diff --git a/Formula/gedit.rb b/Formula/gedit.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..19316583a6428
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Formula/gedit.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,179 @@
+class Gedit < Formula
+  desc "The GNOME text editor"
+  homepage "https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gedit"
+  url "https://download.gnome.org/sources/gedit/3.16/gedit-3.16.2.tar.xz"
+  sha256 "db60a9408711b00f3780f5f5b657e9f44722c88c683ba6e9f2b4885631f429aa"
+
+  depends_on "pkg-config" => :build
+  depends_on "intltool" => :build
+  depends_on "itstool" => :build
+  depends_on "gtk+3"
+  depends_on "gtk-mac-integration"
+  depends_on "gobject-introspection"
+  depends_on "enchant"
+  depends_on "iso-codes"
+  depends_on "libxml2"
+  depends_on "libpeas"
+  depends_on "gtksourceview3"
+  depends_on "gsettings-desktop-schemas"
+  depends_on "gnome-icon-theme"
+
+  # ensures that gtk-mac-integration has been linked against gtk+3
+  # filed upstream as https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=751431
+  patch :DATA
+
+  def install
+    system "./configure", "--disable-dependency-tracking",
+                          "--disable-silent-rules",
+                          "--prefix=#{prefix}",
+                          "--disable-updater",
+                          "--disable-schemas-compile",
+                          "--disable-python"
+    system "make", "install"
+  end
+
+  def post_install
+    system "#{Formula["glib"].opt_bin}/glib-compile-schemas", "#{HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/share/glib-2.0/schemas"
+  end
+
+  test do
+    # main executable test
+    system "gedit", "--version"
+    # API test
+    (testpath/"test.c").write <<-EOS.undent
+      #include <gedit/gedit-utils.h>
+
+      int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+        gchar *text = gedit_utils_make_valid_utf8("test text");
+        return 0;
+      }
+    EOS
+    ENV.libxml2
+    atk = Formula["atk"]
+    cairo = Formula["cairo"]
+    fontconfig = Formula["fontconfig"]
+    freetype = Formula["freetype"]
+    gdk_pixbuf = Formula["gdk-pixbuf"]
+    gettext = Formula["gettext"]
+    glib = Formula["glib"]
+    gobject_introspection = Formula["gobject-introspection"]
+    gtkx3 = Formula["gtk+3"]
+    gtksourceview3 = Formula["gtksourceview3"]
+    libepoxy = Formula["libepoxy"]
+    libffi = Formula["libffi"]
+    libpeas = Formula["libpeas"]
+    libpng = Formula["libpng"]
+    pango = Formula["pango"]
+    pixman = Formula["pixman"]
+    flags = (ENV.cflags || "").split + (ENV.cppflags || "").split + (ENV.ldflags || "").split
+    flags += %W[
+      -I#{atk.opt_include}/atk-1.0
+      -I#{cairo.opt_include}/cairo
+      -I#{fontconfig.opt_include}
+      -I#{freetype.opt_include}/freetype2
+      -I#{gdk_pixbuf.opt_include}/gdk-pixbuf-2.0
+      -I#{gettext.opt_include}
+      -I#{glib.opt_include}/gio-unix-2.0/
+      -I#{glib.opt_include}/glib-2.0
+      -I#{glib.opt_lib}/glib-2.0/include
+      -I#{gobject_introspection.opt_include}/gobject-introspection-1.0
+      -I#{gtksourceview3.opt_include}/gtksourceview-3.0
+      -I#{gtkx3.opt_include}/gtk-3.0
+      -I#{include}/gedit-3.14
+      -I#{libepoxy.opt_include}
+      -I#{libffi.opt_lib}/libffi-3.0.13/include
+      -I#{libpeas.opt_include}/libpeas-1.0
+      -I#{libpng.opt_include}/libpng16
+      -I#{pango.opt_include}/pango-1.0
+      -I#{pixman.opt_include}/pixman-1
+      -D_REENTRANT
+      -L#{atk.opt_lib}
+      -L#{cairo.opt_lib}
+      -L#{gdk_pixbuf.opt_lib}
+      -L#{lib}/gedit
+      -L#{gettext.opt_lib}
+      -L#{glib.opt_lib}
+      -L#{gobject_introspection.opt_lib}
