2 files changed, 36 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/girepository/gdump.c b/girepository/gdump.c
index aab067b6..c237a81e 100644
--- a/girepository/gdump.c
+++ b/girepository/gdump.c
@@ -431,6 +431,8 @@ dump_error_quark (GQuark quark, const char *symbol, GOutputStream *out)
  */
 #ifndef G_IREPOSITORY_COMPILATION
 static gboolean
+dump_irepository (const char *arg, GError **error) G_GNUC_UNUSED;
+static gboolean
 dump_irepository (const char *arg, GError **error)
 #else
 gboolean
diff --git a/girepository/gi-dump-types.c b/girepository/gi-dump-types.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..eacf8a01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/girepository/gi-dump-types.c
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#include "gdump.c"
+#include <gio/gunixoutputstream.h>
+
+int
+main (int    argc,
+      char **argv)
+{
+  int i;
+  GOutputStream *stdout;
+  GModule *self;
+
+  g_type_init ();
+
+  stdout = g_unix_output_stream_new (1, FALSE);
+
+  self = g_module_open (NULL, 0);
+
+  for (i = 1; i < argc; i++)
+    {
+      GError *error = NULL;
+      GType type;
+
+      type = invoke_get_type (self, argv[i], &error);
+      if (!type)
+	{
+	  g_printerr ("%s\n", error->message);
+	  g_clear_error (&error);
+	}
+      else
+	dump_type (type, argv[i], stdout);
+    }
+
+  return 0;
+}