diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 9755016b9..b1825c10e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-03-12  Mike Kestner  <mkestner@novell.com>
+
+	* glade/Glade.metadata : mark the XMLCustomWidgetHandler string params
+	const-gchar*.  Wonder how many of these are gonna screw us?
+
 2005-03-12  Mike Kestner  <mkestner@novell.com>
 
 	* gtk/TreeViewColumn.custom : use PersistentData to hold the 
diff --git a/glade/Glade.metadata b/glade/Glade.metadata
index 8fe35fa7e..4fb752d83 100644
--- a/glade/Glade.metadata
+++ b/glade/Glade.metadata
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
 <metadata>
+  <attr path="/api/namespace/callback[@cname='GladeXMLCustomWidgetHandler']/*/*[@type='gchar*']" name="type">const-gchar*</attr>
   <attr path="/api/namespace/object[@cname='GladeXML']/method[@name='GetWidgetPrefix']" name="hidden">1</attr>
   <attr path="/api/namespace/class[@name='Global']/method[@name='ModuleCheckVersion']/return-type" name="type">const-gchar*</attr>
 </metadata>