diff --git a/generator/SymbolTable.cs b/generator/SymbolTable.cs
index 520024ce6..212ec818c 100644
--- a/generator/SymbolTable.cs
+++ b/generator/SymbolTable.cs
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ namespace GtkSharp.Generation {
 			AddType (new ByRefGen ("GValue", "GLib.Value"));
 			AddType (new SimpleGen ("GDestroyNotify", "GLib.DestroyNotify", "null"));
 			AddType (new SimpleGen ("GThread", "GLib.Thread", "null"));
+			AddType (new ManualGen ("GBytes", "GLib.Bytes"));
 
 			// FIXME: These ought to be handled properly.
 			AddType (new SimpleGen ("GC", "IntPtr", "IntPtr.Zero"));
diff --git a/glib/Bytes.cs b/glib/Bytes.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ddfbe53b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/glib/Bytes.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,173 @@
+// Bytes.cs - Bytes class implementation
+//
+// Author: Stephan Sundermann <stephansundermann@gmail.com>
+//
+// Copyright (c) 2014 Stephan Sundermann
+//
+// This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+// modify it under the terms of version 2 of the Lesser GNU General
+// Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+//
+// This program 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
+// Lesser General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+// License along with this program; if not, write to the
+// Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+// Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+
+namespace GLib {
+
+	using System;
+	using System.Collections;
+	using System.Collections.Generic;
+	using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+
+	public partial class Bytes : GLib.Opaque, IComparable<Bytes>, IEquatable<Bytes>
+	{
+		[DllImport (Global.GLibNativeDll, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
+		static extern IntPtr g_bytes_get_type ();
+
+		public static GLib.GType GType { 
+			get {
+				IntPtr raw_ret = g_bytes_get_type ();
+				GLib.GType ret = new GLib.GType (raw_ret);
+				return ret;
+			}
+		}
+
+		public Bytes (IntPtr raw) : base (raw) {}
+
+		[DllImport (Global.GLibNativeDll, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
+		static extern IntPtr g_bytes_new (byte [] data, UIntPtr size);
+
+		public Bytes (byte [] data)
+		{
+			Raw = g_bytes_new (data, new UIntPtr ((ulong)data.Length));
+		}
+
+		[DllImport (Global.GLibNativeDll, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
+		static extern IntPtr g_bytes_new_from_bytes (IntPtr raw, UIntPtr offset, UIntPtr length);
+
+		public Bytes (Bytes bytes, ulong offset, ulong length)
+		{
+			Raw = g_bytes_new_from_bytes (bytes.Handle, new UIntPtr (offset), new UIntPtr (length));
+		}
+
+		[DllImport (Global.GLibNativeDll, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
+		static extern IntPtr g_bytes_new_take (byte [] data, UIntPtr size);
+
+		public static Bytes NewTake (byte [] data)
+		{
+			return new Bytes (g_bytes_new_take (data, new UIntPtr ((ulong)data.Length)));
+		}
+
+		[DllImport (Global.GLibNativeDll, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
+		static extern IntPtr g_bytes_new_static (byte [] data, UIntPtr size);
+
+		public static Bytes NewStatic (byte [] data)
+		{
+			return new Bytes (g_bytes_new_static (data, new UIntPtr ((ulong)data.Length)));
+		}
+
+		[DllImport (Global.GLibNativeDll, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
+		static extern int g_bytes_compare (IntPtr raw, IntPtr bytes);
+
+		public int CompareTo (Bytes bytes)
+		{
+			return g_bytes_compare (Handle, bytes.Handle);
+		}
+
+		[DllImport (Global.GLibNativeDll, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
+		static extern bool g_bytes_equal (IntPtr raw, IntPtr bytes2);
+
+		public bool Equals (Bytes other)
+		{
+			return g_bytes_equal (Handle, other.Handle);
+		}
+
+		[DllImport (Global.GLibNativeDll, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
+		static extern UIntPtr g_bytes_get_size (IntPtr raw);
+
+		public ulong Size { 
+			get {
+				return (ulong) g_bytes_get_size (Handle);
+			}
+		}
+
+		[DllImport (Global.GLibNativeDll, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
+		static extern uint g_bytes_hash (IntPtr raw);
+
+		public uint GetHash ()
+		{
+			return g_bytes_hash (Handle);
+		}
+
+		[DllImport (Global.GLibNativeDll, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
+		static extern IntPtr g_bytes_get_data (IntPtr raw, out UIntPtr size);
+
+		public byte [] Data {
+			get {
+				UIntPtr size;
+				IntPtr ptr = g_bytes_get_data (Handle, out size);
+
+				if (ptr == IntPtr.Zero)
+					return null;
+
+				int sz = (int) size;
+				byte [] bytes = new byte [sz];
+				Marshal.Copy (ptr, bytes, 0, sz);
+
+				return bytes;
+			}
+		}
+
+		[DllImport (Global.GLibNativeDll, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
+		static extern IntPtr g_bytes_ref (IntPtr raw);
+
+		protected override void Ref (IntPtr raw)
+		{
+			if (!Owned) {
+				g_bytes_ref (raw);
+				Owned = true;
+			}
+		}
+
+		[DllImport (Global.GLibNativeDll, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
+		static extern void g_bytes_unref (IntPtr raw);
+
+		protected override void Unref (IntPtr raw)
+		{
+			if (Owned) {
+				g_bytes_unref (raw);
+				Owned = false;
+			}
+		}
+
+		class FinalizerInfo
+		{
+			IntPtr handle;
+
+			public FinalizerInfo (IntPtr handle)
+			{
+				this.handle = handle;
+			}
+
+			public bool Handler ()
+			{
+				g_bytes_unref (handle);
+				return false;
+			}
+		}
+
+		~Bytes ()
+		{
+			if (!Owned)
+				return;
+			FinalizerInfo info = new FinalizerInfo (Handle);
+			GLib.Timeout.Add (50, new GLib.TimeoutHandler (info.Handler));
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/glib/Makefile.am b/glib/Makefile.am
index ccbaf2fc2..4502f44b5 100644
--- a/glib/Makefile.am
+++ b/glib/Makefile.am
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ references =
 
 sources =		 			\
 	Argv.cs					\
+	Bytes.cs				\
 	ConnectBeforeAttribute.cs		\
 	Cond.cs					\
 	Date.cs					\
diff --git a/glib/glib.csproj b/glib/glib.csproj
index c5f10fc91..2b4d5cbee 100644
--- a/glib/glib.csproj
+++ b/glib/glib.csproj
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildBinPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
   <ItemGroup>
     <Compile Include="Argv.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Bytes.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ConnectBeforeAttribute.cs" />
     <Compile Include="DefaultSignalHandlerAttribute.cs" />
     <Compile Include="DestroyNotify.cs" />