diff --git a/girepository/gicallableinfo.c b/girepository/gicallableinfo.c
index bcb37a792..551fe961d 100644
--- a/girepository/gicallableinfo.c
+++ b/girepository/gicallableinfo.c
@@ -135,10 +135,12 @@ gi_callable_info_can_throw_gerror (GICallableInfo *info)
  *
  * Determines if the callable info is a method.
  *
- * For [class@GIRepository.VFuncInfo]s and [class@GIRepository.SignalInfo]s,
- * this is always true, and for [class@GIRepository.CallbackInfo]s always false.
- * Otherwise, this looks at the `GI_FUNCTION_IS_METHOD` flag on the
- * [class@GIRepository.FunctionInfo].
+ * For [class@GIRepository.SignalInfo]s, this is always true, and for
+ * [class@GIRepository.CallbackInfo]s always false.
+ * For [class@GIRepository.FunctionInfo]s this looks at the
+ * `GI_FUNCTION_IS_METHOD` flag on the [class@GIRepository.FunctionInfo].
+ * For [class@GIRepository.VFuncInfo]s this is true when the virtual function
+ * has an instance parameter.
  *
  * Concretely, this function returns whether
  * [method@GIRepository.CallableInfo.get_n_args] matches the number of arguments
@@ -160,6 +162,11 @@ gi_callable_info_is_method (GICallableInfo *info)
       return (!blob->constructor && !blob->is_static);
     }
   case GI_INFO_TYPE_VFUNC:
+    {
+      VFuncBlob *blob;
+      blob = (VFuncBlob *) &rinfo->typelib->data[rinfo->offset];
+      return !blob->is_static;
+    }
   case GI_INFO_TYPE_SIGNAL:
     return TRUE;
   case GI_INFO_TYPE_CALLBACK:
diff --git a/girepository/girnode-private.h b/girepository/girnode-private.h
index 652eb92a0..6bb814e38 100644
--- a/girepository/girnode-private.h
+++ b/girepository/girnode-private.h
@@ -243,6 +243,8 @@ struct _GIIrNodeVFunc
   uint8_t instance_transfer_full : 1;
   uint8_t is_async : 1;
 
+  uint8_t is_static : 1;
+
   char *invoker;  /* (owned) */
   char *finish_func;  /* (owned) */
   char *sync_func;  /* (owned) */
diff --git a/girepository/girnode.c b/girepository/girnode.c
index 15084ceba..65641625d 100644
--- a/girepository/girnode.c
+++ b/girepository/girnode.c
@@ -2029,6 +2029,7 @@ gi_ir_node_build_typelib (GIIrNode         *node,
         blob->struct_offset = vfunc->offset;
         blob->reserved2 = 0;
         blob->signature = signature;
+        blob->is_static = vfunc->is_static;
 
         gi_ir_node_build_typelib ((GIIrNode *)vfunc->result->type,
                                   node, build, &signature, offset2, NULL);
diff --git a/girepository/girparser.c b/girepository/girparser.c
index 7a111f0d9..0cf341533 100644
--- a/girepository/girparser.c
+++ b/girepository/girparser.c
@@ -2660,6 +2660,7 @@ start_vfunc (GMarkupParseContext  *context,
   const char *offset;
   const char *invoker;
   const char *throws;
+  const char *is_static;
   const char *finish_func;
   const char *async_func;
   const char *sync_func;
@@ -2682,6 +2683,7 @@ start_vfunc (GMarkupParseContext  *context,
   offset = find_attribute ("offset", attribute_names, attribute_values);
   invoker = find_attribute ("invoker", attribute_names, attribute_values);
   throws = find_attribute ("throws", attribute_names, attribute_values);
+  is_static = find_attribute ("glib:static", attribute_names, attribute_values);
   finish_func = find_attribute ("glib:finish-func", attribute_names, attribute_values);
   sync_func = find_attribute ("glib:sync-func", attribute_names, attribute_values);
   async_func = find_attribute ("glib:async-func", attribute_names, attribute_values);
@@ -2728,6 +2730,11 @@ start_vfunc (GMarkupParseContext  *context,
   else
     vfunc->throws = FALSE;
 
+  if (is_static && strcmp (is_static, "1") == 0)
+    vfunc->is_static = TRUE;
+  else
+    vfunc->is_static = FALSE;
+
   if (offset == NULL)
     vfunc->offset = 0xFFFF;
   else if (g_ascii_string_to_unsigned (offset, 10, 0, G_MAXSIZE, &parsed_offset, error))
diff --git a/girepository/gitypelib-internal.h b/girepository/gitypelib-internal.h
index cb5610ef6..74cf1b4dc 100644
--- a/girepository/gitypelib-internal.h
+++ b/girepository/gitypelib-internal.h
@@ -1117,6 +1117,7 @@ typedef struct {
  * @invoker: If a method invoker for this virtual exists, this is the offset
  *   in the class structure of the method. If no method is known, this value
  *   will be 0x3ff.
+ * @is_static: True if the vfunc has no instance parameter.
  * @reserved: Reserved for future use.
  * @finish: The index of the finish function if is_async is TRUE, otherwise ASYNC_SENTINEL
  * @reserved2: Reserved for future use.
@@ -1142,7 +1143,8 @@ typedef struct {
 
   uint16_t struct_offset;
   uint16_t invoker  : 10; /* Number of bits matches @index in FunctionBlob */
-  uint16_t reserved : 6;
+  uint16_t is_static : 1;
+  uint16_t reserved : 5;
 
   uint16_t finish                  : 10;
   uint16_t reserved2               : 6;