diff --git a/Library/Formula/libvirt-glib.rb b/Library/Formula/libvirt-glib.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..608f6c7661da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Library/Formula/libvirt-glib.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+class LibvirtGlib < Formula
+  desc "GLib and GObject mapping for libvirt"
+  homepage "http://www.libvirt.org"
+  url "http://libvirt.org/sources/glib/libvirt-glib-0.2.3.tar.gz"
+  sha256 "c3b11aa34584b3416148b36bb005505e461830c73c9fd2f40143cca3309250dd"
+
+  depends_on "gettext" => :build
+  depends_on "intltool" => :build
+  depends_on "libvirt"
+  depends_on "pkg-config" => :build
+
+  depends_on "gobject-introspection" => :optional
+  depends_on "vala" => :optional
+
+  # work around ld not understanding --version-script argument
+  # upstream bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1304981
+  patch :DATA
+
+  def install
+    args = %W[
+      --prefix=#{prefix}
+      --localstatedir=#{var}
+      --mandir=#{man}
+      --sysconfdir=#{etc}
+      --enable-installed-tests
+      --enable-always-build-tests
+      --with-python
+    ]
+
+    args << "--enable-vala" if build.with? "vala"
+    args << "--enable-introspection" if build.with? "gobject-introspection"
+
+    system "./configure", *args
+
+    # Compilation of docs doesn't get done if we jump straight to "make install"
+    system "make"
+    system "make", "install"
+  end
+
+  test do
+    system "#{libexec}/installed-tests/libvirt-glib/test-gconfig"
+  end
+end
+
+__END__
+diff --git a/libvirt-gconfig/Makefile.in b/libvirt-gconfig/Makefile.in
+index 42e4352..d851d96 100644
+--- a/libvirt-gconfig/Makefile.in
++++ b/libvirt-gconfig/Makefile.in
+@@ -747,7 +747,6 @@ libvirt_gconfig_1_0_la_DEPENDENCIES = \
+ libvirt_gconfig_1_0_la_LDFLAGS = \
+ 			$(COVERAGE_CFLAGS:-f%=-Wc,f%) \
+ 			$(CYGWIN_EXTRA_LDFLAGS) $(MINGW_EXTRA_LDFLAGS) \
+-			-Wl,--version-script=$(srcdir)/libvirt-gconfig.sym \
+ 			-version-info $(LIBVIRT_GLIB_VERSION_INFO)
+ 
+ BUILT_SOURCES = $(GCONFIG_GENERATED_FILES)
+diff --git a/libvirt-glib/Makefile.in b/libvirt-glib/Makefile.in
+index 3523684..a370ae8 100644
+--- a/libvirt-glib/Makefile.in
++++ b/libvirt-glib/Makefile.in
+@@ -436,7 +436,6 @@ libvirt_glib_1_0_la_DEPENDENCIES = \
+ libvirt_glib_1_0_la_LDFLAGS = \
+ 			$(COVERAGE_CFLAGS:-f%=-Wc,f%) \
+ 			$(CYGWIN_EXTRA_LDFLAGS) $(MINGW_EXTRA_LDFLAGS) \
+-			-Wl,--version-script=$(srcdir)/libvirt-glib.sym \
+ 			-version-info $(LIBVIRT_GLIB_VERSION_INFO)
+ 
+ INTROSPECTION_GIRS = $(am__append_1)
+diff --git a/libvirt-gobject/Makefile.in b/libvirt-gobject/Makefile.in
+index 26e0df6..fb02f78 100644
+--- a/libvirt-gobject/Makefile.in
++++ b/libvirt-gobject/Makefile.in
+@@ -520,7 +520,6 @@ libvirt_gobject_1_0_la_DEPENDENCIES = \
+ libvirt_gobject_1_0_la_LDFLAGS = \
+ 			$(COVERAGE_CFLAGS:-f%=-Wc,f%) \
+ 			$(CYGWIN_EXTRA_LDFLAGS) $(MINGW_EXTRA_LDFLAGS) \
+-			-Wl,--version-script=$(srcdir)/libvirt-gobject.sym \
+ 			-version-info $(LIBVIRT_GLIB_VERSION_INFO)
+ 
+ BUILT_SOURCES = $(GOBJECT_GENERATED_FILES)
+diff --git a/tests/Makefile.in b/tests/Makefile.in
+--- a/tests/Makefile.in	2016-02-05 16:44:14.000000000 +0800
++++ b/tests/Makefile.in	2016-02-05 16:47:47.000000000 +0800
+@@ -704,6 +704,21 @@
+ @ENABLE_TESTS_TRUE@	$(GOBJECT2_LIBS)
+ 
+ @ENABLE_TESTS_TRUE@test_programs = test-gconfig test-events
++@ENABLE_TESTS_TRUE@test_data = xml/gconfig-domain-clock.xml \
++@ENABLE_TESTS_TRUE@	xml/gconfig-domain-cpu.xml \
++@ENABLE_TESTS_TRUE@	xml/gconfig-domain-device-channel.xml \
++@ENABLE_TESTS_TRUE@	xml/gconfig-domain-device-console.xml \
++@ENABLE_TESTS_TRUE@	xml/gconfig-domain-device-disk.xml \
++@ENABLE_TESTS_TRUE@	xml/gconfig-domain-device-filesys.xml \
++@ENABLE_TESTS_TRUE@	xml/gconfig-domain-device-graphics.xml \
++@ENABLE_TESTS_TRUE@	xml/gconfig-domain-device-input.xml \
++@ENABLE_TESTS_TRUE@	xml/gconfig-domain-device-network.xml \
++@ENABLE_TESTS_TRUE@	xml/gconfig-domain-device-sound.xml \
++@ENABLE_TESTS_TRUE@	xml/gconfig-domain-device-usbredir.xml \
++@ENABLE_TESTS_TRUE@	xml/gconfig-domain-device-video.xml \
++@ENABLE_TESTS_TRUE@	xml/gconfig-domain-os.xml \
++@ENABLE_TESTS_TRUE@	xml/gconfig-domain.xml
++
+ all: $(BUILT_SOURCES)
+ 	$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) all-am
+