diff --git a/gobject/gboxed.c b/gobject/gboxed.c
index 2deaff401..57df1e07f 100644
--- a/gobject/gboxed.c
+++ b/gobject/gboxed.c
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ G_DEFINE_BOXED_TYPE (GTimeZone, g_time_zone, g_time_zone_ref, g_time_zone_unref)
 G_DEFINE_BOXED_TYPE (GKeyFile, g_key_file, g_key_file_ref, g_key_file_unref)
 G_DEFINE_BOXED_TYPE (GMappedFile, g_mapped_file, g_mapped_file_ref, g_mapped_file_unref)
 G_DEFINE_BOXED_TYPE (GBookmarkFile, g_bookmark_file, g_bookmark_file_copy, g_bookmark_file_free)
+G_DEFINE_BOXED_TYPE (GHmac, g_hmac, g_hmac_ref, g_hmac_unref)
 
 G_DEFINE_BOXED_TYPE (GMainLoop, g_main_loop, g_main_loop_ref, g_main_loop_unref)
 G_DEFINE_BOXED_TYPE (GMainContext, g_main_context, g_main_context_ref, g_main_context_unref)
diff --git a/gobject/glib-types.h b/gobject/glib-types.h
index 87065b980..d1a34ba5a 100644
--- a/gobject/glib-types.h
+++ b/gobject/glib-types.h
@@ -336,6 +336,15 @@ typedef gsize GType;
  */
 #define G_TYPE_BOOKMARK_FILE (g_bookmark_file_get_type ())
 
+/**
+ * G_TYPE_HMAC:
+ *
+ * The #GType for a boxed type holding a #GHmac.
+ *
+ * Since: 2.80
+ */
+#define G_TYPE_HMAC (g_hmac_get_type ())
+
 GOBJECT_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
 GType   g_date_get_type            (void) G_GNUC_CONST;
 GOBJECT_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
@@ -400,6 +409,8 @@ GOBJECT_AVAILABLE_IN_2_70
 GType g_pattern_spec_get_type (void) G_GNUC_CONST;
 GOBJECT_AVAILABLE_IN_2_76
 GType   g_bookmark_file_get_type   (void) G_GNUC_CONST;
+GOBJECT_AVAILABLE_IN_2_80
+GType   g_hmac_get_type (void) G_GNUC_CONST;
 
 GOBJECT_DEPRECATED_FOR('G_TYPE_VARIANT')
 GType   g_variant_get_gtype        (void) G_GNUC_CONST;
diff --git a/gobject/meson.build b/gobject/meson.build
index b7b693890..7a95121f9 100644
--- a/gobject/meson.build
+++ b/gobject/meson.build
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ if enable_gir
       '-DGLIB_COMPILATION',
       '-DGETTEXT_PACKAGE="dummy"',
       '--symbol-prefix=glib',
+      '--library-path=' + meson.current_build_dir(),
       '--library=gobject-2.0',
     ],
   )