diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ddb466f33..2784c7ec2 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-08-04  Mike Kestner  <mkestner@novell.com>
+
+	* generator/Ctor.cs : call Finish and HandleException for static ctor
+	method bodies. [Fixes #75493]
+
 2005-08-03  Mike Kestner  <mkestner@novell.com>
 
 	* bootstrap : use gnome and vfs 2.10 api.
diff --git a/generator/Ctor.cs b/generator/Ctor.cs
index ce4f3ea05..d8c184225 100644
--- a/generator/Ctor.cs
+++ b/generator/Ctor.cs
@@ -76,12 +76,15 @@ namespace GtkSharp.Generation {
 
 			Body.Initialize(gen_info, false, false, ""); 
 
-			sw.Write("\t\t\treturn ");
+			sw.Write("\t\t\t" + name + " result = ");
 			if (container_type is StructBase)
 				sw.Write ("{0}.New (", name);
 			else
 				sw.Write ("new {0} (", name);
 			sw.WriteLine (CName + "(" + Body.GetCallString (false) + "));");
+			Body.Finish (sw, ""); 
+			Body.HandleException (sw, ""); 
+			sw.WriteLine ("\t\t\treturn result;");
 		}
 
 		public void Generate (GenerationInfo gen_info)