+      -L#{gtksourceview3.opt_lib}
+      -L#{gtkx3.opt_lib}
+      -L#{libpeas.opt_lib}
+      -L#{lib}
+      -L#{pango.opt_lib}
+      -latk-1.0
+      -lcairo
+      -lcairo-gobject
+      -lgdk-3
+      -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0
+      -lgedit
+      -lgio-2.0
+      -lgirepository-1.0
+      -lglib-2.0
+      -lgmodule-2.0
+      -lgobject-2.0
+      -lgtk-3
+      -lgtksourceview-3.0
+      -lintl
+      -lpango-1.0
+      -lpangocairo-1.0
+      -lpeas-1.0
+      -lpeas-gtk-1.0
+    ]
+    system ENV.cc, "test.c", "-o", "test", *flags
+    system "./test"
+  end
+end
+
+__END__
+diff --git a/configure b/configure
+index 2a16d57..9ad2e56 100755
+--- a/configure
++++ b/configure
+@@ -13107,12 +13107,12 @@ if test -n "$GTK_MAC_CFLAGS"; then
+     pkg_cv_GTK_MAC_CFLAGS="$GTK_MAC_CFLAGS"
+  elif test -n "$PKG_CONFIG"; then
+     if test -n "$PKG_CONFIG" && \
+-    { { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \$PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors \"gtk-mac-integration\""; } >&5
+-  ($PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors "gtk-mac-integration") 2>&5
++    { { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \$PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors \"gtk-mac-integration-gtk3\""; } >&5
++  ($PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors "gtk-mac-integration-gtk3") 2>&5
+   ac_status=$?
+   $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+   test $ac_status = 0; }; then
+-  pkg_cv_GTK_MAC_CFLAGS=`$PKG_CONFIG --cflags "gtk-mac-integration" 2>/dev/null`
++  pkg_cv_GTK_MAC_CFLAGS=`$PKG_CONFIG --cflags "gtk-mac-integration-gtk3" 2>/dev/null`
+		      test "x$?" != "x0" && pkg_failed=yes
+ else
+   pkg_failed=yes
+@@ -13124,12 +13124,12 @@ if test -n "$GTK_MAC_LIBS"; then
+     pkg_cv_GTK_MAC_LIBS="$GTK_MAC_LIBS"
+  elif test -n "$PKG_CONFIG"; then
+     if test -n "$PKG_CONFIG" && \
+-    { { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \$PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors \"gtk-mac-integration\""; } >&5
+-  ($PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors "gtk-mac-integration") 2>&5
++    { { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \$PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors \"gtk-mac-integrationi-gtk3\""; } >&5
++  ($PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors "gtk-mac-integration-gtk3") 2>&5
+   ac_status=$?
+   $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+   test $ac_status = 0; }; then
+-  pkg_cv_GTK_MAC_LIBS=`$PKG_CONFIG --libs "gtk-mac-integration" 2>/dev/null`
++  pkg_cv_GTK_MAC_LIBS=`$PKG_CONFIG --libs "gtk-mac-integration-gtk3" 2>/dev/null`
+		      test "x$?" != "x0" && pkg_failed=yes
+ else
+   pkg_failed=yes
+@@ -13150,14 +13150,14 @@ else
+         _pkg_short_errors_supported=no
+ fi
+         if test $_pkg_short_errors_supported = yes; then
+-	        GTK_MAC_PKG_ERRORS=`$PKG_CONFIG --short-errors --print-errors --cflags --libs "gtk-mac-integration" 2>&1`
++	        GTK_MAC_PKG_ERRORS=`$PKG_CONFIG --short-errors --print-errors --cflags --libs "gtk-mac-integration-gtk3" 2>&1`
+         else
+-	        GTK_MAC_PKG_ERRORS=`$PKG_CONFIG --print-errors --cflags --libs "gtk-mac-integration" 2>&1`
++	        GTK_MAC_PKG_ERRORS=`$PKG_CONFIG --print-errors --cflags --libs "gtk-mac-integration-gtk3" 2>&1`
+         fi
+	# Put the nasty error message in config.log where it belongs
+	echo "$GTK_MAC_PKG_ERRORS" >&5
+
+-	as_fn_error $? "Package requirements (gtk-mac-integration) were not met:
++	as_fn_error $? "Package requirements (gtk-mac-integration-gtk3) were not met:
+
+ $GTK_MAC_PKG_ERRORS