diff --git a/meta/conf/distro/include/poky-fixed-revisions.inc b/meta/conf/distro/include/poky-fixed-revisions.inc
index 72dcdcf564..edadc1b4b0 100644
--- a/meta/conf/distro/include/poky-fixed-revisions.inc
+++ b/meta/conf/distro/include/poky-fixed-revisions.inc
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ PREFERRED_VERSION_libmatchbox ?= "1.9"
 PREFERRED_VERSION_gtk-sato-engine ?= "0.3.1"
 PREFERRED_VERSION_matchbox-theme-sato ?= "0.1"
 
-PREFERRED_VERSION_glib-2.0 ?= "2.22.3"
-PREFERRED_VERSION_glib-2.0-native ?= "2.22.3"
+PREFERRED_VERSION_glib-2.0 ?= "2.24.1"
+PREFERRED_VERSION_glib-2.0-native ?= "2.24.1"
 PREFERRED_VERSION_atk ?= "1.24.0"
 PREFERRED_VERSION_cairo ?= "1.8.2"
 PREFERRED_VERSION_pango ?= "1.22.2"
diff --git a/meta/packages/glib-2.0/glib-2.0-2.22.3/glib-gettextize-dir.patch b/meta/packages/glib-2.0/glib-2.0-2.22.3/glib-gettextize-dir.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index efe3325578..0000000000
--- a/meta/packages/glib-2.0/glib-2.0-2.22.3/glib-gettextize-dir.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- glib-2.10.3/glib-gettextize.in.old	2006-06-21 12:46:45.000000000 +0100
-+++ glib-2.10.3/glib-gettextize.in	2006-06-21 12:48:14.000000000 +0100
-@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
-     ;;
- esac
- 
--gettext_dir=$prefix/share/glib-2.0/gettext
-+gettext_dir=@datadir@/glib-2.0/gettext
- 
- while test $# -gt 0; do
-   case "$1" in
diff --git a/meta/packages/glib-2.0/glib-2.0-2.22.3/glibconfig-sysdefs.h b/meta/packages/glib-2.0/glib-2.0-2.22.3/glibconfig-sysdefs.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 1329e7f21c..0000000000
--- a/meta/packages/glib-2.0/glib-2.0-2.22.3/glibconfig-sysdefs.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#define GLIB_SYSDEF_POLLIN =1
-#define GLIB_SYSDEF_POLLOUT =4
-#define GLIB_SYSDEF_POLLPRI =2
-#define GLIB_SYSDEF_POLLERR =8
-#define GLIB_SYSDEF_POLLHUP =16
-#define GLIB_SYSDEF_POLLNVAL =32
diff --git a/meta/packages/glib-2.0/glib-2.0-2.24.1/60_wait-longer-for-threads-to-die.patch b/meta/packages/glib-2.0/glib-2.0-2.24.1/60_wait-longer-for-threads-to-die.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1676b3e257
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/packages/glib-2.0/glib-2.0-2.24.1/60_wait-longer-for-threads-to-die.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# copy from OE, said to borrow from Ubuntu. Not in glib-2.0 upstream yet. Add for sanity.
+#
+# by Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@intel.com>, 06/25/2010
+--- glib/tests/threadpool-test.c.old	2008-02-12 06:11:21.000000000 +0100
++++ glib/tests/threadpool-test.c	2008-02-12 06:11:52.000000000 +0100
+@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
+ 
+ #include <glib.h>
+ 
+-#define DEBUG_MSG(x)
+-/* #define DEBUG_MSG(args) g_printerr args ; g_printerr ("\n");  */
++/* #define DEBUG_MSG(x) */
++#define DEBUG_MSG(args) g_printerr args ; g_printerr ("\n");
+ 
+ #define WAIT                5    /* seconds */
+ #define MAX_THREADS         10
+@@ -124,10 +124,10 @@
+    DEBUG_MSG (("[unused] stopping unused threads"));
+    g_thread_pool_stop_unused_threads ();
+ 
+-   DEBUG_MSG (("[unused] waiting ONE second for threads to die"));
++   DEBUG_MSG (("[unused] waiting FIVE second for threads to die"));
+ 
+    /* Some time for threads to die. */
+-   g_usleep (G_USEC_PER_SEC);
++   g_usleep (5 * G_USEC_PER_SEC);
+ 
+    DEBUG_MSG (("[unused] stopped idle threads, %d remain, %d threads still exist",
+ 	       g_thread_pool_get_num_unused_threads (),
diff --git a/meta/packages/glib-2.0/glib-2.0-2.22.3/configure-libtool.patch b/meta/packages/glib-2.0/glib-2.0-2.24.1/configure-libtool.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from meta/packages/glib-2.0/glib-2.0-2.22.3/configure-libtool.patch
