diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 053d9b7e4..d4e4955e7 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2004-05-07  Mike Kestner  <mkestner@ximian.com>
+
+	* gtk/Gtk.metadata : hide some MenuItem ctors.
+	* gtk/Makefile.am : add the new custom.
+	* gtk/MenuItem.custom : implement the string ctor.
+
 2004-05-07  Mike Kestner  <mkestner@ximian.com>
 
 	* sample/GnomeHelloWorld.cs : guard against null args.Event in the
diff --git a/gtk/Gtk.metadata b/gtk/Gtk.metadata
index ea3a47eae..a7f1d3fac 100644
--- a/gtk/Gtk.metadata
+++ b/gtk/Gtk.metadata
@@ -132,6 +132,8 @@
   <attr path="/api/namespace/object[@cname='GtkListStore']/method[@name='Remove']/*/*[@name='iter']" name="pass_as">ref</attr>
   <attr path="/api/namespace/object[@cname='GtkListStore']/method[@name='SetColumnTypes']/*/*[@name='types']" name="array">1</attr>
   <attr path="/api/namespace/object[@cname='GtkMenuItem']/constructor[@cname='gtk_menu_item_new_with_mnemonic']" name="preferred">1</attr>
+  <attr path="/api/namespace/object[@cname='GtkMenuItem']/constructor[@cname='gtk_menu_item_new_with_mnemonic']" name="hidden">1</attr>
+  <attr path="/api/namespace/object[@cname='GtkMenuItem']/constructor[@cname='gtk_menu_item_new_with_label']" name="hidden">1</attr>
   <attr path="/api/namespace/object[@cname='GtkMenuItem']/method[@name='SetSubmenu']/*/*[@type='GtkWidget*']" name="null_ok">1</attr>
   <attr path="/api/namespace/object[@cname='GtkMenuItem']/signal[@name='Activate']" name="name">Activated</attr>
   <attr path="/api/namespace/object[@cname='GtkMenuItem']/signal[@name='ChildNotify']" name="name">ChildNotified</attr>
diff --git a/gtk/Makefile.am b/gtk/Makefile.am
index fb5483e37..78b263582 100644
--- a/gtk/Makefile.am
+++ b/gtk/Makefile.am
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ customs = 				\
 	Layout.custom			\
 	ListStore.custom		\
 	MessageDialog.custom		\
+	MenuItem.custom			\
 	Notebook.custom			\
 	Object.custom			\
 	Paned.custom			\
diff --git a/gtk/MenuItem.custom b/gtk/MenuItem.custom
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..042dde2df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gtk/MenuItem.custom
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+// Gtk.MenuItem.custom - Gtk MenuItem class customizations
+//
+// Author: Mike Kestner <mkestner@ximian.com> 
+//
+// Copyright (C) 2004 Novell, Inc.
+//
+// This code is inserted after the automatically generated code.
+		
+		[DllImport ("libgtk-win32-2.0-0.dll")]
+		static extern IntPtr gtk_menu_item_new_with_mnemonic (string label);
+
+		public MenuItem (string label) : base (IntPtr.Zero)
+		{
+			if (GetType() != typeof (MenuItem)) {
+				CreateNativeObject (new string [0], new GLib.Value [0]);
+				Add (new Label (label));
+			}
+
+			Raw = gtk_menu_item_new_with_mnemonic (label);
+		}