diff --git a/girepository/girepository.c b/girepository/girepository.c
index 33758f3e7..43d80ea3f 100644
--- a/girepository/girepository.c
+++ b/girepository/girepository.c
@@ -593,8 +593,8 @@ gi_repository_get_dependencies (GIRepository *repository,
                                        transitive_dependencies);
 
   /* Convert to a string array. */
-  out = g_ptr_array_new_full (g_hash_table_size (transitive_dependencies),
-                              g_free);
+  out = g_ptr_array_new_null_terminated (g_hash_table_size (transitive_dependencies),
+                                         g_free, TRUE);
   g_hash_table_iter_init (&iter, transitive_dependencies);
 
   while (g_hash_table_iter_next (&iter, (gpointer) &dependency, NULL))
@@ -605,9 +605,6 @@ gi_repository_get_dependencies (GIRepository *repository,
 
   g_hash_table_unref (transitive_dependencies);
 
-  /* Add a NULL terminator. */
-  g_ptr_array_add (out, NULL);
-
   return (gchar **) g_ptr_array_free (out, FALSE);
 }
 
diff --git a/girepository/tests/repository.c b/girepository/tests/repository.c
index 329cddb3f..70a1e3b27 100644
--- a/girepository/tests/repository.c
+++ b/girepository/tests/repository.c
@@ -114,6 +114,38 @@ test_repository_info (void)
   g_clear_object (&repository);
 }
 
+static void
+test_repository_dependencies (void)
+{
+  GIRepository *repository;
+  GITypelib *typelib;
+  GError *error = NULL;
+  char *gobject_typelib_dir = NULL;
+  char **dependencies;
+
+  g_test_summary ("Test ensures namespace dependencies are correctly exposed");
+
+  gobject_typelib_dir = g_test_build_filename (G_TEST_BUILT, "..", "..", "gobject", NULL);
+  g_test_message ("Using GI_TYPELIB_DIR = %s", gobject_typelib_dir);
+  gi_repository_prepend_search_path (gobject_typelib_dir);
+  g_free (gobject_typelib_dir);
+
+  repository = gi_repository_new ();
+  g_assert_nonnull (repository);
+
+  typelib = gi_repository_require (repository, "GObject", "2.0", 0, &error);
+  g_assert_no_error (error);
+  g_assert_nonnull (typelib);
+
+  dependencies = gi_repository_get_dependencies (repository, "GObject");
+  g_assert_cmpuint (g_strv_length (dependencies), ==, 1);
+  g_assert_true (g_strv_contains ((const char **) dependencies, "GLib-2.0"));
+
+  g_clear_error (&error);
+  g_clear_object (&repository);
+  g_clear_pointer (&dependencies, g_strfreev);
+}
+
 int
 main (int   argc,
       char *argv[])
@@ -126,6 +158,7 @@ main (int   argc,
 
   g_test_add_func ("/repository/basic", test_repository_basic);
   g_test_add_func ("/repository/info", test_repository_info);
+  g_test_add_func ("/repository/dependencies", test_repository_dependencies);
 
   return g_test_run ();
 }