rename to meta/packages/glib-2.0/glib-2.0-2.24.1/configure-libtool.patch
diff --git a/meta/packages/glib-2.0/glib-2.0-2.24.1/gatomic-proper-pointer-get-cast.patch b/meta/packages/glib-2.0/glib-2.0-2.24.1/gatomic-proper-pointer-get-cast.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1f3920f03a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/packages/glib-2.0/glib-2.0-2.24.1/gatomic-proper-pointer-get-cast.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# handle cast warning. borrow from OE, but updated with a better fix from glib 
+# developing tree.
+#
+# by Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@intel.com>, 06/25/2010
+commit bf2719c815d719d1899b4bdb1b81ff6798471094
+Author: Lars Ellenberg <lars.ellenberg@linbit.com>
+Date:   Thu Apr 15 19:03:05 2010 +0200
+
+    Cast to volatile to avoid warnings from -Wcast-qual
+    
+    https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=457641
+
+diff --git a/glib/gatomic.h b/glib/gatomic.h
+index 7d9c318..22b28d9 100644
+--- a/glib/gatomic.h
++++ b/glib/gatomic.h
+@@ -64,16 +64,16 @@ void     g_atomic_pointer_set                  (volatile gpointer G_GNUC_MAY_ALI
+ #else
+ # define g_atomic_int_get(atomic) \
+  ((void) sizeof (gchar [sizeof (*(atomic)) == sizeof (gint) ? 1 : -1]), \
+-  (g_atomic_int_get) ((volatile gint G_GNUC_MAY_ALIAS *) (void *) (atomic)))
++  (g_atomic_int_get) ((volatile gint G_GNUC_MAY_ALIAS *) (volatile void *) (atomic)))
+ # define g_atomic_int_set(atomic, newval) \
+  ((void) sizeof (gchar [sizeof (*(atomic)) == sizeof (gint) ? 1 : -1]), \
+-  (g_atomic_int_set) ((volatile gint G_GNUC_MAY_ALIAS *) (void *) (atomic), (newval)))
++  (g_atomic_int_set) ((volatile gint G_GNUC_MAY_ALIAS *) (volatile void *) (atomic), (newval)))
+ # define g_atomic_pointer_get(atomic) \
+  ((void) sizeof (gchar [sizeof (*(atomic)) == sizeof (gpointer) ? 1 : -1]), \
+-  (g_atomic_pointer_get) ((volatile gpointer G_GNUC_MAY_ALIAS *) (void *) (atomic)))
++  (g_atomic_pointer_get) ((volatile gpointer G_GNUC_MAY_ALIAS *) (volatile void *) (atomic)))
+ # define g_atomic_pointer_set(atomic, newval) \
+  ((void) sizeof (gchar [sizeof (*(atomic)) == sizeof (gpointer) ? 1 : -1]), \
+-  (g_atomic_pointer_set) ((volatile gpointer G_GNUC_MAY_ALIAS *) (void *) (atomic), (newval)))
++  (g_atomic_pointer_set) ((volatile gpointer G_GNUC_MAY_ALIAS *) (volatile void *) (atomic), (newval)))
+ #endif /* G_ATOMIC_OP_MEMORY_BARRIER_NEEDED */
+ 
+ #define g_atomic_int_inc(atomic) (g_atomic_int_add ((atomic), 1))
diff --git a/meta/packages/glib-2.0/glib-2.0-2.24.1/glib-gettextize-dir.patch b/meta/packages/glib-2.0/glib-2.0-2.24.1/glib-gettextize-dir.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c44e491556
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/packages/glib-2.0/glib-2.0-2.24.1/glib-gettextize-dir.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# an very old patch cherry-picked in every glib-2.0 patch directory. The earliest container
+# for it is 2.6.5 in OE. The earliest commit for it is c8e5702127e507e82e6f68a4b8c546803accea9d
+# in OE side which ports from previous bitkeeper SCM. In OE side it's only used til 2.12.4.
+#
+# keep it since it's always cleaner to not hardcode destination path. Use @datadir@ is more
+# portable here. mark for upstream
+#
+# by Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@intel.com>, 06/25/2010
+--- glib-2.10.3/glib-gettextize.in.old	2006-06-21 12:46:45.000000000 +0100
++++ glib-2.10.3/glib-gettextize.in	2006-06-21 12:48:14.000000000 +0100
+@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
+     ;;
+ esac
+ 
+-gettext_dir=$prefix/share/glib-2.0/gettext
++gettext_dir=@datadir@/glib-2.0/gettext
+ 
+ while test $# -gt 0; do
+   case "$1" in
diff --git a/meta/packages/glib-2.0/glib-2.0_2.22.3.bb b/meta/packages/glib-2.0/glib-2.0_2.22.3.bb
