diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 28b5f512f..134524889 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2002-05-07  Mike Kestner <mkestner@speakeasy.net>
+
+	* generator/SymbolTable.cs : map char to string. 
+
 2002-05-07  Mike Kestner <mkestner@speakeasy.net>
 
 	* */Makefile.in : Add clean targets. Add -L parms.
diff --git a/generator/SymbolTable.cs b/generator/SymbolTable.cs
index 16dcd0677..64a9b32ea 100644
--- a/generator/SymbolTable.cs
+++ b/generator/SymbolTable.cs
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ namespace GtkSharp.Generation {
 			simple_types.Add ("gulong", "ulong");
 			simple_types.Add ("GQuark", "int");
 			simple_types.Add ("int", "int");
-			simple_types.Add ("char", "char");
+			simple_types.Add ("char", "string");
 			simple_types.Add ("double", "double");
 			simple_types.Add ("float", "float");
 			simple_types.Add ("gunichar", "string");