diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 9368c680fb..18d97f433a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+2008-01-11  Edward Hervey  <edward.hervey@collabora.co.uk>
+
+	* gst-libs/gst/pbutils/install-plugins.c:
+	(gst_install_plugins_context_copy),
+	(gst_install_plugins_context_get_type):
+	* gst-libs/gst/pbutils/install-plugins.h:
+	Add GBoxed GType for GstInstallPluginsContext, this eases the wrapping
+	for bindings.
+
 2008-01-11  Michael Smith <msmith@fluendo.com>
 
 	* ext/theora/theoradec.c: (gst_theora_dec_class_init),
diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/pbutils/install-plugins.c b/gst-libs/gst/pbutils/install-plugins.c
index a97eed8c17..da731840df 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/pbutils/install-plugins.c
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/pbutils/install-plugins.c
@@ -451,6 +451,30 @@ gst_install_plugins_context_free (GstInstallPluginsContext * ctx)
   g_free (ctx);
 }
 
+static GstInstallPluginsContext *
+gst_install_plugins_context_copy (GstInstallPluginsContext * ctx)
+{
+  GstInstallPluginsContext *ret;
+
+  ret = gst_install_plugins_context_new ();
+  ret->xid = ctx->xid;
+
+  return ret;
+}
+
+GType
+gst_install_plugins_context_get_type (void)
+{
+  static GType gst_ipc_type = 0;
+
+  if (G_UNLIKELY (gst_ipc_type == 0)) {
+    gst_ipc_type = g_boxed_type_register_static ("GstInstallPluginsContext",
+        (GBoxedCopyFunc) gst_install_plugins_context_copy,
+        (GBoxedFreeFunc) gst_install_plugins_context_free);
+  }
+  return gst_ipc_type;
+}
+
 static const gchar *
 gst_install_plugins_get_helper (void)
 {
diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/pbutils/install-plugins.h b/gst-libs/gst/pbutils/install-plugins.h
index 5a04fdcb19..e57d8ac543 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/pbutils/install-plugins.h
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/pbutils/install-plugins.h
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #ifndef __GST_PB_UTILS_INSTALL_PLUGINS_H__
 #define __GST_PB_UTILS_INSTALL_PLUGINS_H__
 
-#include <glib.h>
+#include <glib-object.h>
 
 G_BEGIN_DECLS
 
@@ -96,6 +96,9 @@ typedef enum {
  *
  * Since: 0.10.12
  */
+
+#define GST_TYPE_INSTALL_PLUGINS_CONTEXT	(gst_install_plugins_context_get_type())
+
 typedef struct _GstInstallPluginsContext GstInstallPluginsContext;
 
 GstInstallPluginsContext * gst_install_plugins_context_new (void);
@@ -105,6 +108,8 @@ void   gst_install_plugins_context_free    (GstInstallPluginsContext * ctx);
 void   gst_install_plugins_context_set_xid (GstInstallPluginsContext * ctx,
                                             guint                      xid);
 
+GType  gst_install_plugins_context_get_type (void);
+
 /**
  * GstInstallPluginsResultFunc:
  * @result: whether the installation of the requested plugins succeeded or not