deleted file mode 100644
index 26d91a9cfa..0000000000
--- a/meta/packages/glib-2.0/glib-2.0_2.22.3.bb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-require glib.inc
-
-PR = "r1"
-
-SRC_URI = "http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/glib/2.22/glib-${PV}.tar.bz2 \
-           file://glibconfig-sysdefs.h \
-           file://configure-libtool.patch;patch=1"
-
-SRC_URI_append_virtclass-native = " file://glib-gettextize-dir.patch;patch=1"
-
-BBCLASSEXTEND = "native"
diff --git a/meta/packages/glib-2.0/glib-2.0_2.24.1.bb b/meta/packages/glib-2.0/glib-2.0_2.24.1.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d8d1cc52d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/packages/glib-2.0/glib-2.0_2.24.1.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+require glib.inc
+
+PR = "r0"
+
+SRC_URI = "http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/glib/2.24/glib-${PV}.tar.bz2 \
+           file://configure-libtool.patch \
+           file://gatomic-proper-pointer-get-cast.patch \
+           file://60_wait-longer-for-threads-to-die.patch"
+
+SRC_URI_append_virtclass-native = " file://glib-gettextize-dir.patch"
+BBCLASSEXTEND = "native"
diff --git a/meta/packages/glib-2.0/glib.inc b/meta/packages/glib-2.0/glib.inc
index f4167e8bf8..6e7f6a3347 100644
--- a/meta/packages/glib-2.0/glib.inc
+++ b/meta/packages/glib-2.0/glib.inc
@@ -1,35 +1,32 @@
-DESCRIPTION = "GLib is a general-purpose utility library, \
-which provides many useful data types, macros, \
-type conversions, string utilities, file utilities, a main \
-loop abstraction, and so on. It works on many \
-UNIX-like platforms, Windows, OS/2 and BeOS."
-LICENSE = "LGPL"
+DESCRIPTION = "GLib is a general-purpose utility library, which provides many useful data types, macros, type conversions, string utilities, file utilities, a main loop abstraction, and so on. It works on many UNIX-like platforms, Windows, OS/2 and BeOS"
+# pcre is under BSD;
+# docs/reference/COPYING is with a 'public domai'-like license!
+LICENSE = "LGPLv2+ & BSD & public domain"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=3bf50002aefd002f49e7bb854063f7e7 \
+                    file://glib/glib.h;startline=4;endline=17;md5=a4332fe58b076f29d07c9c066d2967b6 \
+                    file://gmodule/COPYING;md5=3bf50002aefd002f49e7bb854063f7e7 \
+                    file://gmodule/gmodule.h;startline=4;endline=17;md5=76ab161b37202cd004073c42fac276ed \
+                    file://glib/pcre/COPYING;md5=266ebc3ff74ee9ce6fad65577667c0f4 \
+                    file://glib/pcre/pcre.h;startline=11;endline=35;md5=000109ccf7c4c470b74046e2cc59f7e3 \
+                    file://docs/reference/COPYING;md5=f51a5100c17af6bae00735cd791e1fcc"
+BUGTRACKER = "http://bugzilla.gnome.org"
 SECTION = "libs"
-PRIORITY = "optional"
-DEPENDS = "glib-2.0-native gtk-doc-native virtual/libiconv virtual/libintl"
+
+require glib-2.0.inc
+
+DEPENDS = "glib-2.0-native gtk-doc-native virtual/libiconv virtual/libintl zip"
 DEPENDS_virtclass-native = "gtk-doc-native pkgconfig-native gettext-native"
 PACKAGES =+ "glib-2.0-utils "
 
 LEAD_SONAME = "libglib-2.0.*"
 FILES_glib-2.0-utils = "${bindir}/*"
 
-EXTRA_OECONF = "--enable-included-printf=no"
+inherit autotools pkgconfig gettext
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/glib-${PV}"
 
-inherit autotools pkgconfig gettext
-
-require glib-2.0.inc
-
-acpaths = ""
-do_configure_prepend () {
-	install -m 0644 ${WORKDIR}/glibconfig-sysdefs.h .
-}
-
-do_install_append () {
-	install -d ${D}${includedir}/glib-2.0/glib
-	install -m 0755 ${S}/glibconfig.h ${D}${includedir}/glib-2.0/glibconfig.h
-}
+EXTRA_OECONF = "--disable-debug --enable-included-printf=no"
+EXTRA_OECONF_virtclass-native = ""
 
 FILES_${PN} = "${libdir}/lib*${SOLIBS}"
 FILES_${PN}-dev += "${libdir}/glib-2.0/include"