diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 312de89a6..a849f0ac0 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-02-03  Mike Kestner  <mkestner@novell.com>
+
+	* gtk/NodeStore.cs : use CreateNativeObject to allow subclassing.
+	[Fixes #71749]
+
 2005-02-03  Mike Kestner  <mkestner@novell.com>
 
 	* glib/ObjectManager.cs (GetValidParentType): return null if
diff --git a/gtk/NodeStore.cs b/gtk/NodeStore.cs
index e6714d07c..965c69811 100644
--- a/gtk/NodeStore.cs
+++ b/gtk/NodeStore.cs
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ namespace Gtk {
 
 		public NodeStore (Type node_type) : base (IntPtr.Zero)
 		{
-			Raw = gtksharp_node_store_new ();
+			CreateNativeObject (new string [0], new GLib.Value [0]);
 			ScanType (node_type);
 			BuildTreeModelIface ();
 		}