diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 4df699aa64..9ae0d3002b 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -66,12 +66,13 @@ MODULES =					\
   gnu/packages/emacs.scm			\
   gnu/packages/file.scm				\
   gnu/packages/flex.scm				\
-  gnu/packages/freetype.scm				\
+  gnu/packages/freetype.scm			\
   gnu/packages/gawk.scm				\
   gnu/packages/gdb.scm				\
   gnu/packages/gdbm.scm				\
   gnu/packages/gettext.scm			\
   gnu/packages/ghostscript.scm			\
+  gnu/packages/glib.scm				\
   gnu/packages/global.scm			\
   gnu/packages/gnupg.scm			\
   gnu/packages/gnutls.scm			\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/glib.scm b/gnu/packages/glib.scm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bbf64f2800
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/glib.scm
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
+;;; Copyright © 2013 Nikita Karetnikov <nikita@karetnikov.org>
+;;;
+;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
+;;;
+;;; GNU Guix is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+;;; under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+;;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
+;;; your option) any later version.
+;;;
+;;; GNU Guix is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+;;; WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+;;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+;;; GNU General Public License for more details.
+;;;
+;;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+;;; along with GNU Guix.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+(define-module (distro packages glib)
+  #:use-module ((guix licenses) #:select (lgpl2.0+))
+  #:use-module (guix packages)
+  #:use-module (guix download)
+  #:use-module (guix build-system gnu)
+  #:use-module (distro packages base)
+  #:use-module (distro packages compression)
+  #:use-module ((distro packages gettext)
+                #:renamer (symbol-prefix-proc 'guix:))
+  #:use-module (distro packages libffi)
+  #:use-module (distro packages pkg-config)
+  #:use-module (distro packages python))
+
+(define-public glib
+  (package
+   (name "glib")
+   (version "2.34")
+   (source (origin
+            (method url-fetch)
+            (uri (string-append "http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/"
+                                name "/" version "/"
+                                name "-" version ".3" ".tar.xz"))
+            (sha256
+             (base32 "19sq4rhl2vr8ikjvl8qh51vr38yqfhbkb3imi2s6ac5rgkwcnpw5"))))
+   (build-system gnu-build-system)
+   (inputs
+    `(("coreutils" ,coreutils)
+      ("gettext" ,guix:gettext)
+      ("libffi" ,libffi)
+      ("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)
+      ("python" ,python)
+      ("zlib" ,zlib)))
+   (arguments `(#:tests? #f)) ; XXX: tests fail
+   (synopsis
+    "GLib, a library that provides the core application building blocks")
+   (description
+    "GLib provides data structure handling for C, portability wrappers,
+and interfaces for such runtime functionality as an event loop, threads,
+dynamic loading, and an object system.")
+   (home-page "http://developer.gnome.org/glib/")
+   (license lgpl2.0+))) ; some files are under lgpl2.1+
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