diff --git a/docs/reference/glib/glib-sections.txt b/docs/reference/glib/glib-sections.txt
index e765ef4fa..853c793a0 100644
--- a/docs/reference/glib/glib-sections.txt
+++ b/docs/reference/glib/glib-sections.txt
@@ -2380,6 +2380,7 @@ GPtrArray
 g_ptr_array_new
 g_ptr_array_sized_new
 g_ptr_array_new_with_free_func
+g_ptr_array_new_full
 g_ptr_array_set_free_func
 g_ptr_array_ref
 g_ptr_array_unref
diff --git a/glib/garray.c b/glib/garray.c
index fa6160b31..07149b0bb 100644
--- a/glib/garray.c
+++ b/glib/garray.c
@@ -836,6 +836,34 @@ g_ptr_array_new_with_free_func (GDestroyNotify element_free_func)
   return array;
 }
 
+/**
+ * g_ptr_array_new_full:
+ * @reserved_size: number of pointers preallocated.
+ * @element_free_func: A function to free elements with destroy @array or %NULL.
+ *
+ * Creates a new #GPtrArray with @reserved_size pointers preallocated
+ * and a reference count of 1. This avoids frequent reallocation, if
+ * you are going to add many pointers to the array. Note however that
+ * the size of the array is still 0. It also set @element_free_func
+ * for freeing each element when the array is destroyed either via
+ * g_ptr_array_unref(), when g_ptr_array_free() is called with @free_segment
+ * set to %TRUE or when removing elements.
+ *
+ * Returns: A new #GPtrArray.
+ *
+ * Since: 2.30
+ **/
+GPtrArray *
+g_ptr_array_new_full (guint          reserved_size,
+                      GDestroyNotify element_free_func)
+{
+  GPtrArray *array;
+
+  array = g_ptr_array_sized_new (reserved_size);
+  g_ptr_array_set_free_func (array, element_free_func);
+  return array;
+}
+
 /**
  * g_ptr_array_set_free_func:
  * @array: A #GPtrArray.
diff --git a/glib/garray.h b/glib/garray.h
index 6bc51f797..822180641 100644
--- a/glib/garray.h
+++ b/glib/garray.h
@@ -112,6 +112,8 @@ void    g_array_sort_with_data    (GArray           *array,
 GPtrArray* g_ptr_array_new                (void);
 GPtrArray* g_ptr_array_new_with_free_func (GDestroyNotify    element_free_func);
 GPtrArray* g_ptr_array_sized_new          (guint             reserved_size);
+GPtrArray* g_ptr_array_new_full           (guint             reserved_size,
+					   GDestroyNotify    element_free_func);
 gpointer*  g_ptr_array_free               (GPtrArray        *array,
 					   gboolean          free_seg);
 GPtrArray* g_ptr_array_ref                (GPtrArray        *array);