diff --git a/srcpkgs/libpvala b/srcpkgs/libpvala
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..3bb3879ac9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libpvala
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pvala
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/pvala-codegen-posix/files/vala-codegen-posix.patch b/srcpkgs/pvala-codegen-posix/files/vala-codegen-posix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d3afdfec40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/pvala-codegen-posix/files/vala-codegen-posix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
+index ff46b0d..be89c11 100644
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
+ AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.11 dist-bzip2])
+ AM_MAINTAINER_MODE([enable])
+ 
+-VALA_VERSION=0.20
++VALA_VERSION=0.22
+ PACKAGE_SUFFIX=-$VALA_VERSION
+ 
+ dnl http://people.gnome.org/~walters/docs/build-api.txt
diff --git a/srcpkgs/pvala-codegen-posix/template b/srcpkgs/pvala-codegen-posix/template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ad6bff0d3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/pvala-codegen-posix/template
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# Template file for 'pvala-codegen-posix'
+pkgname=pvala-codegen-posix
+version=20130929
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+_common_dir="/usr/libexec/vala"
+configure_args="--prefix=${_common_dir} --bindir=${_common_dir}
+--libdir=${_common_dir}"
+hostmakedepends="autoconf automake libtool pkg-config git pvala"
+makedepends="libglib-devel pvala-devel"
+short_desc="Posix profile plugin for pvala"
+maintainer="davehome <davehome@redthumb.info.tm"
+homepage="http://live.gnome.org/Val://gitorious.org/ideas/vala-codegen-posix"
+license="LGPL-2.1"
+long_desc="
+ The return of the POSIX profile for Vala (only works with pvala package)."
+
+do_fetch() {
+	local url="git://gitorious.org/ideas/vala-codegen-posix.git"
+	local _patch="${FILESDIR}/vala-codegen-posix.patch"
+	msg_normal "Fetching source from $url ...\n"
+	git clone ${url} ${pkgname}-${version}
+	msg_normal "Applying ${_patch} ...\n"
+	cd "${pkgname}-${version}" && git apply ${_patch}
+}
+
+pre_configure() {
+	./autogen.sh
+}
+
+pvala-codegen-posix_package() {
+	depends="pvala>=0"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove all
+	}
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/pvala-devel b/srcpkgs/pvala-devel
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..3bb3879ac9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/pvala-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pvala
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/pvala/files/valac-profile-plugins.patch b/srcpkgs/pvala/files/valac-profile-plugins.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bc98d4c6c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/pvala/files/valac-profile-plugins.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,332 @@
+diff --git a/compiler/Makefile.am b/compiler/Makefile.am
+index d6e7f81..fc25be4 100644
+--- a/compiler/Makefile.am
++++ b/compiler/Makefile.am
+@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ AM_CPPFLAGS = \
+ 	-I$(top_srcdir)/vala \
+ 	-I$(top_srcdir)/codegen \
+ 	$(GLIB_CFLAGS) \
++	$(GMODULE_CFLAGS) \
+ 	-DPACKAGE_DATADIR=\"$(pkgdatadir)\" \
++	-DPACKAGE_LIBEXECDIR=\"$(pkglibexecdir)\" \
+ 	$(NULL)
+ 
+ BUILT_SOURCES = valac.vala.stamp
+@@ -26,12 +28,13 @@ valac_SOURCES = \
+ 	$(NULL)
+ 
