diff --git a/libgimp/Makefile.am b/libgimp/Makefile.am
index 2e71ba9abd..141f857851 100644
--- a/libgimp/Makefile.am
+++ b/libgimp/Makefile.am
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ CLEANFILES = $(gen_sources)
 
 gimpenums.c: $(srcdir)/gimpenums.h $(srcdir)/gimpenums.c.tail $(GIMP_MKENUMS) Makefile.am
 	$(AM_V_GEN) $(GIMP_MKENUMS) \
-		--fhead "#include \"config.h\"\n#include <gio/gio.h>\n#undef GIMP_DISABLE_DEPRECATED\n#include \"libgimpbase/gimpbase.h\"\n#include \"libgimpbase/gimpbase-private.h\"\n#include \"libgimpconfig/gimpconfigenums.h\"\n#include \"gimpenums.h\"" \
+		--fhead "#include \"config.h\"\n#include <gio/gio.h>\n#include <gegl.h>\n#undef GIMP_DISABLE_DEPRECATED\n#include \"libgimpbase/gimpbase.h\"\n#include \"libgimpbase/gimpbase-private.h\"\n#include \"libgimpconfig/gimpconfigenums.h\"\n#include \"gimpenums.h\"" \
 		--fprod "\n/* enumerations from \"@filename@\" */" \
 		--vhead "GType\n@enum_name@_get_type (void)\n{\n  static const G@Type@Value values[] =\n  {" \
 		--vprod "    { @VALUENAME@, \"@VALUENAME@\", \"@valuenick@\" }," \
diff --git a/libgimp/gimpenums.c.tail b/libgimp/gimpenums.c.tail
index ac4035973e..e1d1c96804 100644
--- a/libgimp/gimpenums.c.tail
+++ b/libgimp/gimpenums.c.tail
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ typedef GType (* GimpGetTypeFunc) (void);
 
 static const GimpGetTypeFunc get_type_funcs[] =
 {
+  gegl_distance_metric_get_type,
   gimp_add_mask_type_get_type,
   gimp_blend_mode_get_type,
   gimp_brush_application_mode_get_type,
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ static const GimpGetTypeFunc get_type_funcs[] =
 
 static const gchar * const type_names[] =
 {
+  "GeglDistanceMetric",
   "GimpAddMaskType",
   "GimpBlendMode",
   "GimpBrushApplicationMode",
diff --git a/pdb/Makefile.am b/pdb/Makefile.am
index eab66dc06a..31275dac8d 100644
--- a/pdb/Makefile.am
+++ b/pdb/Makefile.am
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST = \
 	enumcode.pl		\
 	enumgen.pl		\
 	enums.pl		\
+	enums-external.pl	\
 	groups.pl		\
 	lib.pl			\
 	pdb.pl			\
@@ -112,7 +113,7 @@ DISTCLEANFILES = $(stamp_files)
 
 $(srcdir)/enums.pl: stamp-enums
 	@:
-stamp-enums: $(srcdir)/enumgen.pl $(enum_headers) Makefile.am
+stamp-enums: $(srcdir)/enumgen.pl $(enum_headers) enums-external.pl Makefile.am
 	rootme=`pwd`; \
 	destdir=`cd $(top_srcdir) && pwd`; export destdir; \
 	builddir=`cd $(top_builddir) && pwd`; export builddir; \
diff --git a/pdb/enumcode.pl b/pdb/enumcode.pl
index dc9fff6af6..96faf5a2c0 100755
--- a/pdb/enumcode.pl
+++ b/pdb/enumcode.pl
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ G_BEGIN_DECLS
 HEADER
 
 foreach (sort keys %enums) {
-    if (! ($enums{$_}->{header} =~ /libgimp/)) {
+    if (! ($enums{$_}->{header} =~ /libgimp/) &&
+	! $enums{$_}->{external}) {
         my $gtype = $func = $_;
 
 	for ($gtype) { s/Gimp//; s/([A-Z][^A-Z]+)/\U$1\E_/g; s/_$// }
@@ -125,11 +126,18 @@ foreach (sort keys %enums) {
     if (! ($_ =~ /GimpUnit/)) {
 	my $enum = $enums{$_};
 	my $func = $_;
+	my $gegl_enum = ($func =~ /Gegl/);
 
-	for ($func) { s/Gimp//; s/PDB/Pdb/; s/([A-Z][^A-Z]+)/\L$1\E_/g; s/_$// }
+	for ($func) { s/Gimp//; s/Gegl//; s/PDB/Pdb/;
+		      s/([A-Z][^A-Z]+)/\L$1\E_/g; s/_$// }
 
 	print ENUMFILE ",\n" unless $first;
-	print ENUMFILE "  gimp_$func\_get_type";
+
+	if ($gegl_enum) {
+	    print ENUMFILE "  gegl_$func\_get_type";
+	} else {
+	    print ENUMFILE "  gimp_$func\_get_type";
+	}
 
 	$first = 0;
     }
diff --git a/pdb/enumgen.pl b/pdb/enumgen.pl
index 6b6af045e0..6fe02e4d78 100755
--- a/pdb/enumgen.pl
+++ b/pdb/enumgen.pl
@@ -57,6 +57,14 @@ my $header = <<'HEADER';
 :%enums = (
 HEADER
 
+my $external;
+open my $EXTERNAL, "enums-external.pl";
+{
+    local $/;
+    $external = <$EXTERNAL>;
+}
+close $EXTERNAL;
+
 my $footer = <<'FOOTER';
 :);
 :
@@ -255,6 +263,6 @@ foreach ($header, $code, $footer) { s/^://mg }
 
 $outfile = "$builddir/pdb/enums.pl$FILE_EXT";
 open OUTFILE, "> $outfile";
-print OUTFILE $header, $code, $footer;
+print OUTFILE $header, $external, $code, $footer;
 close OUTFILE;
 &write_file($outfile, "$destdir/pdb");
diff --git a/pdb/enums-external.pl b/pdb/enums-external.pl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..de7ef877fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pdb/enums-external.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+    GeglDistanceMetric =>
+	{ contig => 1,
+	  external => 1,
+	  symbols => [ qw(GEGL_DISTANCE_METRIC_EUCLIDEAN
+			  GEGL_DISTANCE_METRIC_MANHATTAN
+			  GEGL_DISTANCE_METRIC_CHEBYSHEV) ],
+	  mapping => { GEGL_DISTANCE_METRIC_EUCLIDEAN => '0',
+		       GEGL_DISTANCE_METRIC_MANHATTAN => '1',
+		       GEGL_DISTANCE_METRIC_CHEBYSHEV => '2' }
+	},
diff --git a/pdb/enums.pl b/pdb/enums.pl
index 85075b9b6b..3926580e7f 100644
--- a/pdb/enums.pl
+++ b/pdb/enums.pl
@@ -19,6 +19,16 @@
 package Gimp::CodeGen::enums;
 
 %enums = (
+    GeglDistanceMetric =>
+	{ contig => 1,
+	  external => 1,
+	  symbols => [ qw(GEGL_DISTANCE_METRIC_EUCLIDEAN
+			  GEGL_DISTANCE_METRIC_MANHATTAN
+			  GEGL_DISTANCE_METRIC_CHEBYSHEV) ],
+	  mapping => { GEGL_DISTANCE_METRIC_EUCLIDEAN => '0',
+		       GEGL_DISTANCE_METRIC_MANHATTAN => '1',
+		       GEGL_DISTANCE_METRIC_CHEBYSHEV => '2' }
+	},
     GimpAddMaskType =>
 	{ contig => 1,
 	  header => 'libgimpbase/gimpbaseenums.h',