diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a861b4e71..7b1790653 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2005-12-10  Mike Kestner  <mkestner@novell.com>
+
+	* generator/Signal.cs : pass byte cnt for autogenerated string length
+	parameters.  Thanks to Itamar Rogel for the report and a candidate
+	patch. [Fixes #76952]
+
 2005-12-10  Mike Kestner  <mkestner@novell.com>
 
 	* gtk/gtk-api-2.8.raw : regenerated.
diff --git a/generator/Signal.cs b/generator/Signal.cs
index 52b6697a4..b9fbc3ba7 100644
--- a/generator/Signal.cs
+++ b/generator/Signal.cs
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ namespace GtkSharp.Generation {
 						cleanup += "\t\t\tMarshal.FreeHGlobal (" + p.Name + "_ptr);\n";
 					}
 				} else if (p.IsLength && parms [i - 1].IsString)
-					sw.WriteLine ("\t\t\tvals [" + i + "] = new GLib.Value (" + parms [i-1].Name + ".Length);");
+					sw.WriteLine ("\t\t\tvals [" + i + "] = new GLib.Value (System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetByteCount (" + parms [i-1].Name + "));");
 				else
 					sw.WriteLine ("\t\t\tvals [" + i + "] = new GLib.Value (" + p.Name + ");");