+ valac.vala.stamp: $(valac_VALASOURCES)
+-	$(VALA_V)$(VALAC) $(COVERAGE_VALAFLAGS) $(VALAFLAGS) -C --vapidir $(srcdir)/../vapi --pkg gobject-2.0 --vapidir $(srcdir)/../gee --pkg gee --vapidir $(srcdir)/../ccode --pkg ccode --vapidir $(srcdir)/../vala --pkg vala --vapidir $(srcdir)/../codegen --pkg codegen --pkg config $^
++	$(VALA_V)$(VALAC) $(COVERAGE_VALAFLAGS) $(VALAFLAGS) -C --vapidir $(srcdir)/../vapi --pkg gobject-2.0 --pkg gmodule-2.0 --vapidir $(srcdir)/../gee --pkg gee --vapidir $(srcdir)/../ccode --pkg ccode --vapidir $(srcdir)/../vala --pkg vala --vapidir $(srcdir)/../codegen --pkg codegen --pkg config $^
+ 	@touch $@
+ 
+ valac_LDADD = \
+ 	$(COVERAGE_LIBS) \
+ 	$(GLIB_LIBS) \
++	$(GMODULE_LIBS) \
+ 	../codegen/libvala@PACKAGE_SUFFIX@.la \
+ 	$(NULL)
+ 
+diff --git a/compiler/valacompiler.vala b/compiler/valacompiler.vala
+index 174794e..af645d0 100644
+--- a/compiler/valacompiler.vala
++++ b/compiler/valacompiler.vala
+@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ class Vala.Compiler {
+ 	static string cc_command;
+ 	[CCode (array_length = false, array_null_terminated = true)]
+ 	static string[] cc_options;
++	[CCode (array_length = false, array_null_terminated = true)]
++	static string[] profile_plugin_options;
+ 	static string dump_tree;
+ 	static bool save_temps;
+ 	[CCode (array_length = false, array_null_terminated = true)]
+@@ -77,6 +79,7 @@ class Vala.Compiler {
+ 	static bool quiet_mode;
+ 	static bool verbose_mode;
+ 	static string profile;
++	static string profile_plugindir;
+ 	static bool nostdpkg;
+ 	static bool enable_version_header;
+ 	static bool disable_version_header;
+@@ -89,6 +92,12 @@ class Vala.Compiler {
+ 
+ 	private CodeContext context;
+ 
++	private Module? profile_module;
++	private CustomProfileFactoryDelegate custom_profile_factory;
++
++	[CCode(has_target=false)]
++	private delegate Vala.CodeGenerator CustomProfileFactoryDelegate(Vala.CodeContext context, string[] profile_plugindir_options);
++
+ 	const OptionEntry[] options = {
+ 		{ "vapidir", 0, 0, OptionArg.FILENAME_ARRAY, ref vapi_directories, "Look for package bindings in DIRECTORY", "DIRECTORY..." },
+ 		{ "girdir", 0, 0, OptionArg.FILENAME_ARRAY, ref gir_directories, "Look for .gir files in DIRECTORY", "DIRECTORY..." },
+@@ -132,6 +141,8 @@ class Vala.Compiler {
+ 		{ "dump-tree", 0, 0, OptionArg.FILENAME, ref dump_tree, "Write code tree to FILE", "FILE" },
+ 		{ "save-temps", 0, 0, OptionArg.NONE, ref save_temps, "Keep temporary files", null },
+ 		{ "profile", 0, 0, OptionArg.STRING, ref profile, "Use the given profile instead of the default", "PROFILE" },
++		{ "profile-plugindir", 0, 0, OptionArg.STRING, ref profile_plugindir, "Directory used to search for profile plugins", "DIRECTORY" },
++		{ "profile-option", 0, 0, OptionArg.STRING_ARRAY, ref profile_plugin_options, "Pass OPTION to the profile plugin", "OPTION" },
+ 		{ "quiet", 'q', 0, OptionArg.NONE, ref quiet_mode, "Do not print messages to the console", null },
+ 		{ "verbose", 'v', 0, OptionArg.NONE, ref verbose_mode, "Print additional messages to the console", null },
+ 		{ "target-glib", 0, 0, OptionArg.STRING, ref target_glib, "Target version of glib for code generation", "MAJOR.MINOR" },
+@@ -212,12 +223,34 @@ class Vala.Compiler {
+ 		context.thread = thread;
+ 		context.mem_profiler = mem_profiler;
+ 		context.save_temps = save_temps;
++
++		if (profile_plugindir == null) {
++			profile_plugindir = Config.PACKAGE_LIBEXECDIR;
++		}
