diff --git a/docs/reference/glib/glib-sections.txt b/docs/reference/glib/glib-sections.txt
index ddede2451..57e053348 100644
--- a/docs/reference/glib/glib-sections.txt
+++ b/docs/reference/glib/glib-sections.txt
@@ -2538,6 +2538,7 @@ g_node_destroy
 <TITLE>Quarks</TITLE>
 <FILE>quarks</FILE>
 GQuark
+G_DEFINE_QUARK
 g_quark_from_string
 g_quark_from_static_string
 g_quark_to_string
diff --git a/glib/gquark.c b/glib/gquark.c
index 2afbf8aff..782388a8e 100644
--- a/glib/gquark.c
+++ b/glib/gquark.c
@@ -92,6 +92,18 @@ static gint           quark_block_offset = 0;
  * particular string. A GQuark value of zero is associated to %NULL.
  **/
 
+/**
+ * G_DEFINE_QUARK:
+ * @QN: the string to return a #GQuark for
+ * @q_n: prefix for the function name
+ *
+ * A convenience macro which defines a function returning the
+ * #GQuark for the string @QN. The function will be named
+ * @q_n<!-- -->_quark().
+ *
+ * Since: 2.34
+ */
+
 /**
  * g_quark_try_string:
  * @string: (allow-none): a string.
diff --git a/glib/gquark.h b/glib/gquark.h
index 78b9546be..76894476c 100644
--- a/glib/gquark.h
+++ b/glib/gquark.h
@@ -44,6 +44,19 @@ GQuark                g_quark_from_static_string (const gchar *string);
 GQuark                g_quark_from_string        (const gchar *string);
 const gchar *         g_quark_to_string          (GQuark       quark) G_GNUC_CONST;
 
+#define G_DEFINE_QUARK(QN, q_n)                                         \
+GQuark                                                                  \
+q_n##_quark (void)                                                      \
+{                                                                       \
+  static volatile gsize g_define_quark__volatile = 0;                   \
+  if (g_once_init_enter (&g_define_quark__volatile))                    \
+    {                                                                   \
+      GQuark g_define_quark = g_quark_from_string (#QN);                \
+      g_once_init_leave (&g_define_quark__volatile, g_define_quark);    \
+    }                                                                   \
+  return g_define_quark__volatile;                                      \
+}
+
 const gchar *         g_intern_string            (const gchar *string);
 const gchar *         g_intern_static_string     (const gchar *string);