diff --git a/gobject-introspection-compilecrashfix.patch b/gobject-introspection-compilecrashfix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..12de58a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gobject-introspection-compilecrashfix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+From a1f5af4683b08892e87288ef4906782f4094703d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Dan Winship <danw@gnome.org>
+Date: Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:17:40 +0000
+Subject: Sync the basic types array in girnode.c:serialize_type with GITypeTag
+
+Fixes a crash compiling GIRepository-2.0.gir.
+
+http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=587823
+---
+diff --git a/girepository/girnode.c b/girepository/girnode.c
+index bd9be68..22e821e 100644
+--- a/girepository/girnode.c
++++ b/girepository/girnode.c
+@@ -1229,6 +1229,8 @@ serialize_type (GIrModule    *module,
+     "uint32", 
+     "int64", 
+     "uint64", 
++    "short",
++    "ushort",
+     "int",
+     "uint",
+     "long",
+@@ -1237,11 +1239,10 @@ serialize_type (GIrModule    *module,
+     "size",
+     "float", 
+     "double",
++    "time_t",
++    "GType",
+     "utf8", 
+     "filename",
+-    "string",
+-    "sequence",
+-    "any"
+   };
+   
+   if (node->tag < GI_TYPE_TAG_ARRAY)
+--
+cgit v0.8.2