diff --git a/libgimpbase/gimpbase.def b/libgimpbase/gimpbase.def
index 7c01ca46c3..5f05604cf4 100644
--- a/libgimpbase/gimpbase.def
+++ b/libgimpbase/gimpbase.def
@@ -17,6 +17,16 @@ EXPORTS
 	gimp_check_size_get_type
 	gimp_check_type_get_type
 	gimp_checks_get_colors
+	gimp_choice_add
+	gimp_choice_get_documentation
+	gimp_choice_get_help
+	gimp_choice_get_id
+	gimp_choice_get_label
+	gimp_choice_get_type
+	gimp_choice_is_valid
+	gimp_choice_list_nicks
+	gimp_choice_new
+	gimp_choice_new_with_values
 	gimp_clone_type_get_type
 	gimp_color_tag_get_type
 	gimp_component_type_get_type
diff --git a/libgimpbase/gimpchoice.c b/libgimpbase/gimpchoice.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..92a59ee2f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libgimpbase/gimpchoice.c
@@ -0,0 +1,340 @@
+/* LIBGIMP - The GIMP Library
+ * Copyright (C) 1995-2000 Peter Mattis and Spencer Kimball
+ *
+ * gimpchoice.c
+ *
+ * This library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library.  If not, see
+ * <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#include "config.h"
+
+#include <glib-object.h>
+
+#include "gimpbasetypes.h"
+
+#include "gimpchoice.h"
+#include "gimpparamspecs.h"
+
+
+typedef struct _GimpChoiceDesc
+{
+  gchar *label;
+  gchar *help;
+  gint   id;
+} GimpChoiceDesc;
+
+struct _GimpChoice
+{
+  GObject     parent_instance;
+
+  GHashTable *choices;
+  GList      *keys;
+};
+
+
+static void gimp_choice_finalize     (GObject        *object);
+
+static void gimp_choice_desc_free    (GimpChoiceDesc *desc);
+
+
+G_DEFINE_TYPE (GimpChoice, gimp_choice, G_TYPE_OBJECT)
+
+#define parent_class gimp_choice_parent_class
+
+static void
+gimp_choice_class_init (GimpChoiceClass *klass)
+{
+  GObjectClass *object_class = G_OBJECT_CLASS (klass);
+
+  object_class->finalize     = gimp_choice_finalize;
+}
+
+static void
+gimp_choice_init (GimpChoice *choice)
+{
+  choice->choices = g_hash_table_new_full (g_str_hash, g_str_equal, g_free,
+                                           (GDestroyNotify) gimp_choice_desc_free);
+}
+
+static void
+gimp_choice_finalize (GObject *object)
+{
+  GimpChoice *choice = GIMP_CHOICE (object);
+
+  g_hash_table_unref (choice->choices);
+  g_list_free_full (choice->keys, (GDestroyNotify) g_free);
+}
+
+/* Public API */
+
+/**
+ * gimp_choice_new:
+ *
+ * Returns: (transfer full): a #GimpChoice.
+ *
+ * Since: 3.0
+ **/
+GimpChoice *
+gimp_choice_new (void)
+{
+  GimpChoice *choice;
+
+  choice = g_object_new (GIMP_TYPE_CHOICE, NULL);
+
+  return choice;
+}
+
+/**
+ * gimp_choice_new_with_values:
+ * @nick:  the first value.
+ * @id:    integer ID for @nick.
+ * @label: the label of @nick.
+ * @help:  longer help text for @nick.
+ * ...:    more triplets of string to pre-fill the created %GimpChoice.
+ *
+ * Returns: (transfer full): a #GimpChoice.
+ *
+ * Since: 3.0
+ **/
+GimpChoice *
+gimp_choice_new_with_values (const gchar *nick,
+                             gint         id,
+                             const gchar *label,
+                             const gchar *help,
+                             ...)
+{
+  GimpChoice *choice;
+  va_list     va_args;
+
+  g_return_val_if_fail (nick != NULL, NULL);
+  g_return_val_if_fail (label != NULL, NULL);
+
+  choice = gimp_choice_new ();
+
+  va_start (va_args, help);
+
+  do
+    {
+      gimp_choice_add (choice, nick, id, label, help);
+      nick  = va_arg (va_args, const gchar *);
+      if (nick == NULL)
+        break;
+      id    = va_arg (va_args, gint);
+      label = va_arg (va_args, const gchar *);
+      if (label == NULL)
+        {
+          g_critical ("%s: nick '%s' cannot have a NULL label.", G_STRFUNC, nick);
+          break;
+        }
+      help  = va_arg (va_args, const gchar *);
+    }
+  while (TRUE);
+
+  va_end (va_args);
+
+  return choice;
+}
+
+/**
+ * gimp_choice_add:
+ * @choice: the %GimpChoice.
