Can't use mpl_toolkit.axes_grid1 together with GTK3 libraries/backend

[smheidrich]

import matplotlib
matplotlib.use("Gtk3Agg")
from gi.repository import Gtk
import mpl_toolkits.axes_grid1

produces

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/mpl_toolkits/axes_grid1/__init__.py", line 4, in <module>
    from .axes_grid import Grid, ImageGrid, AxesGrid
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/mpl_toolkits/axes_grid1/axes_grid.py", line 3, in <module>
    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/matplotlib-1.5.x-py3.4-linux-i686.egg/matplotlib/pyplot.py", line 103, in <module>
    _backend_selection()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/matplotlib-1.5.x-py3.4-linux-i686.egg/matplotlib/pyplot.py", line 97, in _backend_selection
    if gobject.MainLoop().is_running():
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gi/__init__.py", line 61, in __getattr__
    raise RuntimeError(_static_binding_error)
RuntimeError: When using gi.repository you must not import static modules like "gobject". Please change all occurrences of "import gobject" to "from gi.repository import GObject". See: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=709183

Pretty self-explanatory. Can someone please fix this and make mpl_toolkits.axes_grid1 work nicely together with GTK3 libraries and backend?

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Python version: 3.4.2
matplotlib version: 1.5.x

[smheidrich]

Nevermind, I think this particular error has been fixed in the repository but is yet to be released.