diff --git a/generator/ReturnValue.cs b/generator/ReturnValue.cs
index 40d139f7e..4d70d123a 100644
--- a/generator/ReturnValue.cs
+++ b/generator/ReturnValue.cs
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ namespace GtkSharp.Generation {
 				string args = ", typeof (" + ElementType + "), " + (owned ? "true" : "false") + ", " + (elements_owned ? "true" : "false");
 				var = "new " + IGen.QualifiedName + "(" + var + args + ")";
 			} else if (is_null_term)
-				return String.Format ("GLib.Marshaller.StringArrayToNullTermPointer ({0})", var);
+				return String.Format ("GLib.Marshaller.StringArrayToNullTermStrvPointer ({0})", var);
 			else if (is_array)
 				return String.Format ("GLib.Marshaller.ArrayToArrayPtr ({0})", var);
 
diff --git a/glib/Marshaller.cs b/glib/Marshaller.cs
index d28d57e9b..49ec19086 100644
--- a/glib/Marshaller.cs
+++ b/glib/Marshaller.cs
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ namespace GLib {
 				return ret.Replace ("%", "%%");
 		}
 
-		internal static IntPtr StringArrayToStrvPtr (string[] strs)
+		public static IntPtr StringArrayToStrvPtr (string[] strs)
 		{
 			IntPtr[] ptrs = StringArrayToNullTermPointer (strs);
 			IntPtr ret = g_malloc (new UIntPtr ((ulong) (ptrs.Length * IntPtr.Size)));
@@ -178,6 +178,11 @@ namespace GLib {
 			return ret;
 		}
 
+		public static IntPtr StringArrayToNullTermStrvPointer (string[] strs)
+		{
+			return StringArrayToStrvPtr (strs);
+		}
+
 		public static IntPtr[] StringArrayToNullTermPointer (string[] strs)
 		{
 			if (strs == null)