diff --git a/glib-build-tools/src/lib.rs b/glib-build-tools/src/lib.rs
index 1d063bb24ad5..43545a76bdc9 100644
--- a/glib-build-tools/src/lib.rs
+++ b/glib-build-tools/src/lib.rs
@@ -57,3 +57,64 @@ pub fn compile_resources<P: AsRef<Path>>(source_dirs: &[P], gresource: &str, tar
         println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed={dep}");
     }
 }
+
+// rustdoc-stripper-ignore-next
+/// Call to run `glib-compile-schemas` to generate compiled gschemas from `.gschema.xml` schemas
+/// files.
+///
+/// ```no_run
+/// glib_build_tools::compile_schemas(
+///     &["schemas"]
+/// );
+/// ```
+pub fn compile_schemas(schemas_dir: &[&str]) {
+    let out_dir = env::var("OUT_DIR").unwrap();
+    let out_dir = Path::new(&out_dir);
+
+    let target_dir = out_dir.join("gschemas");
+
+    // Ensure target_dir exists
+    std::fs::create_dir_all(&target_dir).expect("Failed to create target directory");
+
+    println!(
+        "cargo:rustc-env=GSETTINGS_SCHEMA_DIR={}",
+        target_dir.to_str().unwrap()
+    );
+
+    // Recursively copy all files with .gschema.xml extension from schema_dir to target_dir
+    for schema_dir in schemas_dir {
+        let entries = Path::new(schema_dir)
+            .read_dir()
+            .expect("Failed to read schema directory")
+            .flatten();
+
+        for entry in entries {
+            let path = entry.path();
+            let file_name = path.file_name().unwrap().to_str().unwrap();
+
+            if path.is_file() && file_name.ends_with(".gschema.xml") {
+                let target_path = target_dir.join(path.file_name().unwrap());
+                std::fs::copy(&path, &target_path).expect("Failed to copy schema file");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    let mut command = Command::new("glib-compile-schemas");
+    command.arg("--strict");
+    command.arg(target_dir);
+
+    let output = command
+        .output()
+        .expect("Failed to execute glib-compile-schemas");
+
+    assert!(
+        output.status.success(),
+        "glib-compile-schemas failed with exit status {} and stderr:\n{}",
+        output.status,
+        String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr)
+    );
+
+    for schema_dir in schemas_dir {
+        println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed={}", schema_dir);
+    }
+}