diff --git a/Source/glib/Object.cs b/Source/glib/Object.cs
index 7adb3dc4b..34518b5a1 100644
--- a/Source/glib/Object.cs
+++ b/Source/glib/Object.cs
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ namespace GLib {
 			get { return NativeType.ToString (); }
 		}
 
-		internal GLib.GType NativeType {
+		public GLib.GType NativeType {
 			get { return LookupGType (); }
 		}