+ * @nick:   the nick of @choice.
+ * @id:     optional integer ID for @nick.
+ * @label:  the label of @choice.
+ * @help:   optional longer help text for @nick.
+ *
+ * This procedure adds a new possible value to @choice list of values.
+ * The @id is an optional integer identifier. This can be useful for instance
+ * when you want to work with different enum values mapped to each @nick.
+ *
+ * Since: 3.0
+ **/
+void
+gimp_choice_add (GimpChoice  *choice,
+                 const gchar *nick,
+                 gint         id,
+                 const gchar *label,
+                 const gchar *help)
+{
+  GimpChoiceDesc *desc;
+  GList          *duplicate;
+
+  g_return_if_fail (label != NULL);
+
+  desc        = g_new0 (GimpChoiceDesc, 1);
+  desc->id    = id;
+  desc->label = g_strdup (label);
+  desc->help  = help != NULL ? g_strdup (help) : NULL;
+  g_hash_table_insert (choice->choices, g_strdup (nick), desc);
+
+  duplicate = g_list_find_custom (choice->keys, nick, (GCompareFunc) g_strcmp0);
+  if (duplicate != NULL)
+    {
+      choice->keys = g_list_remove_link (choice->keys, duplicate);
+      gimp_choice_desc_free (duplicate->data);
+      g_list_free (duplicate);
+    }
+  choice->keys = g_list_append (choice->keys, g_strdup (nick));
+}
+
+/**
+ * gimp_choice_is_valid:
+ * @choice: a %GimpChoice.
+ * @nick:   the nick to check.
+ *
+ * This procedure checks if the given @nick is valid and refers to
+ * an existing choice.
+ *
+ * Returns: Whether the choice is valid.
+ *
+ * Since: 3.0
+ **/
+gboolean
+gimp_choice_is_valid (GimpChoice  *choice,
+                      const gchar *nick)
+{
+  return (g_hash_table_lookup (choice->choices, nick) != NULL);
+}
+
+/**
+ * gimp_choice_list_nicks:
+ * @choice: a %GimpChoice.
+ * @nick:   the nick to check.
+ *
+ * This procedure returns the list of nicks allowed for @choice.
+ *
+ * Returns: (element-type gchar*) (transfer none): The list of @choice's nicks.
+ *
+ * Since: 3.0
+ **/
+GList *
+gimp_choice_list_nicks (GimpChoice *choice)
+{
+  /* I don't use g_hash_table_get_keys() on purpose, because I want to retain
+   * the adding-time order.
+   */
+  return choice->keys;
+}
+
+/**
+ * gimp_choice_get_id:
+ * @choice: a %GimpChoice.
+ * @nick:   the nick to lookup.
+ *
+ * Returns: the ID of @nick.
+ *
+ * Since: 3.0
+ **/
+gint
+gimp_choice_get_id (GimpChoice  *choice,
+                    const gchar *nick)
+{
+  GimpChoiceDesc *desc;
+
+  desc = g_hash_table_lookup (choice->choices, nick);
+  if (desc)
+    return desc->id;
+  else
+    return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * gimp_choice_get_label:
+ * @choice: a %GimpChoice.
+ * @nick:   the nick to lookup.
+ *
+ * Returns: (transfer none): the label of @nick.
+ *
+ * Since: 3.0
+ **/
+const gchar *
+gimp_choice_get_label (GimpChoice  *choice,
+                       const gchar *nick)
+{
+  GimpChoiceDesc *desc;
+
+  desc = g_hash_table_lookup (choice->choices, nick);
+  if (desc)
+    return desc->label;
+  else
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+/**
+ * gimp_choice_get_help:
+ * @choice: a %GimpChoice.
+ * @nick:   the nick to lookup.
+ *
+ * Returns the longer documentation for @nick.
+ *
+ * Returns: (transfer none): the help text of @nick.