+ 		if (profile == "gobject-2.0" || profile == "gobject" || profile == null) {
+ 			// default profile
+ 			context.profile = Profile.GOBJECT;
+ 			context.add_define ("GOBJECT");
+ 		} else {
+-			Report.error (null, "Unknown profile %s".printf (profile));
++			if (Module.supported()) {
++				string path = Module.build_path (profile_plugindir, "%s%s".printf(profile, Config.PACKAGE_SUFFIX));
++
++				profile_module = Module.open (path, ModuleFlags.BIND_LOCAL);
++				if (profile_module != null) {
++					void* codegen_factory_func;
++
++					if (profile_module.symbol("vala_codegenerator_factory", out codegen_factory_func)) {
++						custom_profile_factory = (CustomProfileFactoryDelegate) codegen_factory_func;
++						context.profile = Profile.CUSTOM;
++					} else {
++						Report.error (null, "A valid factory function was not found. Can't use module '%s' for profile %s".printf (path, profile));
++					}
++				} else {
++					Report.error (null, "Can't load module '%s'. Unknown profile %s".printf (path, profile));
++				}
++			} else {
++				Report.error (null, "Unknown profile %s".printf (profile));
++			}
+ 		}
+ 		nostdpkg |= fast_vapi_filename != null;
+ 		context.nostdpkg = nostdpkg;
+@@ -248,14 +281,16 @@ class Vala.Compiler {
+ 			Report.error (null, "This version of valac only supports GLib 2");
+ 		}
+ 
+-		for (int i = 16; i <= glib_minor; i += 2) {
+-			context.add_define ("GLIB_2_%d".printf (i));
+-		}
++		if (context.profile != Profile.CUSTOM) {
++			for (int i = 16; i <= glib_minor; i += 2) {
++				context.add_define ("GLIB_2_%d".printf (i));
++			}
+ 
+-		if (!nostdpkg) {
+-			/* default packages */
+-			context.add_external_package ("glib-2.0");
+-			context.add_external_package ("gobject-2.0");
++			if (!nostdpkg) {
++				/* default packages */
++				context.add_external_package ("glib-2.0");
++				context.add_external_package ("gobject-2.0");
++			}
+ 		}
+ 
+ 		if (packages != null) {
+@@ -280,7 +315,16 @@ class Vala.Compiler {
+ 			return quit ();
+ 		}
+ 
+-		context.codegen = new GDBusServerModule ();
++		if (context.profile == Profile.CUSTOM) {
++			var codegen = custom_profile_factory(context, profile_plugin_options) as Vala.CodeGenerator;
++			if (codegen != null) {
++				context.codegen = codegen;
++			} else {
++				Report.error (null, "Invalid code generator for profile %s".printf (profile));
++			}
++		} else {
++			context.codegen = new GDBusServerModule ();
++		}
+ 
+ 		bool has_c_files = false;
+ 
+diff --git a/vala/valaarraytype.vala b/vala/valaarraytype.vala
+index b376723..7431078 100644
+--- a/vala/valaarraytype.vala
++++ b/vala/valaarraytype.vala
+@@ -165,12 +165,12 @@ public class Vala.ArrayType : ReferenceType {
+ 
+ 	public override bool compatible (DataType target_type) {
+ 		if (target_type.data_type != null) {
+-			if (target_type.data_type.is_subtype_of (CodeContext.get ().analyzer.gvalue_type.data_type) && element_type.data_type == CodeContext.get ().root.scope.lookup ("string")) {
++			if (CodeContext.get ().analyzer.gvalue_type != null && target_type.data_type.is_subtype_of (CodeContext.get ().analyzer.gvalue_type.data_type) && element_type.data_type == CodeContext.get ().root.scope.lookup ("string")) {
+ 				// allow implicit conversion from string[] to GValue
+ 				return true;
+ 			}
+ 
+-			if (target_type.data_type.is_subtype_of (CodeContext.get ().analyzer.gvariant_type.data_type)) {
++			if (CodeContext.get ().analyzer.gvariant_type != null && target_type.data_type.is_subtype_of (CodeContext.get ().analyzer.gvariant_type.data_type)) {
