diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index a8b17e52..5517cbc6 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ byobu (5.3) unreleased; urgency=low
   * usr/share/man/man1/byobu.1: LP: #913817
     - mention byobu-select-backend prominently in the manpage
 
+  [ Dustin Kirkland and Ryan Thompson ]
+  * usr/bin/byobu-reconnect-sockets, usr/bin/byobu-select-session: LP: #908944
+    - improve support for importing X11 environment variables
+
  -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Sun, 08 Jan 2012 20:28:08 -0600
 
 byobu (5.2-0ubuntu1) precise; urgency=low
diff --git a/usr/bin/byobu-reconnect-sockets b/usr/bin/byobu-reconnect-sockets
index f25d42cb..15d447a2 100755
--- a/usr/bin/byobu-reconnect-sockets
+++ b/usr/bin/byobu-reconnect-sockets
@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@
 #                              byobu session.
 #
 #    Copyright (C) 2009 Canonical Ltd.
+#    Copyright (C) 2012 Dustin Kirkland <dustin.kirkland@gmail.com>
 #
-#    Authors: Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>
+#    Authors: Dustin Kirkland <dustin.kirkland@gmail.com>
+#             Ryan C. Thompson <rct@thompsonclan.org>
 #
 #    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 #    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -39,15 +41,61 @@ case "$-" in
 	;;
 esac
 
+export_and_send () {
+	var="$1"
+	value="$(eval "echo \$$var")"
+	export "$var"
+	case $BYOBU_BACKEND in
+		tmux)
+			tmux setenv "$var" "$value"
+		;;
+		*)
+			screen -X setenv "$var" "$value"
+		;;
+	esac
+}
+
+screen_update () {
+	# Ensure that screen's environment variables/values get propagated here
+	tempfile=$(mktemp -q) && {
+		for var in $VARS_TO_UPDATE; do
+			screen sh -c "echo export $var=\$$var >> \"$tempfile\""
+		done
+		. "$tempfile"
+		rm -f "$tempfile"
+	}
+}
+
+tmux_update () {
+	# Ensure that tmux's environment variables/values get propagated here
+	for var in $VARS_TO_UPDATE; do
+		expr="$(tmux showenv | grep "^$var=")"
+		if [ -n "$expr" ]; then
+			export "$expr"
+		fi
+	done
+}
+
+# Pull environment variables/values from backend and update/export here
+VARS_TO_UPDATE="DISPLAY DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS SESSION_MANAGER GPG_AGENT_INFO"
+case $BYOBU_BACKEND in
+	tmux)
+		tmux_update
+	;;
+	screen)
+		screen_update
+	;;
+esac
+
 # Establish gpg-agent socket, helps when reconnecting to a detached session
-newest "$HOME/.gnupg/"gpg-agent-info-* && . "$_RET" && export GPG_AGENT_INFO
+newest "$HOME/.gnupg/"gpg-agent-info-* && . "$_RET" && export_and_send GPG_AGENT_INFO
 
 # Reconnect dbus, source the most recently touched session-bus
 # Sorry, ls -t is needed here, to sort by time
 newest "$HOME/.dbus/session-bus/*" && . "$_RET"
 
 [ -r "$BYOBU_RUN_DIR/sockets" ] && . "$BYOBU_RUN_DIR/sockets"
-export DBUS_SESSION_DBUS_ADDRESS
-export SESSION_MANAGER
+export_and_send DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS
+export_and_send SESSION_MANAGER
 
 # vi: syntax=sh ts=4 noexpandtab
diff --git a/usr/bin/byobu-select-session b/usr/bin/byobu-select-session
index 8da8efe2..81fbce69 100755
--- a/usr/bin/byobu-select-session
+++ b/usr/bin/byobu-select-session
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
 #
 #    byobu-select-session
 #    Copyright (C) 2010 Canonical Ltd.
+#    Copyright (C) 2012 Dustin Kirkland <dustin.kirkland@gmail.com>
 #
-#    Authors: Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>
+#    Authors: Dustin Kirkland <dustin.kirkland@gmail.com>
+#             Ryan C. Thompson <rct@thompsonclan.org>
 #
 #    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 #    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -18,7 +20,7 @@
 #    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 
-import commands, os, re, sys
+import commands, os, re, sys, subprocess
 
 PKG = "byobu"
 SHELL = os.getenv("SHELL", "/bin/bash")
@@ -29,6 +31,8 @@ choice = ""
 sessions = []
 text = []
 
+BYOBU_UPDATE_ENVVARS=["DISPLAY", "DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS", "SESSION_MANAGER", "GPG_AGENT_INFO"]
+
 def get_sessions():
 	sessions = []
 	i = 0
@@ -53,13 +57,26 @@ def get_sessions():
 				i += 1
 	return sessions
 
+def update_environment(session):
+	backend, session_name = session.split("____", 2)
+	for var in BYOBU_UPDATE_ENVVARS:
+		value = os.getenv(var)
+		if value:
+			if backend == "tmux":
+				cmd = ["tmux", "setenv", "-t", session_name, var, value]
+			else:
+				cmd = ["screen", "-S", session_name, "-X", "setenv", var, value]
+			print "Sending variable: %s" % (cmd, )
+			subprocess.call(cmd, stdout=open(os.devnull, "w"))
+
 def attach_session(session):
 	print("Attaching: [%s]\n" % session)
-	items = session.split("____", 2)
-	if items[0] == "tmux":
-		os.execvp("tmux", ["", "-2", "attach", "-t", items[1]])
+	update_environment(session)
+	backend, session_name = session.split("____", 2)
+	if backend == "tmux":
+		os.execvp("tmux", ["", "-2", "attach", "-t", session_name])
 	else:
-		os.execvp("screen", ["", "-AOxRR", items[1]])
+		os.execvp("screen", ["", "-AOxRR", session_name])
 
 sessions = get_sessions()