diff --git a/cplusplus/include/vips/vips-operators.h b/cplusplus/include/vips/vips-operators.h
index b9eba85b..1c452d51 100644
--- a/cplusplus/include/vips/vips-operators.h
+++ b/cplusplus/include/vips/vips-operators.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // headers for vips operations
-// Sun Feb  7 16:27:14 GMT 2016
+// Mon Feb  8 20:26:08 GMT 2016
 // this file is generated automatically, do not edit!
 
 static void system( char * cmd_format , VOption *options = 0 );
@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ static VImage matrixload( char * filename , VOption *options = 0 );
 static VImage analyzeload( char * filename , VOption *options = 0 );
 static VImage rawload( char * filename , int width , int height , int bands , VOption *options = 0 );
 static VImage vipsload( char * filename , VOption *options = 0 );
+static VImage pdfload( char * filename , VOption *options = 0 );
+static VImage pdfload_buffer( VipsBlob * buffer , VOption *options = 0 );
 static VImage pngload( char * filename , VOption *options = 0 );
 static VImage pngload_buffer( VipsBlob * buffer , VOption *options = 0 );
 static VImage matload( char * filename , VOption *options = 0 );
diff --git a/cplusplus/vips-operators.cpp b/cplusplus/vips-operators.cpp
index d3cd6667..7906eefc 100644
--- a/cplusplus/vips-operators.cpp
+++ b/cplusplus/vips-operators.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // bodies for vips operations
-// Sun Feb  7 16:26:59 GMT 2016
+// Mon Feb  8 20:25:58 GMT 2016
 // this file is generated automatically, do not edit!
 
 void VImage::system( char * cmd_format , VOption *options )
@@ -1408,6 +1408,30 @@ VImage VImage::vipsload( char * filename , VOption *options )
     return( out );
 }
 
+VImage VImage::pdfload( char * filename , VOption *options )
+{
+    VImage out;
+
+    call( "pdfload" ,
+        (options ? options : VImage::option()) ->
+            set( "filename", filename ) ->
+            set( "out", &out ) );
+
+    return( out );
+}
+
+VImage VImage::pdfload_buffer( VipsBlob * buffer , VOption *options )
+{
+    VImage out;
+
+    call( "pdfload_buffer" ,
+        (options ? options : VImage::option()) ->
+            set( "buffer", buffer ) ->
+            set( "out", &out ) );
+
+    return( out );
+}
+
 VImage VImage::pngload( char * filename , VOption *options )
 {
     VImage out;