diff --git a/shared/nm-utils/nm-glib.h b/shared/nm-utils/nm-glib.h
index 4ef538e441..599890e071 100644
--- a/shared/nm-utils/nm-glib.h
+++ b/shared/nm-utils/nm-glib.h
@@ -481,4 +481,9 @@ _nm_g_variant_new_printf (const char *format_string, ...)
 	})
 #endif
 
+#if !GLIB_CHECK_VERSION (2, 56, 0)
+#define g_object_ref(Obj)      ((typeof(Obj)) g_object_ref (Obj))
+#define g_object_ref_sink(Obj) ((typeof(Obj)) g_object_ref_sink (Obj))
+#endif
+
 #endif  /* __NM_GLIB_H__ */
diff --git a/shared/nm-utils/nm-macros-internal.h b/shared/nm-utils/nm-macros-internal.h
index fc474d4b1e..5bd9eac406 100644
--- a/shared/nm-utils/nm-macros-internal.h
+++ b/shared/nm-utils/nm-macros-internal.h
@@ -697,6 +697,7 @@ nm_g_object_ref (gpointer obj)
 		g_object_ref (obj);
 	return obj;
 }
+#define nm_g_object_ref(obj) ((typeof (obj)) nm_g_object_ref (obj))
 
 static inline void
 nm_g_object_unref (gpointer obj)