+ 				// allow implicit conversion to GVariant
+ 				return true;
+ 			}
+diff --git a/vala/valacastexpression.vala b/vala/valacastexpression.vala
+index c7a72b6..90371b8 100644
+--- a/vala/valacastexpression.vala
++++ b/vala/valacastexpression.vala
+@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ public class Vala.CastExpression : Expression {
+ 	}
+ 
+ 	bool is_gvariant (CodeContext context, DataType type) {
+-		return type.data_type != null && type.data_type.is_subtype_of (context.analyzer.gvariant_type.data_type);
++		return type.data_type != null && context.analyzer.gvariant_type != null && type.data_type.is_subtype_of (context.analyzer.gvariant_type.data_type);
+ 	}
+ 
+ 	public override void emit (CodeGenerator codegen) {
+diff --git a/vala/valacodecontext.vala b/vala/valacodecontext.vala
+index afad107..62fb4d4 100644
+--- a/vala/valacodecontext.vala
++++ b/vala/valacodecontext.vala
+@@ -412,9 +412,11 @@ public class Vala.CodeContext {
+ 			source_file.relative_filename = filename;
+ 
+ 			// import the GLib namespace by default (namespace of backend-specific standard library)
+-			var ns_ref = new UsingDirective (new UnresolvedSymbol (null, "GLib", null));
+-			source_file.add_using_directive (ns_ref);
+-			root.add_using_directive (ns_ref);
++			if (this.profile != Profile.CUSTOM) {
++				var ns_ref = new UsingDirective (new UnresolvedSymbol (null, "GLib", null));
++				source_file.add_using_directive (ns_ref);
++				root.add_using_directive (ns_ref);
++			}
+ 
+ 			add_source_file (source_file);
+ 		} else if (filename.has_suffix (".vapi") || filename.has_suffix (".gir")) {
+diff --git a/vala/valadatatype.vala b/vala/valadatatype.vala
+index 085d321..02ac63c 100644
+--- a/vala/valadatatype.vala
++++ b/vala/valadatatype.vala
+@@ -263,12 +263,12 @@ public abstract class Vala.DataType : CodeNode {
+ 		}
+ 
+ 		if (target_type.data_type != null) {
+-			if (target_type.data_type.is_subtype_of (CodeContext.get ().analyzer.gvalue_type.data_type)) {
++			if (CodeContext.get ().analyzer.gvalue_type != null && target_type.data_type.is_subtype_of (CodeContext.get ().analyzer.gvalue_type.data_type)) {
+ 				// allow implicit conversion to GValue
+ 				return true;
+ 			}
+ 
+-			if (target_type.data_type.is_subtype_of (CodeContext.get ().analyzer.gvariant_type.data_type)) {
++			if (CodeContext.get ().analyzer.gvariant_type != null && target_type.data_type.is_subtype_of (CodeContext.get ().analyzer.gvariant_type.data_type)) {
+ 				// allow implicit conversion to GVariant
+ 				return true;
+ 			}
+diff --git a/vala/valaforeachstatement.vala b/vala/valaforeachstatement.vala
+index 8c65222..0b5f1ec 100644
+--- a/vala/valaforeachstatement.vala
++++ b/vala/valaforeachstatement.vala
+@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ public class Vala.ForeachStatement : Block {
+ 			array_type.inline_allocated = false;
+ 
+ 			return check_without_iterator (context, collection_type, array_type.element_type);
+-		} else if (collection_type.compatible (context.analyzer.glist_type) || collection_type.compatible (context.analyzer.gslist_type)) {
++		} else if ((context.analyzer.glist_type != null && collection_type.compatible (context.analyzer.glist_type)) || (context.analyzer.gslist_type != null && collection_type.compatible (context.analyzer.gslist_type))) {
+ 			if (collection_type.get_type_arguments ().size != 1) {
+ 				error = true;
