diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2373860d2..238030feb 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2002-05-06  Mike Kestner <mkestner@speakeasy.net>
+
+	* generator/ObjectGen.cs : When generating a ctor(void)
+	  for subclassing purposes, mark it protected, not public.
+	  Thanks to Miguel for reporting this bug.
+
 2002-05-03  Mike Kestner <mkestner@speakeasy.net>
 
 	* sample/makefile.win32 : add the Menu sample
diff --git a/generator/ObjectGen.cs b/generator/ObjectGen.cs
index 105834250..be1be0c58 100644
--- a/generator/ObjectGen.cs
+++ b/generator/ObjectGen.cs
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ namespace GtkSharp.Generation {
 			}
 			
 			if (!clash_map.ContainsKey("")) {
-				sw.WriteLine("\t\tpublic " + Name + "() : base(){}");
+				sw.WriteLine("\t\tprotected " + Name + "() : base(){}");
 				sw.WriteLine();
 			}