diff --git a/docs/reference/gobject/gobject-sections.txt b/docs/reference/gobject/gobject-sections.txt
index 70f28329d..f52d95379 100644
--- a/docs/reference/gobject/gobject-sections.txt
+++ b/docs/reference/gobject/gobject-sections.txt
@@ -409,6 +409,7 @@ G_TYPE_POLLFD
 G_TYPE_THREAD
 G_TYPE_OPTION_GROUP
 G_TYPE_URI
+G_TYPE_TREE
 
 <SUBSECTION Standard>
 G_TYPE_IS_BOXED
@@ -443,6 +444,7 @@ g_markup_parse_context_get_type
 g_thread_get_type
 g_option_group_get_type
 g_uri_get_type
+g_tree_get_type
 </SECTION>
 
 <SECTION>
diff --git a/gobject/gboxed.c b/gobject/gboxed.c
index c7e9b75b6..30ba4e775 100644
--- a/gobject/gboxed.c
+++ b/gobject/gboxed.c
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ G_DEFINE_BOXED_TYPE (GArray, g_array, g_array_ref, g_array_unref)
 G_DEFINE_BOXED_TYPE (GPtrArray, g_ptr_array,g_ptr_array_ref, g_ptr_array_unref)
 G_DEFINE_BOXED_TYPE (GByteArray, g_byte_array, g_byte_array_ref, g_byte_array_unref)
 G_DEFINE_BOXED_TYPE (GBytes, g_bytes, g_bytes_ref, g_bytes_unref)
+G_DEFINE_BOXED_TYPE (GTree, g_tree, g_tree_ref, g_tree_unref)
 
 G_DEFINE_BOXED_TYPE (GRegex, g_regex, g_regex_ref, g_regex_unref)
 G_DEFINE_BOXED_TYPE (GMatchInfo, g_match_info, g_match_info_ref, g_match_info_unref)
diff --git a/gobject/glib-types.h b/gobject/glib-types.h
index b24e76bf1..cdccdaab4 100644
--- a/gobject/glib-types.h
+++ b/gobject/glib-types.h
@@ -306,6 +306,15 @@ typedef gsize GType;
  */
 #define G_TYPE_URI (g_uri_get_type ())
 
+/**
+ * G_TYPE_TREE:
+ *
+ * The #GType for #GTree.
+ *
+ * Since: 2.68
+ */
+#define G_TYPE_TREE (g_tree_get_type ())
+
 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
 GType   g_date_get_type            (void) G_GNUC_CONST;
 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
@@ -364,6 +373,8 @@ GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_2_44
 GType   g_option_group_get_type    (void) G_GNUC_CONST;
 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_2_66
 GType   g_uri_get_type             (void) G_GNUC_CONST;
+GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_2_68
+GType   g_tree_get_type            (void) G_GNUC_CONST;
 
 GLIB_DEPRECATED_FOR('G_TYPE_VARIANT')
 GType   g_variant_get_gtype        (void) G_GNUC_CONST;
diff --git a/gobject/tests/boxed.c b/gobject/tests/boxed.c
index 7f70d40c8..0c8872a82 100644
--- a/gobject/tests/boxed.c
+++ b/gobject/tests/boxed.c
@@ -617,6 +617,34 @@ test_boxed_checksum (void)
   g_value_unset (&value);
 }
 
+static gint
+treecmp (gconstpointer a, gconstpointer b)
+{
+  return (a < b) ? -1 : (a > b);
+}
+
+static void
+test_boxed_tree (void)
+{
+  GTree *t, *t2;
+  GValue value = G_VALUE_INIT;
+
+  g_value_init (&value, G_TYPE_TREE);
+  g_assert_true (G_VALUE_HOLDS_BOXED (&value));
+
+  t = g_tree_new (treecmp);
+  g_value_take_boxed (&value, t);
+
+  t2 = g_value_get_boxed (&value);
+  g_assert_true (t == t2);
+
+  t2 = g_value_dup_boxed (&value);
+  g_assert_true (t == t2); /* trees use ref/unref for copy/free */
+  g_tree_unref (t2);
+
+  g_value_unset (&value);
+}
+
 int
 main (int argc, char *argv[])
 {
@@ -646,6 +674,7 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
   g_test_add_func ("/boxed/markup", test_boxed_markup);
   g_test_add_func ("/boxed/thread", test_boxed_thread);
   g_test_add_func ("/boxed/checksum", test_boxed_checksum);
+  g_test_add_func ("/boxed/tree", test_boxed_tree);
 
   return g_test_run ();
 }