diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4c66a5c24..ba68a577d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-04-23  Mike Kestner  <mkestner@novell.com>
+
+	* glib/Value.cs : add support for accessing generic struct boxed types
+	as objects.  [Fixes #79224]
+
 2007-04-20  Mike Kestner  <mkestner@novell.com>
 
 	* generator/CallbackGen.cs : switch to NativeCallbackSignature.
diff --git a/glib/Value.cs b/glib/Value.cs
index e6791a703..026999487 100755
--- a/glib/Value.cs
+++ b/glib/Value.cs
@@ -303,6 +303,15 @@ namespace GLib {
 			return strings;
 		}
 
+		object ToBoxed ()
+		{
+			IntPtr boxed_ptr = g_value_get_boxed (ref this);
+			Type t = GType.LookupType (type);
+			if (t == null)
+				throw new Exception ("Unknown type " + new GType (type).ToString ());
+			return Marshal.PtrToStructure (boxed_ptr, t);
+		}
+
 		public object Val
 		{
 			get {
@@ -331,6 +340,8 @@ namespace GLib {
 					return ManagedValue.ObjectForWrapper (g_value_get_boxed (ref this));
 				else if (g_type_is_a (type, GType.Object.Val))
 					return (GLib.Object) this;
+				else if (g_type_is_a (type, GType.Boxed.Val))
+					return ToBoxed ();
 				else
 					throw new Exception ("Unknown type " + new GType (type).ToString ());
 			}