diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 289f8d9ff..522358870 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2003-08-19  John Luke  <jluke@cfl.rr.com>
+
+	* glib/ListBase.cs:  Add convenience .Append (string) method
+
 2003-08-19  Martin Willemoes Hansen  <mwh@sysrq.dk>
 
 	* generator/Method.cs: Fixed bug where all ToString methods
diff --git a/glib/ListBase.cs b/glib/ListBase.cs
index bbbf58ce5..94176b9cc 100644
--- a/glib/ListBase.cs
+++ b/glib/ListBase.cs
@@ -86,6 +86,11 @@ namespace GLib {
 			list_ptr = Append (list_ptr, raw);
 		}
 
+		public void Append (string item)
+		{
+			this.Append (Marshal.StringToHGlobalAnsi (item));
+		}
+
 		public void Prepend (IntPtr raw)
 		{
 			list_ptr = Prepend (list_ptr, raw);