diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index bad04d296..2310e2353 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2002-11-29  Duncan Mak  <duncan@ximian.com>
+
+	* gtk/TextBuffer.custom (Text): Add a new Text property.
+
 2002-11-26  Gonzalo Paniagua Javier <gonzalo@ximian.com>
 
 	* sample/DbClient/GnomeDbClient.cs:
diff --git a/gtk/TextBuffer.custom b/gtk/TextBuffer.custom
index 152dc02a2..a9d6bf7de 100644
--- a/gtk/TextBuffer.custom
+++ b/gtk/TextBuffer.custom
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
+public string Text {
+	get {
+		return GetText (StartIter, EndIter, false);
+	}
 
-public void SetText (string text) {
-	gtk_text_buffer_set_text (Handle, text, text.Length);
+	set {
+		gtk_text_buffer_set_text (Handle, value, value.Length);
+	}
 }