diff --git a/gdl/DESCR b/gdl/DESCR
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+++ b/gdl/DESCR
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+This package contains components and libraries that are intended to be
+shared between GNOME development tools, including gnome-debug,
+gnome-build, and anjuta2.
+
+The current pieces of GDL include:
+
+ - A symbol browser bonobo component (symbol-browser-control).
+
+ - A docking widget (gdl).
+
+ - A utility library that also contains the stubs and skels for
+   the symbol browser and text editor components (gdl, idl).
diff --git a/gdl/Makefile b/gdl/Makefile
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index 0000000000..3944659958
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdl/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# $NetBSD$
+
+DISTNAME=	gdl-3.28.0
+CATEGORIES=	devel gnome
+MASTER_SITES=	${MASTER_SITE_GNOME:=sources/gdl/3.28/}
+EXTRACT_SUFX=	.tar.xz
+
+MAINTAINER=	pkgsrc-users@NetBSD.org
+HOMEPAGE=	https://www.gnome.org/
+COMMENT=	Gnome Devtool Libraries
+LICENSE=	gnu-gpl-v3
+
+GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
+USE_LIBTOOL=	yes
+USE_TOOLS+=	pkg-config perl intltool msgfmt gmake
+
+USE_PKGLOCALEDIR=	yes
+PKGCONFIG_OVERRIDE+=	gdl-3.0.pc.in
+
+.include "../../textproc/libxml2/buildlink3.mk"
+.include "../../mk/jpeg.buildlink3.mk"
+.include "../../x11/gtk3/buildlink3.mk"
+.include "../../mk/bsd.pkg.mk"
diff --git a/gdl/PLIST b/gdl/PLIST
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index 0000000000..0c227c8cb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdl/PLIST
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+@comment $NetBSD$
+include/libgdl-3.0/gdl/gdl-dock-bar.h
+include/libgdl-3.0/gdl/gdl-dock-item-grip.h
+include/libgdl-3.0/gdl/gdl-dock-item.h
+include/libgdl-3.0/gdl/gdl-dock-layout.h
+include/libgdl-3.0/gdl/gdl-dock-master.h
+include/libgdl-3.0/gdl/gdl-dock-object.h
+include/libgdl-3.0/gdl/gdl-dock-placeholder.h
+include/libgdl-3.0/gdl/gdl-dock.h
+include/libgdl-3.0/gdl/gdl.h
+include/libgdl-3.0/gdl/libgdltypebuiltins.h
+lib/libgdl-3.la
+lib/pkgconfig/gdl-3.0.pc
+share/gtk-doc/html/gdl-3.0/GdlDock.html
+share/gtk-doc/html/gdl-3.0/GdlDockBar.html
+share/gtk-doc/html/gdl-3.0/GdlDockItem.html
+share/gtk-doc/html/gdl-3.0/GdlDockItemButtonImage.html
+share/gtk-doc/html/gdl-3.0/GdlDockItemGrip.html
+share/gtk-doc/html/gdl-3.0/GdlDockLayout.html
+share/gtk-doc/html/gdl-3.0/GdlDockMaster.html
+share/gtk-doc/html/gdl-3.0/GdlDockNotebook.html
+share/gtk-doc/html/gdl-3.0/GdlDockObject.html
+share/gtk-doc/html/gdl-3.0/GdlDockPaned.html
+share/gtk-doc/html/gdl-3.0/GdlDockPlaceholder.html
+share/gtk-doc/html/gdl-3.0/GdlDockTablabel.html
+share/gtk-doc/html/gdl-3.0/GdlPreviewWindow.html
+share/gtk-doc/html/gdl-3.0/GdlSwitcher.html
+share/gtk-doc/html/gdl-3.0/annotation-glossary.html
+share/gtk-doc/html/gdl-3.0/api-index-full.html
+share/gtk-doc/html/gdl-3.0/api.html
+share/gtk-doc/html/gdl-3.0/core.html
+share/gtk-doc/html/gdl-3.0/deprecated.html
+share/gtk-doc/html/gdl-3.0/gdl-3.0.devhelp2
+share/gtk-doc/html/gdl-3.0/home.png
+share/gtk-doc/html/gdl-3.0/index.html
+share/gtk-doc/html/gdl-3.0/left-insensitive.png
+share/gtk-doc/html/gdl-3.0/left.png
+share/gtk-doc/html/gdl-3.0/private.html
+share/gtk-doc/html/gdl-3.0/right-insensitive.png
+share/gtk-doc/html/gdl-3.0/right.png
+share/gtk-doc/html/gdl-3.0/style.css
+share/gtk-doc/html/gdl-3.0/up-insensitive.png
+share/gtk-doc/html/gdl-3.0/up.png
+share/gtk-doc/html/gdl-3.0/widget.html
+share/locale/am/LC_MESSAGES/gdl-3.mo
+share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/gdl-3.mo
+share/locale/as/LC_MESSAGES/gdl-3.mo
+share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/gdl-3.mo
+share/locale/az/LC_MESSAGES/gdl-3.mo
+share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/gdl-3.mo
+share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/gdl-3.mo
+share/locale/bn/LC_MESSAGES/gdl-3.mo
+share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/gdl-3.mo
+share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/gdl-3.mo
+share/locale/ca@valencia/LC_MESSAGES/gdl-3.mo
+share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/gdl-3.mo
+share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/gdl-3.mo
+share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/gdl-3.mo
+share/locale/dz/LC_MESSAGES/gdl-3.mo
+share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/gdl-3.mo
+share/locale/en@shaw/LC_MESSAGES/gdl-3.mo
+share/locale/en_CA/LC_MESSAGES/gdl-3.mo
+share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/gdl-3.mo
+share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/gdl-3.mo
+share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/gdl-3.mo
+share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/gdl-3.mo
+share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/gdl-3.mo
+share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/gdl-3.mo
+share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/gdl-3.mo
