diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8a2ad4fc1..c944b6219 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2008-11-25  Mike Kestner  <mkestner@novell.com>
+
+	* glib/Value.cs: fix for 'IntPtr as object' value construction.
+
 2008-11-24  Andrés G. Aragoneses  <aaragoneses@novell.com>
 
 	* atk/Makefile.am:
diff --git a/glib/Value.cs b/glib/Value.cs
index 82afe543b..6faede788 100755
--- a/glib/Value.cs
+++ b/glib/Value.cs
@@ -413,7 +413,10 @@ namespace GLib {
 					g_value_set_string (ref this, native);
 					GLib.Marshaller.Free (native);
 				} else if (type == GType.Pointer.Val) {
-					if (value is IWrapper) {
+					if (value.GetType () == typeof (IntPtr)) {
+						g_value_set_pointer (ref this, (IntPtr) value);
+						return;
+					} else if (value is IWrapper) {
 						g_value_set_pointer (ref this, ((IWrapper)value).Handle);
 						return;
 					}