diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 5c166a81d..bd638efca 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-07-28  Duncan Mak  <duncan@ximian.com>
+
+	* glade/XML.custom: Added new convenience factory methods,
+	FromStream and FromAssembly.
+
 2003-07-27  Duncan Mak  <duncan@ximian.com>
 
 	* art/Makefile.in:
diff --git a/glade/XML.custom b/glade/XML.custom
index 4072f64a3..6fcf89a77 100644
--- a/glade/XML.custom
+++ b/glade/XML.custom
@@ -288,4 +288,20 @@
 		{
 			BindFields (null, type);
 		}
-		
+
+                public static Glade.XML FromStream (System.IO.Stream stream, string root, string domain)
+                {
+                        return new Glade.XML (stream, root, domain);
+                }
+                
+                public static Glade.XML FromAssembly (
+                        System.Reflection.Assembly assembly, string resource_name, string root, string domain)
+                {
+                        return new Glade.XML (assembly, resource_name, root, domain);
+                }
+
+                public static Glade.XML FromAssembly (string resource_name, string root, string domain)
+                {
+                        return new Glade.XML (
+                                System.Reflection.Assembly.GetCallingAssembly (), resource_name, root, domain);
+                }