diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 31ab589f1..10d5d6a66 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2008-01-14  Emmanuele Bassi  <ebassi@openedhand.com>
+
+	* clutter.symbols: Add clutter_model_insertv()
+
+	* clutter/clutter-model.[ch] (clutter_model_insertv): Add a vector
+	based insertion API, for language bindings
+
 2008-01-12  Emmanuele Bassi  <ebassi@openedhand.com>
 
 	* clutter/clutter-effect.c (clutter_effect_rotate): Make the
diff --git a/clutter.symbols b/clutter.symbols
index 5448a8fcf..f19a02356 100644
--- a/clutter.symbols
+++ b/clutter.symbols
@@ -387,6 +387,7 @@ clutter_model_get_n_rows
 clutter_model_get_sorting_column
 clutter_model_get_type
 clutter_model_insert
+clutter_model_insertv
 clutter_model_insert_value
 clutter_model_iter_get
 clutter_model_iter_get_model
diff --git a/clutter/clutter-model.c b/clutter/clutter-model.c
index 2c327b439..e26622acd 100644
--- a/clutter/clutter-model.c
+++ b/clutter/clutter-model.c
@@ -917,6 +917,57 @@ clutter_model_insert (ClutterModel *model,
   g_object_unref (iter);
 }
 
+/**
+ * clutter_model_insertv:
+ * @model: a #ClutterModel
+ * @row: row index
+ * @n_columns: the number of columns and values to set
+ * @columns: a vector containing the columns to set
+ * @values: a vector containing the values for the cells
+ *
+ * Inserts data at @row into the #ClutterModel, setting the row
+ * values for the given @columns upon creation.
+ *
+ * Since: 0.6
+ */
+void
+clutter_model_insertv (ClutterModel *model,
+                       guint         row,
+                       guint         n_columns,
+                       guint        *columns,
+                       GValue       *values)
+{
+  ClutterModelPrivate *priv;
+  ClutterModelIter *iter;
+  gint i;
+  gboolean resort = FALSE;
+
+  g_return_if_fail (CLUTTER_IS_MODEL (model));
+  g_return_if_fail (n_columns <= clutter_model_get_n_columns (model));
+  g_return_if_fail (columns != NULL);
+  g_return_if_fail (values != NULL);
+
+  priv = model->priv;
+
+  iter = CLUTTER_MODEL_GET_CLASS (model)->insert_row (model, row);
+  g_assert (CLUTTER_IS_MODEL_ITER (iter));
+
+  for (i = 0; i < n_columns; i++)
+    {
+      if (priv->sort_column == columns[i])
+        resort = TRUE;
+
+      clutter_model_iter_set_value (iter, columns[i], &values[i]);
+    }
+
+  g_signal_emit (model, model_signals[ROW_ADDED], 0, iter);
+
+  if (resort)
+    clutter_model_resort (model);
+
+  g_object_unref (iter);
+}
+
 /**
  * clutter_model_insert_value:
  * @model: a #ClutterModel
diff --git a/clutter/clutter-model.h b/clutter/clutter-model.h
index 7f1f82070..f39900175 100644
--- a/clutter/clutter-model.h
+++ b/clutter/clutter-model.h
@@ -207,6 +207,11 @@ void                  clutter_model_prependv           (ClutterModel     *model,
 void                  clutter_model_insert             (ClutterModel     *model,
                                                         guint             row,
                                                         ...);
+void                  clutter_model_insertv            (ClutterModel     *model,
+                                                        guint             row,
+                                                        guint             n_columns,
+                                                        guint            *columns,
+                                                        GValue           *values);
 void                  clutter_model_insert_value       (ClutterModel     *model,
                                                         guint             row,
                                                         guint             column,
diff --git a/doc/reference/ChangeLog b/doc/reference/ChangeLog
index 59eaa84b9..94d88a849 100644
--- a/doc/reference/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/reference/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2008-01-14  Emmanuele Bassi  <ebassi@openedhand.com>
+
+	* clutter-sections.txt: Add clutter_model_insertv()
+
 2008-01-09  Emmanuele Bassi  <ebassi@openedhand.com>
 
 	* Makefile.am: Add clutter-model-private.h
diff --git a/doc/reference/clutter-sections.txt b/doc/reference/clutter-sections.txt
index 68a1d646e..7c66ee770 100644
--- a/doc/reference/clutter-sections.txt
+++ b/doc/reference/clutter-sections.txt
@@ -1164,6 +1164,7 @@ clutter_model_appendv
 clutter_model_prepend
 clutter_model_prependv
 clutter_model_insert
+clutter_model_insertv
 clutter_model_insert_value
 clutter_model_remove