diff --git a/docs/reference/gio/gio-sections-common.txt b/docs/reference/gio/gio-sections-common.txt
index f5737ef42..805768785 100644
--- a/docs/reference/gio/gio-sections-common.txt
+++ b/docs/reference/gio/gio-sections-common.txt
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ g_file_new_tmp_dir_async
 g_file_new_tmp_dir_finish
 g_file_parse_name
 g_file_new_build_filename
+g_file_new_build_filenamev
 g_file_dup
 g_file_hash
 g_file_equal
diff --git a/gio/gfile.c b/gio/gfile.c
index a78737773..bd3bc585e 100644
--- a/gio/gfile.c
+++ b/gio/gfile.c
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ typedef off_t loff_t;
  * - g_file_new_tmp_async() to asynchronously create a temporary file.
  * - g_file_new_tmp_dir_async() to asynchronously create a temporary directory.
  * - g_file_parse_name() from a UTF-8 string gotten from g_file_get_parse_name().
- * - g_file_new_build_filename() to create a file from path elements.
+ * - g_file_new_build_filename() or g_file_new_build_filenamev() to create a file from path elements.
  *
  * One way to think of a #GFile is as an abstraction of a pathname. For
  * normal files the system pathname is what is stored internally, but as
@@ -7406,6 +7406,35 @@ g_file_new_build_filename (const gchar *first_element,
   return file;
 }
 
+
+/**
+ * g_file_new_build_filenamev:
+ * @args: (array zero-terminated=1) (element-type filename): %NULL-terminated
+ *   array of strings containing the path elements.
+ *
+ * Constructs a #GFile from a vector of elements using the correct
+ * separator for filenames.
+ *
+ * Using this function is equivalent to calling g_build_filenamev(),
+ * followed by g_file_new_for_path() on the result.
+ *
+ * Returns: (transfer full): a new #GFile
+ *
+ * Since: 2.78
+ */
+GFile *
+g_file_new_build_filenamev (const gchar * const *args)
+{
+  gchar *str;
+  GFile *file;
+
+  str = g_build_filenamev ((gchar **) args);
+  file = g_file_new_for_path (str);
+  g_free (str);
+
+  return file;
+}
+
 static gboolean
 is_valid_scheme_character (char c)
 {
diff --git a/gio/gfile.h b/gio/gfile.h
index 141435f40..7c43fe070 100644
--- a/gio/gfile.h
+++ b/gio/gfile.h
@@ -650,6 +650,8 @@ GFile *                 g_file_parse_name                 (const char
 GIO_AVAILABLE_IN_2_56
 GFile *                 g_file_new_build_filename         (const gchar                *first_element,
                                                            ...) G_GNUC_NULL_TERMINATED;
+GIO_AVAILABLE_IN_2_78
+GFile *                 g_file_new_build_filenamev        (const gchar                * const *args);
 GIO_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
 GFile *                 g_file_dup                        (GFile                      *file);
 GIO_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
diff --git a/gio/tests/file.c b/gio/tests/file.c
index 61109909d..69c25ff69 100644
--- a/gio/tests/file.c
+++ b/gio/tests/file.c
@@ -61,6 +61,22 @@ test_build_filename (void)
   g_object_unref (file);
 }
 
+static void
+test_build_filenamev (void)
+{
+  GFile *file;
+
+  const gchar *args[] = { ".", "some", "directory", "testfile", NULL };
+  file = g_file_new_build_filenamev (args);
+  test_basic_for_file (file, "/some/directory/testfile");
+  g_object_unref (file);
+
+  const gchar *brgs[] = { "testfile", NULL };
+  file = g_file_new_build_filenamev (brgs);
+  test_basic_for_file (file, "/testfile");
+  g_object_unref (file);
+}
+
 static void
 test_parent (void)
 {
@@ -3928,6 +3944,7 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
 
   g_test_add_func ("/file/basic", test_basic);
   g_test_add_func ("/file/build-filename", test_build_filename);
+  g_test_add_func ("/file/build-filenamev", test_build_filenamev);
   g_test_add_func ("/file/parent", test_parent);
   g_test_add_func ("/file/child", test_child);
   g_test_add_func ("/file/empty-path", test_empty_path);