diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 99cb429df..8089c50e8 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-06-12  Mike Kestner  <mkestner@speakeasy.net>
+
+	* generator/SimpleGen.cs : mark a few members virtual 
+	since they are overridden elsewhere.
+
 2003-05-29  Rachel Hestilow  <rachel@nullenvoid.com>
 
 	* gconf/Value.cs: Update to use new string marshalling.
diff --git a/generator/SimpleGen.cs b/generator/SimpleGen.cs
index 5a0bbd078..c375f6b49 100644
--- a/generator/SimpleGen.cs
+++ b/generator/SimpleGen.cs
@@ -40,35 +40,35 @@ namespace GtkSharp.Generation {
 			}
 		}
 
-		public String MarshalType {
+		public string MarshalType {
 			get
 			{
 				return type;
 			}
 		}
-		public String MarshalReturnType {
+		public virtual string MarshalReturnType {
 			get
 			{
 				return type;
 			}
 		}
 
-		public String CallByName (String var_name)
+		public string CallByName (string var_name)
 		{
 			return var_name;
 		}
 		
-		public String FromNative(String var)
+		public string FromNative(string var)
 		{
 			return var;
 		}
 		
-		public String FromNativeReturn(String var)
+		public virtual string FromNativeReturn(string var)
 		{
 			return var;
 		}
 
-		public String ToNativeReturn(String var)
+		public virtual string ToNativeReturn(string var)
 		{
 			return var;
 		}