+ *
+ * Since: 3.0
+ **/
+const gchar *
+gimp_choice_get_help (GimpChoice  *choice,
+                      const gchar *nick)
+{
+  GimpChoiceDesc *desc;
+
+  desc = g_hash_table_lookup (choice->choices, nick);
+  if (desc)
+    return desc->help;
+  else
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+/**
+ * gimp_choice_get_documentation:
+ * @choice: the %GimpChoice.
+ * @nick:   the possible value's nick you need documentation for.
+ * @label: (transfer none): the label of @nick.
+ * @help:  (transfer none): the help text of @nick.
+ *
+ * Returns the documentation strings for @nick.
+ *
+ * Returns: %TRUE if @nick is found, %FALSE otherwise.
+ *
+ * Since: 3.0
+ **/
+gboolean
+gimp_choice_get_documentation (GimpChoice   *choice,
+                               const gchar  *nick,
+                               const gchar **label,
+                               const gchar **help)
+{
+  GimpChoiceDesc *desc;
+
+  desc = g_hash_table_lookup (choice->choices, nick);
+  if (desc)
+    {
+      *label = desc->label;
+      *help  = desc->help;
+      return TRUE;
+    }
+
+  return FALSE;
+}
+
+
+/* Private functions */
+
+static void
+gimp_choice_desc_free (GimpChoiceDesc *desc)
+{
+  g_free (desc->label);
+  g_free (desc->help);
+  g_free (desc);
+}
diff --git a/libgimpbase/gimpchoice.h b/libgimpbase/gimpchoice.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..783efca9f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libgimpbase/gimpchoice.h
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+/* LIBGIMP - The GIMP Library
+ * Copyright (C) 1995-2000 Peter Mattis and Spencer Kimball
+ *
+ * gimpchoice.h
+ * Copyright (C) 2023 Jehan
+ *
+ * This library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library.  If not, see
+ * <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#if !defined (__GIMP_BASE_H_INSIDE__) && !defined (GIMP_BASE_COMPILATION)
+#error "Only <libgimpbase/gimpbase.h> can be included directly."
+#endif
+
+
+#ifndef __GIMP_CHOICE_H__
+#define __GIMP_CHOICE_H__
+
+G_BEGIN_DECLS
+
+
+/* For information look into the C source or the html documentation */
+
+
+#define GIMP_TYPE_CHOICE (gimp_choice_get_type ())
+G_DECLARE_FINAL_TYPE (GimpChoice, gimp_choice, GIMP, CHOICE, GObject)
+
+
+GimpChoice    * gimp_choice_new               (void);
+GimpChoice    * gimp_choice_new_with_values   (const gchar *nick,
+                                               gint         id,
+                                               const gchar *label,
+                                               const gchar *help,
+                                               ...) G_GNUC_NULL_TERMINATED;
+void            gimp_choice_add               (GimpChoice  *choice,
+                                               const gchar *nick,
+                                               gint         id,
+                                               const gchar *label,
+                                               const gchar *help);
+
+gboolean        gimp_choice_is_valid          (GimpChoice   *choice,
+                                               const gchar  *nick);
+GList         * gimp_choice_list_nicks        (GimpChoice   *choice);
+gint            gimp_choice_get_id            (GimpChoice   *choice,
+                                               const gchar  *nick);
+const gchar   * gimp_choice_get_label         (GimpChoice   *choice,
+                                               const gchar  *nick);
+const gchar   * gimp_choice_get_help          (GimpChoice   *choice,
+                                               const gchar  *nick);
+gboolean        gimp_choice_get_documentation (GimpChoice   *choice,
+                                               const gchar  *nick,
+                                               const gchar **label,
+                                               const gchar **help);
+
+
+G_END_DECLS
+
+#endif /* __GIMP_CHOICE_H__ */
diff --git a/libgimpbase/meson.build b/libgimpbase/meson.build
index 5f90556d72..2fbd6710b1 100644
--- a/libgimpbase/meson.build
+++ b/libgimpbase/meson.build
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ stamp_compat_enums = custom_target('stamp-gimpcompatenums.h',
 libgimpbase_sources_introspectable = files(
   'gimpbasetypes.c',
   'gimpchecks.c',
+  'gimpchoice.c',
   'gimpcpuaccel.c',
   'gimpenv.c',
   'gimpmemsize.c',