diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2cec81982..57487de6e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-06-10  Mike Kestner  <mkestner@novell.com>
+
+	* glade/XML.custom : add a try block on field autoconnect to make it
+	easier to catch type mismatches and such.  Suggestion from Gonzalito.
+
 2005-06-09  Lluis Sanchez  <lluis@novell.com>
 
 	* glib/Marshaller.cs: Added null check in FilenamePtrToString.
diff --git a/glade/XML.custom b/glade/XML.custom
index 79e1ccd45..44c72befe 100644
--- a/glade/XML.custom
+++ b/glade/XML.custom
@@ -320,7 +320,12 @@
 					widget = GetWidget (field.Name);
 
 				if (widget != null)
-					field.SetValue (target, widget, flags, null, null);
+					try {
+						field.SetValue (target, widget, flags, null, null);
+					} catch (Exception e) {
+						Console.WriteLine ("Unable to set value for field " + field.Name);
+						throw e;
+					}
 			}
 		}