diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b041110be..7e41bd897 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2004-01-27  Mike Kestner  <mkestner@ximian.com>
+
+	* generator/BoxedGen.cs : gen a Value to Boxed explicit cast op.
+	* generator/Property.cs : use new cast in Boxed getters.
+	[Fixes #53414]
+
 2004-01-27  Mike Kestner  <mkestner@ximian.com>
 
 	* gtk/Gtk.Metadata : revert opaquing of TextIter.
diff --git a/generator/BoxedGen.cs b/generator/BoxedGen.cs
index 09b912561..a8e9968e0 100644
--- a/generator/BoxedGen.cs
+++ b/generator/BoxedGen.cs
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ namespace GtkSharp.Generation {
 			sw.WriteLine ("\t\tstatic extern IntPtr gtksharp_value_create (GLib.GType gtype);");
 			sw.WriteLine ();
 			sw.WriteLine ("\t\t[DllImport(\"libgobject-2.0-0.dll\")]");
+			sw.WriteLine ("\t\tstatic extern IntPtr g_value_get_boxed (IntPtr handle);");
+			sw.WriteLine ();
+			sw.WriteLine ("\t\t[DllImport(\"libgobject-2.0-0.dll\")]");
 			sw.WriteLine ("\t\tstatic extern void g_value_set_boxed (IntPtr handle, ref " + QualifiedName + " boxed);");
 			sw.WriteLine ();
 			sw.WriteLine ("\t\tpublic static explicit operator GLib.Value (" + QualifiedName + " boxed)");
@@ -37,6 +40,13 @@ namespace GtkSharp.Generation {
 			sw.WriteLine ("\t\t\tg_value_set_boxed (handle, ref boxed);");
 			sw.WriteLine ("\t\t\treturn new GLib.Value (handle, IntPtr.Zero);");
 			sw.WriteLine ("\t\t}");
+			sw.WriteLine ();
+			sw.WriteLine ("\t\tpublic static explicit operator " + QualifiedName + " (GLib.Value val)");
+			sw.WriteLine ("\t\t{");
+
+			sw.WriteLine ("\t\t\tIntPtr boxed_ptr = g_value_get_boxed (val.Handle);");
+			sw.WriteLine ("\t\t\treturn New (boxed_ptr);");
+			sw.WriteLine ("\t\t}");
 
 			sw.WriteLine ("#endregion");
                         AppendCustom(sw, gen_info.CustomDir);
diff --git a/generator/Property.cs b/generator/Property.cs
index 9364c5a4f..d752d2dc6 100644
--- a/generator/Property.cs
+++ b/generator/Property.cs
@@ -125,8 +125,7 @@ namespace GtkSharp.Generation {
 					if (!table.IsBoxed (c_type) && !table.IsObject (c_type))
 						sw.WriteLine("\t\t\t\tif (ret == null) ret = new " + cs_type + "(raw_ret);");
 				} else if (table.IsOpaque (c_type) || table.IsBoxed (c_type)) {
-					sw.WriteLine("\t\t\t\tSystem.IntPtr raw_ret = val.Handle;");
-					sw.WriteLine("\t\t\t\t" + cs_type + " ret = " + table.FromNativeReturn(c_type, "raw_ret") + ";");
+					sw.WriteLine("\t\t\t\t" + cs_type + " ret = (" + cs_type + ") val;");
 				} else {
 					sw.Write("\t\t\t\t" + cs_type + " ret = ");
 					sw.Write ("(" + cs_type + ") ");