diff --git a/doc/libpkgconf-client.rst b/doc/libpkgconf-client.rst
index 2477d14..7556b9d 100644
--- a/doc/libpkgconf-client.rst
+++ b/doc/libpkgconf-client.rst
@@ -78,3 +78,37 @@ thread boundaries.
    :param pkgconf_client_t* client: The client object being modified.
    :param char* buildroot_dir: The buildroot directory to set or NULL to unset.
    :return: nothing
+
+.. c:function:: bool pkgconf_error(const pkgconf_client_t *client, const char *format, ...)
+
+   Report an error to a client-registered error handler.
+
+   :param pkgconf_client_t* client: The pkgconf client object to report the error to.
+   :param char* format: A printf-style format string to use for formatting the error message.
+   :return: true if the error handler processed the message, else false.
+   :rtype: bool
+
+.. c:function:: bool pkgconf_default_error_handler(const char *msg, const pkgconf_client_t *client, const void *data)
+
+   The default pkgconf error handler.
+
+   :param char* msg: The error message to handle.
+   :param pkgconf_client_t* client: The client object the error originated from.
+   :param void* data: An opaque pointer to extra data associated with the client for error handling.
+   :return: true (the function does nothing to process the message)
+   :rtype: bool
+
+.. c:function:: unsigned int pkgconf_client_get_flags(const pkgconf_client_t *client)
+
+   Retrieves resolver-specific flags associated with a client object.
+
+   :param pkgconf_client_t* client: The client object to retrieve the resolver-specific flags from.
+   :return: a bitfield of resolver-specific flags
+   :rtype: uint
+
+.. c:function:: void pkgconf_client_set_flags(pkgconf_client_t *client, unsigned int flags)
+
+   Sets resolver-specific flags associated with a client object.
+
+   :param pkgconf_client_t* client: The client object to set the resolver-specific flags on.
+   :return: nothing
diff --git a/libpkgconf/client.c b/libpkgconf/client.c
index 4781023..2ab4e61 100644
--- a/libpkgconf/client.c
+++ b/libpkgconf/client.c
@@ -257,3 +257,36 @@ pkgconf_default_error_handler(const char *msg, const pkgconf_client_t *client, c
 
 	return true;
 }
+
+/*
+ * !doc
+ *
+ * .. c:function:: unsigned int pkgconf_client_get_flags(const pkgconf_client_t *client)
+ *
+ *    Retrieves resolver-specific flags associated with a client object.
+ *
+ *    :param pkgconf_client_t* client: The client object to retrieve the resolver-specific flags from.
+ *    :return: a bitfield of resolver-specific flags
+ *    :rtype: uint
+ */
+unsigned int
+pkgconf_client_get_flags(const pkgconf_client_t *client)
+{
+	return client->flags;
+}
+
+/*
+ * !doc
+ *
+ * .. c:function:: void pkgconf_client_set_flags(pkgconf_client_t *client, unsigned int flags)
+ *
+ *    Sets resolver-specific flags associated with a client object.
+ *
+ *    :param pkgconf_client_t* client: The client object to set the resolver-specific flags on.
+ *    :return: nothing
+ */
+void
+pkgconf_client_set_flags(pkgconf_client_t *client, unsigned int flags)
+{
+	client->flags = flags;
+}
diff --git a/libpkgconf/libpkgconf.h b/libpkgconf/libpkgconf.h
index a59b7cd..3f75c59 100644
--- a/libpkgconf/libpkgconf.h
+++ b/libpkgconf/libpkgconf.h
@@ -150,6 +150,8 @@ struct pkgconf_client_ {
 
 	char *sysroot_dir;
 	char *buildroot_dir;
+
+	unsigned int flags;
 };
 
 /* client.c */
@@ -161,6 +163,8 @@ const char *pkgconf_client_get_sysroot_dir(const pkgconf_client_t *client);
 void pkgconf_client_set_sysroot_dir(pkgconf_client_t *client, const char *sysroot_dir);
 const char *pkgconf_client_get_buildroot_dir(const pkgconf_client_t *client);
 void pkgconf_client_set_buildroot_dir(pkgconf_client_t *client, const char *buildroot_dir);
+unsigned int pkgconf_client_get_flags(const pkgconf_client_t *client);
+void pkgconf_client_set_flags(pkgconf_client_t *client, unsigned int flags);
 
 #define PKGCONF_IS_MODULE_SEPARATOR(c) ((c) == ',' || isspace ((unsigned int)(c)))
 #define PKGCONF_IS_OPERATOR_CHAR(c) ((c) == '<' || (c) == '>' || (c) == '!' || (c) == '=')