diff --git a/lib/libqof/qof/gnc-numeric.c b/lib/libqof/qof/gnc-numeric.c
index 319a31ccb5..31bb8c69b4 100644
--- a/lib/libqof/qof/gnc-numeric.c
+++ b/lib/libqof/qof/gnc-numeric.c
@@ -1263,6 +1263,40 @@ string_to_gnc_numeric(const gchar* str, gnc_numeric *n)
   return TRUE;
 }
 
+/* *******************************************************************
+ *  GValue handling
+ ********************************************************************/
+static gpointer
+gnc_numeric_boxed_copy_func( gpointer in_gnc_numeric )
+{
+	gnc_numeric* newvalue;
+
+	newvalue = g_malloc( sizeof( gnc_numeric ) );
+	memcpy( newvalue, in_gnc_numeric, sizeof( gnc_numeric ) );
+
+	return newvalue;
+}
+
+static void
+gnc_numeric_boxed_free_func( gpointer in_gnc_numeric )
+{
+	g_free( in_gnc_numeric );
+}
+
+GType
+gnc_numeric_get_type( void )
+{
+	static GType type = 0;
+
+	if( type == 0 ) {
+		type = g_boxed_type_register_static( "gnc_numeric",
+											gnc_numeric_boxed_copy_func,
+											gnc_numeric_boxed_free_func );
+	}
+
+	return type;
+}
+
 /* *******************************************************************
  *  gnc_numeric misc testing
  ********************************************************************/
diff --git a/lib/libqof/qof/gnc-numeric.h b/lib/libqof/qof/gnc-numeric.h
index 435f19835c..28983fa79d 100644
--- a/lib/libqof/qof/gnc-numeric.h
+++ b/lib/libqof/qof/gnc-numeric.h
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ See \ref gncnumericexample
 #ifndef GNC_NUMERIC_H
 #define GNC_NUMERIC_H
 
+#include <glib-object.h>
+
 struct _gnc_numeric 
 {
   gint64  num;
@@ -445,6 +447,13 @@ gnc_numeric gnc_numeric_convert_with_error(gnc_numeric in, gint64 denom,
 gnc_numeric gnc_numeric_reduce(gnc_numeric in);
 /** @} */
 
+/** @name GValue 
+  @{
+*/
+GType gnc_numeric_get_type( void );
+
+/** @} */
+
 /** @name Deprecated, backwards-compatible definitions 
   @{
 */