--- w/graphics/gegl/Makefile	
+++ w/graphics/gegl/Makefile	
@@ -28,13 +28,11 @@ USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 MESON_ARGS=	-Ddocs=false \
 		-Dworkshop=false \
 		-Dintrospection=true \
-		-Dvapigen=disabled \
 		-Dlensfun=disabled \
 		-Dlibjpeg=enabled \
 		-Dlibpng=enabled \
 		-Dmrg=disabled \
 		-Dpygobject=disabled \
-		-Dvapigen=disabled \
 		-Dlua=disabled
 
 GEGL_SHLIB=	0.423.1
@@ -46,9 +44,9 @@ SHEBANG_FILES=	tools/xml_insert.sh
 OPTIONS_SUB=	yes
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	CAIRO ENSCRIPT FFMPEG PIXBUF GRAPHVIZ JASPER \
 		OPENEXR RAW PANGO POPPLER LIBRSVG2 SDL SPIRO V4L \
-		LCMS2 WEBP TIFF GEXIV2
+		LCMS2 WEBP TIFF GEXIV2 VAPI
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=CAIRO ENSCRIPT GEXIV2 PIXBUF GRAPHVIZ JASPER LCMS2 \
-		OPENEXR RAW PANGO POPPLER LIBRSVG2 SDL SPIRO V4L WEBP TIFF
+		OPENEXR RAW PANGO POPPLER LIBRSVG2 SDL SPIRO V4L WEBP TIFF VAPI
 
 PIXBUF_USE=	GNOME=gdkpixbuf2
 PIXBUF_MESON_ENABLED=	gdk-pixbuf
@@ -117,6 +115,9 @@ GEXIV2_MESON_ENABLED=	gexiv2
 TIFF_LIB_DEPENDS=	libtiff.so:graphics/tiff
 TIFF_MESON_ENABLED=	libtiff
 
+VAPI_BUILD_DEPENDS=	vapigen:lang/vala
+VAPI_MESON_ENABLED=	vapigen
+
 .include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
 
 .if ${PORT_OPTIONS:MPANGO} && ${PORT_OPTIONS:MCAIRO}
--- w/graphics/gegl/pkg-plist	
+++ w/graphics/gegl/pkg-plist	
@@ -166,3 +166,5 @@ share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/gegl-%%GEGL_VER%%.mo
 share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/gegl-%%GEGL_VER%%.mo
 share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/gegl-%%GEGL_VER%%.mo
 share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/gegl-%%GEGL_VER%%.mo
+%%VAPI%%share/vala/vapi/gegl-%%GEGL_VER%%.deps
+%%VAPI%%share/vala/vapi/gegl-%%GEGL_VER%%.vapi