diff --git a/sysutils/garcon/Makefile b/sysutils/garcon/Makefile
index 037c2e0d1397..52b22ecc911f 100644
--- a/sysutils/garcon/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/garcon/Makefile
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 PORTNAME=	garcon
 PORTVERSION=	0.8.0
+PORTREVISION=	1
 CATEGORIES=	sysutils xfce
 MASTER_SITES=	XFCE
 DIST_SUBDIR=	xfce4
@@ -29,9 +30,16 @@ CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--without-html-dir
 
 PORTSCOUT=	limitw:1,even
 
-OPTIONS_DEFINE=		NLS
+OPTIONS_DEFINE=		GIR NLS
+OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	GIR
 OPTIONS_SUB=		yes
 
+GIR_DESC=	Use Gobject Introspection
+
+GIR_USE=	gnome=introspection:build
+GIR_CONFIGURE_ON=	--enable-introspection=yes
+GIR_CONFIGURE_OFF=	--enable-introspection=no
+
 NLS_CONFIGURE_ENABLE=	nls
 NLS_USES=		gettext-runtime
 
diff --git a/sysutils/garcon/pkg-plist b/sysutils/garcon/pkg-plist
index 55fa28cbd0f1..3bffc212d0e3 100644
--- a/sysutils/garcon/pkg-plist
+++ b/sysutils/garcon/pkg-plist
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ include/garcon-1/garcon/garcon-menu.h
 include/garcon-1/garcon/garcon.h
 include/garcon-gtk3-1/garcon-gtk/garcon-gtk-menu.h
 include/garcon-gtk3-1/garcon-gtk/garcon-gtk.h
+%%GIR%%lib/girepository-1.0/Garcon-1.0.typelib
+%%GIR%%lib/girepository-1.0/GarconGtk-1.0.typelib
 lib/libgarcon-1.so
 lib/libgarcon-1.so.0
 lib/libgarcon-1.so.0.0.0
@@ -39,6 +41,8 @@ share/desktop-directories/xfce-personal.directory
 share/desktop-directories/xfce-screensavers.directory
 share/desktop-directories/xfce-settings.directory
 share/desktop-directories/xfce-system.directory
+%%GIR%%share/gir-1.0/Garcon-1.0.gir
+%%GIR%%share/gir-1.0/GarconGtk-1.0.gir
 share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/org.xfce.garcon.png
 %%NLS%%share/locale/am/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/garcon.mo