+ 				Report.error (collection.source_reference, "missing type argument for collection");
+@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ public class Vala.ForeachStatement : Block {
+ 			}
+ 
+ 			return check_without_iterator (context, collection_type, collection_type.get_type_arguments ().get (0));
+-		} else if (collection_type.compatible (context.analyzer.gvaluearray_type)) {
++		} else if (context.analyzer.gvaluearray_type != null && collection_type.compatible (context.analyzer.gvaluearray_type)) {
+ 			return check_without_iterator (context, collection_type, context.analyzer.gvalue_type);
+ 		} else {
+ 			return check_with_iterator (context, collection_type);
+diff --git a/vala/valamethodcall.vala b/vala/valamethodcall.vala
+index 89d2ba5..eac7136 100644
+--- a/vala/valamethodcall.vala
++++ b/vala/valamethodcall.vala
+@@ -220,7 +220,8 @@ public class Vala.MethodCall : Expression {
+ 
+ 		CreationMethod base_cm = null;
+ 
+-		if (mtype is ObjectType || call.symbol_reference == context.analyzer.object_type) {
++		//if (mtype is ObjectType || call.symbol_reference == context.analyzer.object_type) {
++		if (mtype is ObjectType || (context.analyzer.object_type != null && call.symbol_reference == context.analyzer.object_type)) {
+ 			// constructor chain-up
+ 			var cm = context.analyzer.find_current_method () as CreationMethod;
+ 			if (cm == null) {
+diff --git a/vala/valapointertype.vala b/vala/valapointertype.vala
+index 4bfaf34..4f57641 100644
+--- a/vala/valapointertype.vala
++++ b/vala/valapointertype.vala
+@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ public class Vala.PointerType : DataType {
+ 			return base_type.compatible (target_type);
+ 		}
+ 
+-		if (target_type.data_type != null && target_type.data_type.is_subtype_of (CodeContext.get ().analyzer.gvalue_type.data_type)) {
++		if (target_type.data_type != null && CodeContext.get ().analyzer.gvalue_type != null && target_type.data_type.is_subtype_of (CodeContext.get ().analyzer.gvalue_type.data_type)) {
+ 			// allow implicit conversion to GValue
+ 			return true;
+ 		}
+diff --git a/vala/valaprofile.vala b/vala/valaprofile.vala
+index 8024965..a5aebdb 100644
+--- a/vala/valaprofile.vala
++++ b/vala/valaprofile.vala
+@@ -21,5 +21,6 @@
+  */
+ 
+ public enum Vala.Profile {
+-	GOBJECT
++	GOBJECT,
++	CUSTOM
+ }
+diff --git a/vala/valasemanticanalyzer.vala b/vala/valasemanticanalyzer.vala
+index 8244896..c78c513 100644
+--- a/vala/valasemanticanalyzer.vala
++++ b/vala/valasemanticanalyzer.vala
+@@ -204,22 +204,24 @@ public class Vala.SemanticAnalyzer : CodeVisitor {
+ 			unichar_type = new IntegerType (unichar_struct);
+ 		}
+ 
+-		var glib_ns = root_symbol.scope.lookup ("GLib");
++		if (context.profile == Profile.GOBJECT) {
++			var glib_ns = root_symbol.scope.lookup ("GLib");
+ 
+-		object_type = (Class) glib_ns.scope.lookup ("Object");
+-		type_type = new IntegerType ((Struct) glib_ns.scope.lookup ("Type"));
+-		gvalue_type = new StructValueType ((Struct) glib_ns.scope.lookup ("Value"));
+-		gvariant_type = new ObjectType ((Class) glib_ns.scope.lookup ("Variant"));
++			object_type = (Class) glib_ns.scope.lookup ("Object");
++			type_type = new IntegerType ((Struct) glib_ns.scope.lookup ("Type"));
++			gvalue_type = new StructValueType ((Struct) glib_ns.scope.lookup ("Value"));
++			gvariant_type = new ObjectType ((Class) glib_ns.scope.lookup ("Variant"));
+ 
+-		glist_type = new ObjectType ((Class) glib_ns.scope.lookup ("List"));
