diff --git a/api/gtk-api.xml b/api/gtk-api.xml
index 843b42080..46848a9a9 100644
--- a/api/gtk-api.xml
+++ b/api/gtk-api.xml
@@ -3083,7 +3083,7 @@
         </parameters>
       </method>
     </object>
-    <object name="Frame" cname="GtkFrame" parent="GtkBin">
+    <object name="Frame" cname="GtkFrame" parent="GtkBin" disabledefaultconstructor="1">
       <field cname="label_widget" type="GtkWidget*"/>
       <field cname="shadow_type" type="gint16"/>
       <field cname="label_xalign" type="gfloat"/>