diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a300268de..b99aa9c5a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2009-01-26  Mike Kestner  <mkestner@novell.com>
+
+	* glib/Value.cs:  make the pad fields a blink explicitly sized struct
+	instead to avoid alignment issues on x86. [Fixes #469135]
+
 2009-01-23  Mike Kestner  <mkestner@novell.com>
 
 	* Makefile.include:
diff --git a/glib/Value.cs b/glib/Value.cs
index d8954b856..b8968d755 100755
--- a/glib/Value.cs
+++ b/glib/Value.cs
@@ -30,23 +30,24 @@ namespace GLib {
 	[StructLayout (LayoutKind.Sequential)]
 	public struct Value : IDisposable {
 
+		[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, Size=16)]
+		struct Padding {
+		}
+
 		IntPtr type;
-		long pad_1;
-		long pad_2;
+		Padding padding;
 
 		public static Value Empty;
 
 		public Value (GLib.GType gtype)
 		{
 			type = IntPtr.Zero;
-			pad_1 = pad_2 = 0;
 			g_value_init (ref this, gtype.Val);
 		}
 
 		public Value (object obj)
 		{
 			type = IntPtr.Zero;
-			pad_1 = pad_2 = 0;
 
 			GType gtype = (GType) obj.GetType ();
 			g_value_init (ref this, gtype.Val);
@@ -97,7 +98,6 @@ namespace GLib {
 		public Value (EnumWrapper wrap, string type_name)
 		{
 			type = IntPtr.Zero;
-			pad_1 = pad_2 = 0;
 			g_value_init (ref this, GType.FromName (type_name).Val);
 			if (wrap.flags)
 				g_value_set_flags (ref this, (uint) (int) wrap); 
@@ -130,7 +130,6 @@ namespace GLib {
 		public Value (Opaque val, string type_name)
 		{
 			type = IntPtr.Zero;
-			pad_1 = pad_2 = 0;
 			g_value_init (ref this, GType.FromName (type_name).Val);
 			g_value_set_boxed (ref this, val.Handle);
 		}
@@ -148,7 +147,6 @@ namespace GLib {
 		public Value (GLib.Object obj, string prop_name)
 		{
 			type = IntPtr.Zero;
-			pad_1 = pad_2 = 0;
 			InitForProperty (obj, prop_name);
 		}
 
@@ -156,7 +154,6 @@ namespace GLib {
 		public Value (GLib.Object obj, string prop_name, EnumWrapper wrap)
 		{
 			type = IntPtr.Zero;
-			pad_1 = pad_2 = 0;
 			InitForProperty (obj.NativeType, prop_name);
 			if (wrap.flags)
 				g_value_set_flags (ref this, (uint) (int) wrap); 
@@ -168,7 +165,6 @@ namespace GLib {
 		public Value (IntPtr obj, string prop_name, Opaque val)
 		{
 			type = IntPtr.Zero;
-			pad_1 = pad_2 = 0;
 			InitForProperty (GLib.Object.GetObject (obj), prop_name);
 			g_value_set_boxed (ref this, val.Handle);
 		}