diff --git a/rust-bindings/conf/ostree.toml b/rust-bindings/conf/ostree.toml
index 64abc10ae5..57c2a79315 100644
--- a/rust-bindings/conf/ostree.toml
+++ b/rust-bindings/conf/ostree.toml
@@ -168,6 +168,11 @@ concurrency = "send"
     name = "destination_path"
     string_type = "filename"
 
+    # Cases where we use nullable output parameters that shouldn't be `Option<T>`
+    [[object.function]]
+    pattern = "^(load_file)$"
+    ignore = true
+
 [[object]]
 name = "OSTree.RepoFinder"
 status = "generate"
diff --git a/rust-bindings/src/auto/repo.rs b/rust-bindings/src/auto/repo.rs
index ba34e1dc82..4fd2a29c90 100644
--- a/rust-bindings/src/auto/repo.rs
+++ b/rust-bindings/src/auto/repo.rs
@@ -486,18 +486,6 @@ impl Repo {
         }
     }
 
-    #[doc(alias = "ostree_repo_load_file")]
-    pub fn load_file<P: IsA<gio::Cancellable>>(&self, checksum: &str, cancellable: Option<&P>) -> Result<(Option<gio::InputStream>, Option<gio::FileInfo>, Option<glib::Variant>), glib::Error> {
-        unsafe {
-            let mut out_input = ptr::null_mut();
-            let mut out_file_info = ptr::null_mut();
-            let mut out_xattrs = ptr::null_mut();
-            let mut error = ptr::null_mut();
-            let _ = ffi::ostree_repo_load_file(self.to_glib_none().0, checksum.to_glib_none().0, &mut out_input, &mut out_file_info, &mut out_xattrs, cancellable.map(|p| p.as_ref()).to_glib_none().0, &mut error);
-            if error.is_null() { Ok((from_glib_full(out_input), from_glib_full(out_file_info), from_glib_full(out_xattrs))) } else { Err(from_glib_full(error)) }
-        }
-    }
-
     #[doc(alias = "ostree_repo_load_object_stream")]
     pub fn load_object_stream<P: IsA<gio::Cancellable>>(&self, objtype: ObjectType, checksum: &str, cancellable: Option<&P>) -> Result<(gio::InputStream, u64), glib::Error> {
         unsafe {
diff --git a/rust-bindings/src/auto/versions.txt b/rust-bindings/src/auto/versions.txt
index 47d437596a..3c7edf9ef5 100644
--- a/rust-bindings/src/auto/versions.txt
+++ b/rust-bindings/src/auto/versions.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 Generated by gir (https://github.com/gtk-rs/gir @ e8f82cf6)
-from gir-files (@ 21901c2d)
+from gir-files (@ ee5b3c76)
diff --git a/rust-bindings/src/repo.rs b/rust-bindings/src/repo.rs
index 6947f49b7d..6aeccff55c 100644
--- a/rust-bindings/src/repo.rs
+++ b/rust-bindings/src/repo.rs
@@ -277,6 +277,39 @@ impl Repo {
         Ok(self.resolve_rev(refspec, false)?.unwrap())
     }
 
+    /// Load the contents (for regular files) and metadata for a content object.
+    #[doc(alias = "ostree_repo_load_file")]
+    pub fn load_file<P: IsA<gio::Cancellable>>(
+        &self,
+        checksum: &str,
+        cancellable: Option<&P>,
+    ) -> Result<(Option<gio::InputStream>, gio::FileInfo, glib::Variant), glib::Error> {
+        unsafe {
+            let mut out_input = ptr::null_mut();
+            let mut out_file_info = ptr::null_mut();
+            let mut out_xattrs = ptr::null_mut();
+            let mut error = ptr::null_mut();
+            let _ = ffi::ostree_repo_load_file(
+                self.to_glib_none().0,
+                checksum.to_glib_none().0,
+                &mut out_input,
+                &mut out_file_info,
+                &mut out_xattrs,
+                cancellable.map(|p| p.as_ref()).to_glib_none().0,
+                &mut error,
+            );
+            if error.is_null() {
+                Ok((
+                    from_glib_full(out_input),
+                    from_glib_full(out_file_info),
+                    from_glib_full(out_xattrs),
+                ))
+            } else {
+                Err(from_glib_full(error))
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Query metadata for a content object.
     ///
     /// This is similar to [`load_file`], but is more efficient if reading the file content is not needed.
diff --git a/rust-bindings/tests/functions/mod.rs b/rust-bindings/tests/functions/mod.rs
index 9fa3a91841..e041ddfb5c 100644
--- a/rust-bindings/tests/functions/mod.rs
+++ b/rust-bindings/tests/functions/mod.rs
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ fn should_checksum_file_from_input() {
             .load_file(obj.checksum(), NONE_CANCELLABLE)
             .expect("load file");
         let result = checksum_file_from_input(
-            file_info.as_ref().unwrap(),
-            xattrs.as_ref(),
+            &file_info,
+            Some(&xattrs),
             stream.as_ref(),
             ObjectType::File,
             NONE_CANCELLABLE,