diff --git a/structarray.patch b/structarray.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..04de13e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/structarray.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+From 9454c01f2b1b82d43eea0f72fe9a28ef50065fc9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Carlos Garnacho <carlos@lanedo.com>
+Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2012 21:47:09 +0000
+Subject: Fix marshalling of arrays of boxed struct values
+
+This fixes methods like gtk_selection_set_with_data().  In such cases
+data is passed as an array of struct pointers, so it must be converted
+to an array of structs.
+
+https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=656312
+
+Co-Authored-By: Martin Pitt <martinpitt@gnome.org>
+---
+diff --git a/gi/pygi-marshal-from-py.c b/gi/pygi-marshal-from-py.c
+index dc14ca5..e842227 100644
+--- a/gi/pygi-marshal-from-py.c
++++ b/gi/pygi-marshal-from-py.c
+@@ -1009,6 +1009,12 @@ _pygi_marshal_from_py_array (PyGIInvokeState   *state,
+                             if (from_py_cleanup)
+                                 from_py_cleanup (state, item_arg_cache, item.v_pointer, TRUE);
+                         }
++                    } else if (is_boxed && !item_iface_cache->arg_cache.is_pointer) {
++                        /* The array elements are not expected to be pointers, but the
++                         * elements obtained are boxed pointers themselves, so insert
++                         * the pointed to data.
++                         */
++                        g_array_insert_vals (array_, i, item.v_pointer, 1);
+                     } else {
+                         g_array_insert_val (array_, i, item);
+                     }