diff --git a/docs/reference/glib/glib-sections.txt b/docs/reference/glib/glib-sections.txt
index c45ee67ae..ca512b2b0 100644
--- a/docs/reference/glib/glib-sections.txt
+++ b/docs/reference/glib/glib-sections.txt
@@ -2900,6 +2900,7 @@ G_VARIANT_TYPE_DICTIONARY
 G_VARIANT_TYPE_STRING_ARRAY
 G_VARIANT_TYPE_BYTESTRING
 G_VARIANT_TYPE_BYTESTRING_ARRAY
+G_VARIANT_TYPE_VARDICT
 
 <SUBSECTION>
 G_VARIANT_TYPE
diff --git a/glib/gvarianttype.h b/glib/gvarianttype.h
index 124fa46b5..1fedb4063 100644
--- a/glib/gvarianttype.h
+++ b/glib/gvarianttype.h
@@ -255,6 +255,14 @@ typedef struct _GVariantType GVariantType;
  **/
 #define G_VARIANT_TYPE_BYTESTRING_ARRAY     ((const GVariantType *) "aay")
 
+/**
+ * G_VARIANT_TYPE_VARDICT:
+ *
+ * The type of a dictionary mapping strings to variants (the ubiquitous
+ * "a{sv}" type).
+ **/
+#define G_VARIANT_TYPE_VARDICT              ((const GVariantType *) "a{sv}")
+
 
 /**
  * G_VARIANT_TYPE: