diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index cfdacbea..b9788ec2 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+- looks like we need to have all includes in all .h files, and to scan them
+  all explicitly 
+
+  at the moment Vips-8.0.gir just has the stuff directly in vips.h
+
+
+
+
 - look at libpeas for plugin support
 
 	http://live.gnome.org/Libpeas
diff --git a/libvips/Makefile.am b/libvips/Makefile.am
index f8491cd2..4bb89513 100644
--- a/libvips/Makefile.am
+++ b/libvips/Makefile.am
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ Vips_8_0_gir_INCLUDES = GObject-2.0
 Vips_8_0_gir_CFLAGS = $(INCLUDES) -I${top_srcdir}/libvips/include
 Vips_8_0_gir_LIBS = libvips.la
 Vips_8_0_gir_FILES = $(introspection_sources)
+Vips_8_0_gir_SCANNERFLAGS = --warn-all
 INTROSPECTION_GIRS += Vips-8.0.gir
 
 girdir = $(datadir)/gir-1.0