diff --git a/libfwupdplugin/fu-srec-firmware.c b/libfwupdplugin/fu-srec-firmware.c
index 63f20da3e..a9c5d95ab 100644
--- a/libfwupdplugin/fu-srec-firmware.c
+++ b/libfwupdplugin/fu-srec-firmware.c
@@ -82,6 +82,37 @@ fu_srec_firmware_record_new (guint ln, FuFirmareSrecRecordKind kind, guint32 add
 	return rcd;
 }
 
+static FuSrecFirmwareRecord *
+fu_srec_firmware_record_dup (const FuSrecFirmwareRecord *rcd)
+{
+	FuSrecFirmwareRecord *dest;
+	g_return_val_if_fail (rcd != NULL, NULL);
+	dest = fu_srec_firmware_record_new (rcd->ln, rcd->kind, rcd->addr);
+	dest->buf = g_byte_array_ref (rcd->buf);
+	return dest;
+}
+
+/**
+ * fu_srec_firmware_record_get_type:
+ *
+ * Gets a specific type.
+ *
+ * Return value: a #GType
+ *
+ * Since: 1.6.1
+ **/
+GType
+fu_srec_firmware_record_get_type (void)
+{
+	static GType type_id = 0;
+	if (!type_id) {
+		type_id = g_boxed_type_register_static ("FuSrecFirmwareRecord",
+							(GBoxedCopyFunc) fu_srec_firmware_record_dup,
+							(GBoxedFreeFunc) fu_srec_firmware_record_free);
+	}
+	return type_id;
+}
+
 static gboolean
 fu_srec_firmware_tokenize (FuFirmware *firmware, GBytes *fw,
 			   FwupdInstallFlags flags, GError **error)
diff --git a/libfwupdplugin/fu-srec-firmware.h b/libfwupdplugin/fu-srec-firmware.h
index cb98d74da..08a3303e6 100644
--- a/libfwupdplugin/fu-srec-firmware.h
+++ b/libfwupdplugin/fu-srec-firmware.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include "fu-firmware.h"
 
 #define FU_TYPE_SREC_FIRMWARE (fu_srec_firmware_get_type ())
+#define FU_TYPE_SREC_FIRMWARE_RECORD (fu_srec_firmware_record_get_type ())
 G_DECLARE_DERIVABLE_TYPE (FuSrecFirmware, fu_srec_firmware, FU, SREC_FIRMWARE, FuFirmware)
 
 struct _FuSrecFirmwareClass
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ typedef struct {
 
 FuFirmware		*fu_srec_firmware_new		(void);
 GPtrArray		*fu_srec_firmware_get_records	(FuSrecFirmware	*self);
+GType			 fu_srec_firmware_record_get_type (void);
 FuSrecFirmwareRecord	*fu_srec_firmware_record_new	(guint		 ln,
 							 FuFirmareSrecRecordKind kind,
 							 guint32	 addr);
diff --git a/libfwupdplugin/fwupdplugin.map b/libfwupdplugin/fwupdplugin.map
index a7e1b137a..2efcfa769 100644
--- a/libfwupdplugin/fwupdplugin.map
+++ b/libfwupdplugin/fwupdplugin.map
@@ -794,6 +794,7 @@ LIBFWUPDPLUGIN_1.6.0 {
 
 LIBFWUPDPLUGIN_1.6.1 {
   global:
+    fu_srec_firmware_record_get_type;
     fu_version_string;
   local: *;
 } LIBFWUPDPLUGIN_1.6.0;
diff --git a/libfwupdplugin/meson.build b/libfwupdplugin/meson.build
index d59861704..4a0e760d5 100644
--- a/libfwupdplugin/meson.build
+++ b/libfwupdplugin/meson.build
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ if get_option('introspection') and get_option('gusb')
       '@INPUT@',
       '@OUTPUT@',
       '--override', 'fu_chunk_get_type', '1.5.6',
+      '--override', 'fu_srec_firmware_record_get_type', '1.6.1',
     ],
   )