diff --git a/examples/user_interfaces/mpl_with_glade_316.glade b/examples/user_interfaces/mpl_with_glade_316.glade
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!-- Generated with glade 3.16.1 -->
+<interface>
+  <requires lib="gtk+" version="3.10"/>
+  <object class="GtkApplicationWindow" id="window1">
+    <property name="can_focus">False</property>
+    <property name="title" translatable="yes">Matplotlib</property>
+    <property name="default_width">800</property>
+    <property name="default_height">600</property>
+    <signal name="destroy" handler="on_window1_destroy" swapped="no"/>
+    <child>
+      <object class="GtkScrolledWindow" id="scrolledwindow1">
+        <property name="visible">True</property>
+        <property name="can_focus">True</property>
+        <property name="border_width">10</property>
+        <property name="shadow_type">in</property>
+        <child>
+          <placeholder/>
+        </child>
+      </object>
+    </child>
+  </object>
+</interface>
diff --git a/examples/user_interfaces/mpl_with_glade_316.py b/examples/user_interfaces/mpl_with_glade_316.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+from gi.repository import Gtk
+
+from matplotlib.figure import Figure
+from matplotlib.axes import Subplot
+from numpy import arange, sin, pi
+from matplotlib.backends.backend_gtk3agg import FigureCanvasGTK3Agg as FigureCanvas
+
+class Window1Signals:
+    def on_window1_destroy(self, widget):
+        Gtk.main_quit()
+
+def main():
+    builder = Gtk.Builder()
+    builder.add_objects_from_file("mpl_with_glade_316.glade", ("window1", "") )
+    builder.connect_signals(Window1Signals())
+    window = builder.get_object("window1")
+    sw = builder.get_object("scrolledwindow1")
+
+    #Start of Matplotlib specific code
+    figure = Figure(figsize=(8,6), dpi=71)
+    axis = figure.add_subplot(111)
+    t = arange(0.0, 3.0, 0.01)
+    s = sin(2*pi*t)
+    axis.plot(t,s)
+
+    axis.set_xlabel('time [s]')
+    axis.set_ylabel('voltage [V]')
+
+    canvas = FigureCanvas(figure)  # a Gtk.DrawingArea
+    canvas.set_size_request(800,600)
+    sw.add_with_viewport(canvas)    
+    #End of Matplotlib specific code    
+    
+    window.show_all()
+    Gtk.main()
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()