diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+### 0.24.2
+
++ Provide type init functions for GParamSpec types.
+
 ### 0.24.1
 
 + Support for allocating `GArray`s.
diff --git a/Data/GI/Base/BasicTypes.hsc b/Data/GI/Base/BasicTypes.hsc
--- a/Data/GI/Base/BasicTypes.hsc
+++ b/Data/GI/Base/BasicTypes.hsc
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
 
 -- | A wrapped object that has an associated GLib type. This does not
 -- necessarily descend from `GObject`, that constraint is implemented
--- by the `GObject` type below.
+-- by `GObject` below.
 class HasParentTypes a => TypedObject a where
   -- | The `GType` for this object.
   glibType :: IO GType
diff --git a/c/hsgclosure.c b/c/hsgclosure.c
--- a/c/hsgclosure.c
+++ b/c/hsgclosure.c
@@ -366,3 +366,39 @@
 {
   return !!(closure->floating);
 }
+
+/* GParamSpec* types are registered as GObjects, but they do not have
+   an exported type_init function. They only export CPP macros, so
+   we have to provide our own. */
+#define PARAM_TYPE(CamelCase, UPPERCASE) \
+  GType haskell_gi_pspec_type_init_##CamelCase (void) { \
+    return G_TYPE_##UPPERCASE;                          \
+  }
+
+PARAM_TYPE(ParamSpec, PARAM);
+PARAM_TYPE(ParamSpecBoolean, PARAM_BOOLEAN);
+PARAM_TYPE(ParamSpecBoxed, PARAM_BOXED);
+PARAM_TYPE(ParamSpecChar, PARAM_CHAR);
+PARAM_TYPE(ParamSpecDouble, PARAM_DOUBLE);
+PARAM_TYPE(ParamSpecEnum, PARAM_ENUM);
+PARAM_TYPE(ParamSpecFlags, PARAM_FLAGS);
+PARAM_TYPE(ParamSpecFloat, PARAM_FLOAT);
+PARAM_TYPE(ParamSpecGType, PARAM_GTYPE);
+PARAM_TYPE(ParamSpecInt, PARAM_INT);
+PARAM_TYPE(ParamSpecInt64, PARAM_INT64);
+PARAM_TYPE(ParamSpecLong, PARAM_LONG);
+PARAM_TYPE(ParamSpecObject, PARAM_OBJECT);
+PARAM_TYPE(ParamSpecOverride, PARAM_OVERRIDE);
+PARAM_TYPE(ParamSpecParam, PARAM_PARAM);
+PARAM_TYPE(ParamSpecPointer, PARAM_POINTER);
+PARAM_TYPE(ParamSpecString, PARAM_STRING);
+PARAM_TYPE(ParamSpecUChar, PARAM_UCHAR);
+PARAM_TYPE(ParamSpecUInt, PARAM_UINT);
+PARAM_TYPE(ParamSpecUInt64, PARAM_UINT64);
+PARAM_TYPE(ParamSpecULong, PARAM_ULONG);
+PARAM_TYPE(ParamSpecUnichar, PARAM_UNICHAR);
+PARAM_TYPE(ParamSpecVariant, PARAM_VARIANT);
+/* The following is deprecated, ignore the warning that GLib raises. */
+#undef GLIB_DEPRECATED_MACRO
+#define GLIB_DEPRECATED_MACRO
+PARAM_TYPE(ParamSpecValueArray, PARAM_VALUE_ARRAY);
diff --git a/haskell-gi-base.cabal b/haskell-gi-base.cabal
--- a/haskell-gi-base.cabal
+++ b/haskell-gi-base.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                haskell-gi-base
-version:             0.24.1
+version:             0.24.2
 synopsis:            Foundation for libraries generated by haskell-gi
 description:         Foundation for libraries generated by haskell-gi
 homepage:            https://github.com/haskell-gi/haskell-gi