+share/locale/fur/LC_MESSAGES/gdl-3.mo
+share/locale/ga/LC_MESSAGES/gdl-3.mo
+share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/gdl-3.mo
+share/locale/gu/LC_MESSAGES/gdl-3.mo
+share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/gdl-3.mo
+share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/gdl-3.mo
+share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/gdl-3.mo
+share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/gdl-3.mo
+share/locale/hy/LC_MESSAGES/gdl-3.mo
+share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/gdl-3.mo
+share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/gdl-3.mo
+share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/gdl-3.mo
+share/locale/km/LC_MESSAGES/gdl-3.mo
+share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/gdl-3.mo
+share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/gdl-3.mo
+share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/gdl-3.mo
+share/locale/mai/LC_MESSAGES/gdl-3.mo
+share/locale/mk/LC_MESSAGES/gdl-3.mo
+share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/gdl-3.mo
+share/locale/mr/LC_MESSAGES/gdl-3.mo
+share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/gdl-3.mo
+share/locale/ne/LC_MESSAGES/gdl-3.mo
+share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/gdl-3.mo
+share/locale/oc/LC_MESSAGES/gdl-3.mo
+share/locale/or/LC_MESSAGES/gdl-3.mo
+share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/gdl-3.mo
+share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/gdl-3.mo
+share/locale/ps/LC_MESSAGES/gdl-3.mo
+share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/gdl-3.mo
+share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/gdl-3.mo
+share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/gdl-3.mo
+share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/gdl-3.mo
+share/locale/rw/LC_MESSAGES/gdl-3.mo
+share/locale/si/LC_MESSAGES/gdl-3.mo
+share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/gdl-3.mo
+share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/gdl-3.mo
+share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/gdl-3.mo
+share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/gdl-3.mo
+share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/gdl-3.mo
+share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/gdl-3.mo
+share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/gdl-3.mo
+share/locale/tg/LC_MESSAGES/gdl-3.mo
+share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/gdl-3.mo
+share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/gdl-3.mo
+share/locale/ug/LC_MESSAGES/gdl-3.mo
+share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/gdl-3.mo
+share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/gdl-3.mo
+share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/gdl-3.mo
+share/locale/zh_HK/LC_MESSAGES/gdl-3.mo
+share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/gdl-3.mo
diff --git a/gdl/buildlink3.mk b/gdl/buildlink3.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..57064c9d95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdl/buildlink3.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# $NetBSD$
+
+BUILDLINK_TREE+=	gdl
+
+.if !defined(GDL_BUILDLINK3_MK)
+GDL_BUILDLINK3_MK:=
+
+BUILDLINK_API_DEPENDS.gdl+=	gdl>=3.10
+BUILDLINK_ABI_DEPENDS.gdl?=	gdl>=3.10.0nb16
+BUILDLINK_PKGSRCDIR.gdl?=	../../devel/gdl
+
+.include "../../x11/gtk3/buildlink3.mk"
+.endif # GDL_BUILDLINK3_MK
+
+BUILDLINK_TREE+=	-gdl
diff --git a/gdl/distinfo b/gdl/distinfo
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..452cc807da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdl/distinfo
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+$NetBSD$
+
+SHA1 (gdl-3.28.0.tar.xz) = db94f1953e083efd4c235310dfab93a05ad9d557
+RMD160 (gdl-3.28.0.tar.xz) = 80b379e41f6923efe3998886b51adacffaba95f4
+SHA512 (gdl-3.28.0.tar.xz) = d6a697b8cd098abfcb560d8b6c8a326b05f6f22211a3bc92ea458d643170abc514acd4105e372fb61777d2a5dd09709d7e3d6d3ad75215fffdf2809b3df3c471
+Size (gdl-3.28.0.tar.xz) = 541252 bytes
+SHA1 (patch-gdl_gdl-dock-bar.c) = 28a672363d29ac70a5da263135dd46be48703443
diff --git a/gdl/patches/patch-gdl_gdl-dock-bar.c b/gdl/patches/patch-gdl_gdl-dock-bar.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..20a7cd2c08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdl/patches/patch-gdl_gdl-dock-bar.c
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+$NetBSD$
+
+date: 2013-10-07 04:59:42 +0900;  author: joerg;  state: Exp;  commitid: SFTb57hmh7OOQg8x;
+Update GDL to 3.10.0 for the Gnome 3 version.
+
+--- gdl/gdl-dock-bar.c.orig	2014-01-14 05:49:11.000000000 +0900
++++ gdl/gdl-dock-bar.c	2019-01-01 22:31:00.631126196 +0900
+@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ GdlDockBarStyle gdl_dock_bar_get_style(G
+ {
+     GdlDockBarStyle style;
+ 
+-    g_return_val_if_fail (GDL_IS_DOCK_BAR (dockbar), 0);
++    g_return_val_if_fail (GDL_IS_DOCK_BAR (dockbar), GDL_DOCK_BAR_AUTO);
+ 
+     g_object_get(G_OBJECT(dockbar), "dockbar-style", &style, NULL);
+