+-		gslist_type = new ObjectType ((Class) glib_ns.scope.lookup ("SList"));
+-		garray_type = new ObjectType ((Class) glib_ns.scope.lookup ("Array"));
+-		gvaluearray_type = new ObjectType ((Class) glib_ns.scope.lookup ("ValueArray"));
++			glist_type = new ObjectType ((Class) glib_ns.scope.lookup ("List"));
++			gslist_type = new ObjectType ((Class) glib_ns.scope.lookup ("SList"));
++			garray_type = new ObjectType ((Class) glib_ns.scope.lookup ("Array"));
++			gvaluearray_type = new ObjectType ((Class) glib_ns.scope.lookup ("ValueArray"));
+ 
+-		gerror_type = (Class) glib_ns.scope.lookup ("Error");
+-		regex_type = new ObjectType ((Class) root_symbol.scope.lookup ("GLib").scope.lookup ("Regex"));
++			gsource_type = (Class) glib_ns.scope.lookup ("Source");
+ 
+-		gsource_type = (Class) glib_ns.scope.lookup ("Source");
++			gerror_type = (Class) glib_ns.scope.lookup ("Error");
++			regex_type = new ObjectType ((Class) root_symbol.scope.lookup ("GLib").scope.lookup ("Regex"));
++		}
+ 
+ 		current_symbol = root_symbol;
+ 		context.root.check (context);
+diff --git a/vapi/config.vapi b/vapi/config.vapi
+index 2c6df9e..aada11b 100644
+--- a/vapi/config.vapi
++++ b/vapi/config.vapi
+@@ -26,4 +26,5 @@ namespace Config {
+ 	public const string BUILD_VERSION;
+ 	public const string PACKAGE_DATADIR;
+ 	public const string PACKAGE_SUFFIX;
++	public const string PACKAGE_LIBEXECDIR;
+ }
diff --git a/srcpkgs/pvala/template b/srcpkgs/pvala/template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cef03847f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/pvala/template
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+# Template file for 'pvala'
+pkgname=pvala
+version=20130929
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args="--enable-vapigen"
+hostmakedepends="autoconf automake libtool pkg-config flex libxslt git vala"
+makedepends="libglib-devel libfl-devel"
+short_desc="Compiler for the GObject type system - Profile plugins version"
+maintainer="davehome <davehome@redthumb.info.tm"
+homepage="http://live.gnome.org/Vala"
+license="LGPL-2.1"
+long_desc="
+ Vala is a new programming language that aims to bring modern programming
+ language features to GNOME developers without imposing any additional runtime
+ requirements and without using a different ABI compared to applications and
+ libraries written in C.  This version adds an experimental patch that enables
+ one to provide profile-based code generator plugin modules (ie. the return of
+ the POSIX profile!)"
+
+do_fetch() {
+	local url="git://git.gnome.org/vala"
+	local _patch="${FILESDIR}/valac-profile-plugins.patch"
+	msg_normal "Fetching source from $url ...\n"
+	git clone ${url} ${pkgname}-${version}
+	msg_normal "Applying ${_patch} ...\n"
+	cd "${pkgname}-${version}" && git apply ${_patch}
+
+}
+
+pre_configure() {
+	./autogen.sh
+}
+
+libpvala_package() {
+	short_desc+=" - shared library"
+	replaces="libvala>=0"
+	provides="libvala-${version}"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so.*"
+	}
+}
+
+pvala-devel_package() {
+	depends="libglib-devel pvala>=${version}"
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	replaces="vala-devel>=0"
+	provides="vala-devel-${version}"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+		vmove usr/share/aclocal
+		vmove usr/share/devhelp
+	}
+}
+
+pvala_package() {
+	depends="libpvala>=${version}"
+	replaces="vala>=0"
+	provides="vala-${version}"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove all
+	}
+}