                   Check if
 	  status-set [true|false]  Set the status
+	  debug                    Print debugging information
 	  help                     Show this help
 	EOH
 }
@@ -66,6 +67,21 @@ case "${1:-}" in
 	"help"|"--help"|"-h")
 		show_help
 		;;
+	"debug")
+		dbus-send --print-reply=literal --dest="${DBUS_NAME}" "${DBUS_PATH}" "${DBUS_IFAC_FDN}.GetServerInformation" >/dev/null 2>/dev/null \
+			|| die "Dunst is not running."
+
+		dbus-send --print-reply=literal --dest="${DBUS_NAME}" "${DBUS_PATH}" "${DBUS_IFAC_FDN}.GetServerInformation" \
+			| (
+					read name vendor version protocol_version
+					[ "${name}" == dunst ]
+					printf "dunst version: %s\n" "${version}"
+				) \
+			|| die "Another notification manager is running. It's not dunst"
+
+		dbus-send --print-reply=literal --dest="${DBUS_NAME}" "${DBUS_PATH}" "${DBUS_IFAC_DUNST}.Ping" >/dev/null 2>/dev/null \
+			|| die "Dunst controlling interface not available. Is the version too old?"
+		;;
 	"")
 		die "dunstctl: No command specified. Please consult the usage."
 		;;
diff --git a/src/dbus.c b/src/dbus.c
index 0f8f93a..d554bcc 100644
--- a/src/dbus.c
+++ b/src/dbus.c
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ static const char *introspection_xml =
     "        <method name=\"NotificationCloseLast\" />"
     "        <method name=\"NotificationCloseAll\"  />"
     "        <method name=\"NotificationShow\"      />"
+    "        <method name=\"Ping\"                  />"
 
     "        <property name=\"running\" type=\"b\" access=\"readwrite\">"
     "            <annotation name=\"org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal\" value=\"true\"/>"
@@ -154,11 +155,13 @@ DBUS_METHOD(dunst_ContextMenuCall);
 DBUS_METHOD(dunst_NotificationCloseAll);
 DBUS_METHOD(dunst_NotificationCloseLast);
 DBUS_METHOD(dunst_NotificationShow);
+DBUS_METHOD(dunst_Ping);
 static struct dbus_method methods_dunst[] = {
         {"ContextMenuCall",        dbus_cb_dunst_ContextMenuCall},
         {"NotificationCloseAll",   dbus_cb_dunst_NotificationCloseAll},
         {"NotificationCloseLast",  dbus_cb_dunst_NotificationCloseLast},
         {"NotificationShow",       dbus_cb_dunst_NotificationShow},
+        {"Ping",                   dbus_cb_dunst_Ping},
 };
 
 void dbus_cb_dunst_methods(GDBusConnection *connection,
@@ -241,6 +244,17 @@ static void dbus_cb_dunst_NotificationShow(GDBusConnection *connection,
         g_dbus_connection_flush(connection, NULL, NULL, NULL);
 }
 
+/* Just a simple Ping command to give the ability to dunstctl to test for the existence of this interface
+ * Any other way requires parsing the XML of the Introspection or other foo. Just calling the Ping on an old dunst version will fail. */
+static void dbus_cb_dunst_Ping(GDBusConnection *connection,
+                               const gchar *sender,
+                               GVariant *parameters,
+                               GDBusMethodInvocation *invocation)
+{
+        g_dbus_method_invocation_return_value(invocation, NULL);
+        g_dbus_connection_flush(connection, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+}
+
 
 static void dbus_cb_GetCapabilities(
                 GDBusConnection *connection,