diff --git a/packages/python/devel/pygobject/010-binary-constants-module.diff b/packages/python/devel/pygobject/010-binary-constants-module.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1c07abaebb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/python/devel/pygobject/010-binary-constants-module.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+diff -Naur pygobject-2.16.1/gobject/_constants.c pygobject-2.16.1.patch/gobject/_constants.c
+--- pygobject-2.16.1/gobject/_constants.c	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
++++ pygobject-2.16.1.patch/gobject/_constants.c	2009-03-17 15:45:46.000000000 +0100
+@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
++#include <Python.h>
++#include <glibconfig.h>
++
++DL_EXPORT(void)
++init_constants(void)
++{
++    PyObject *m, *d;
++
++    m = Py_InitModule("gobject._constants", NULL);
++    d = PyModule_GetDict(m);
++
++    PyDict_SetItemString(d, "G_MINFLOAT", PyFloat_FromDouble(G_MINFLOAT));
++    PyDict_SetItemString(d, "G_MAXFLOAT", PyFloat_FromDouble(G_MAXFLOAT));
++    PyDict_SetItemString(d, "G_MINDOUBLE", PyFloat_FromDouble(G_MINDOUBLE));
++    PyDict_SetItemString(d, "G_MAXDOUBLE", PyFloat_FromDouble(G_MAXDOUBLE));
++    PyDict_SetItemString(d, "G_MINSHORT", PyLong_FromLong(G_MINSHORT));
++    PyDict_SetItemString(d, "G_MAXSHORT", PyLong_FromLong(G_MAXSHORT));
++    PyDict_SetItemString(d, "G_MAXUSHORT", PyLong_FromUnsignedLong(G_MAXUSHORT));
++    PyDict_SetItemString(d, "G_MININT", PyLong_FromLong(G_MININT));
++    PyDict_SetItemString(d, "G_MAXINT", PyLong_FromLong(G_MAXINT));
++    PyDict_SetItemString(d, "G_MAXUINT", PyLong_FromUnsignedLong(G_MAXUINT));
++    PyDict_SetItemString(d, "G_MINLONG", PyLong_FromLong(G_MINLONG));
++    PyDict_SetItemString(d, "G_MAXLONG", PyLong_FromLong(G_MAXLONG));
++    PyDict_SetItemString(d, "G_MAXULONG", PyLong_FromUnsignedLong(G_MAXULONG));
++}
++
+diff -Naur pygobject-2.16.1/gobject/constants.py pygobject-2.16.1.patch/gobject/constants.py
+--- pygobject-2.16.1/gobject/constants.py	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
++++ pygobject-2.16.1.patch/gobject/constants.py	2009-03-17 15:45:51.000000000 +0100
+@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
++# -*- Mode: Python; py-indent-offset: 4 -*-
++# pygobject - Python bindings for the GObject library
++# Copyright (C) 2006-2007 Johan Dahlin
++#
++#   gobject/constants.py: GObject type constants
++#
++# This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
++# modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
++# License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
++# version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
++#
++# This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
++# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
++# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
++# Lesser General Public License for more details.
++#
++# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
++# License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
++# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307
++# USA
++
++import sys
++
++import gobject._gobject
++_gobject = sys.modules['gobject._gobject']
++from _constants import *
++
++# TYPE_INVALID defined in gobjectmodule.c
++TYPE_NONE = _gobject.type_from_name('void')
++TYPE_INTERFACE = _gobject.type_from_name('GInterface')
++TYPE_CHAR = _gobject.type_from_name('gchar')
++TYPE_UCHAR = _gobject.type_from_name('guchar')
++TYPE_BOOLEAN = _gobject.type_from_name('gboolean')
++TYPE_INT = _gobject.type_from_name('gint')
++TYPE_UINT = _gobject.type_from_name('guint')
++TYPE_LONG = _gobject.type_from_name('glong')
++TYPE_ULONG = _gobject.type_from_name('gulong')
++TYPE_INT64 = _gobject.type_from_name('gint64')
++TYPE_UINT64 = _gobject.type_from_name('guint64')
++TYPE_ENUM = _gobject.type_from_name('GEnum')
++TYPE_FLAGS = _gobject.type_from_name('GFlags')
++TYPE_FLOAT = _gobject.type_from_name('gfloat')
++TYPE_DOUBLE = _gobject.type_from_name('gdouble')
++TYPE_STRING = _gobject.type_from_name('gchararray')
++TYPE_POINTER = _gobject.type_from_name('gpointer')
++TYPE_BOXED = _gobject.type_from_name('GBoxed')
++TYPE_PARAM = _gobject.type_from_name('GParam')
++TYPE_OBJECT = _gobject.type_from_name('GObject')
++TYPE_PYOBJECT = _gobject.type_from_name('PyObject')
++TYPE_UNICHAR = TYPE_UINT
++
+diff -Naur pygobject-2.16.1/gobject/Makefile.am pygobject-2.16.1.patch/gobject/Makefile.am
+--- pygobject-2.16.1/gobject/Makefile.am	2009-02-18 00:20:53.000000000 +0100
++++ pygobject-2.16.1.patch/gobject/Makefile.am	2009-03-17 15:36:54.000000000 +0100
+@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
+ pygobject_PYTHON = 	\
+ 	__init__.py 	\
+ 	propertyhelper.py
+-pygobject_LTLIBRARIES = _gobject.la 
++pygobject_LTLIBRARIES = _gobject.la _constants.la
+ nodist_pygobject_PYTHON = constants.py
+ 
+ common_ldflags = -module -avoid-version
+@@ -19,18 +19,11 @@
+ common_ldflags += -no-undefined
+ endif
+ 
+-constants.py: generate-constants$(EXEEXT) constants.py.in
+-	rm -f constants.py
+-	cp $(srcdir)/constants.py.in constants.py
+-	chmod 644 constants.py
+-	$(top_builddir)/gobject/generate-constants$(EXEEXT) >> constants.py
+-	chmod 444 constants.py
+-
+-generate_constants_CFLAGS = $(GLIB_CFLAGS) $(PYTHON_INCLUDES)
+-
+-noinst_PROGRAMS = generate-constants
+ CLEANFILES = constants.py
+-EXTRA_DIST = constants.py.in
++
++_constants_la_CFLAGS = $(PYTHON_INCLUDES) $(GLIB_CFLAGS)
++_constants_la_LDFLAGS = $(common_ldflags) -export-symbols-regex init_constants
++_constants_la_SOURCES = _constants.c
+ 
+ _gobject_la_CFLAGS = \
+ 	-I$(top_srcdir)/glib \