diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index ca91355..0389c28 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ go 1.15
 
 require (
 	github.com/mattn/go-pointer v0.0.1
-	github.com/tinyzimmer/go-glib v0.0.2
+	github.com/tinyzimmer/go-glib v0.0.3
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 81c9865..3c49a91 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@ github.com/mattn/go-pointer v0.0.1 h1:n+XhsuGeVO6MEAp7xyEukFINEa+Quek5psIR/ylA6o
 github.com/mattn/go-pointer v0.0.1/go.mod h1:2zXcozF6qYGgmsG+SeTZz3oAbFLdD3OWqnUbNvJZAlc=
 github.com/tinyzimmer/go-glib v0.0.2 h1:hdvjwrhcS6WrMMeqfxsf3e7/lOhV8gbVyJ9/sN3LfyY=
 github.com/tinyzimmer/go-glib v0.0.2/go.mod h1:D5rd0CvYn1p7TBhwlwnBXHSr4d8lwEY9JImPQ66S+Bs=
+github.com/tinyzimmer/go-glib v0.0.3 h1:yPax+QpAcmm16Ye3RZOsBVR0UpMZ9JnglJCgrlBN+C8=
+github.com/tinyzimmer/go-glib v0.0.3/go.mod h1:D5rd0CvYn1p7TBhwlwnBXHSr4d8lwEY9JImPQ66S+Bs=
diff --git a/gst/g_param_spec_constructors.go b/gst/g_param_spec_constructors.go
index 0c05645..ae68827 100644
--- a/gst/g_param_spec_constructors.go
+++ b/gst/g_param_spec_constructors.go
@@ -117,9 +117,6 @@ func NewFloat64Param(name, nick, blurb string, min, max, defaultValue float64, f
 	return &ParamSpec{paramSpec: paramSpec}
 }
 
-// TypeCaps is the static Glib Type for a GstCaps.
-var TypeCaps = glib.Type(C.gst_caps_get_type())
-
 // NewBoxedParam creates a new ParamSpec containing a boxed type. Some helper type castings are included
 // in these bindings.
 func NewBoxedParam(name, nick, blurb string, boxedType glib.Type, flags ParameterFlags) *ParamSpec {
diff --git a/gst/gst_caps.go b/gst/gst_caps.go
index 26b66a2..b4fab76 100644
--- a/gst/gst_caps.go
+++ b/gst/gst_caps.go
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ import (
 	"github.com/tinyzimmer/go-glib/glib"
 )
 
+// TypeCaps is the static Glib Type for a GstCaps.
+var TypeCaps = glib.Type(C.gst_caps_get_type())
+
 // Caps is a go wrapper around GstCaps.
 type Caps struct {
 	native *C.GstCaps
@@ -72,30 +75,6 @@ func NewFullCaps(structures ...*Structure) *Caps {
 	return caps
 }
 
-// // NewSimpleCaps creates new caps with the given media format and key value pairs.
-// // The key of each pair must be a string, followed by any field that can be converted
-// // to a GType.
-// func NewSimpleCaps(mediaFormat string, fieldVals ...interface{}) (*Caps, error) {
-// 	if len(fieldVals)%2 != 0 {
-// 		return nil, errors.New("Received odd number of key/value pairs")
-// 	}
-// 	caps := NewEmptySimpleCaps(mediaFormat)
-// 	strParts := make([]string, 0)
-// 	for i := 0; i < len(fieldVals); i = i + 2 {
-// 		fieldKey, ok := fieldVals[i].(string)
-// 		if !ok {
-// 			return nil, errors.New("One or more field keys are not a valid string")
-// 		}
-// 		strParts = append(strParts, fmt.Sprintf("%s=%v", fieldKey, fieldVals[i+1]))
-// 	}
-// 	structure := NewStructureFromString(strings.Join(strParts, ", "))
-// 	if structure == nil {
-// 		return nil, errors.New("Could not build structure from the provided arguments")
-// 	}
-// 	caps.AppendStructure(structure)
-// 	return caps, nil
-// }
-
 // NewCapsFromString creates a new Caps object from the given string.
 //
 //   caps := gst.NewCapsFromString("audio/x-raw, channels=2")
@@ -120,6 +99,18 @@ func NewRawCaps(format string, rate, channels int) *Caps {
 
 func (c *Caps) unsafe() unsafe.Pointer { return unsafe.Pointer(c.native) }
 
+// ToGValue returns a GValue containing the given caps. Note that under unexpected circumstances in allocation
+// this function can return nil. A reference to these caps is taken by the resulting value, so they are safe to
+// unref if not needed anymore.
+func (c *Caps) ToGValue() *glib.Value {
+	val, err := glib.ValueInit(glib.Type(C.getCapsType()))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	C.gst_value_set_caps((*C.GValue)(unsafe.Pointer(val.GValue)), c.Instance())
+	return val
+}
+
 // Ref increases the ref count on these caps by one.
 //
 // From this point on, until the caller calls Unref or MakeWritable, it is guaranteed that the caps object