diff --git a/gobject/ChangeLog b/gobject/ChangeLog
index 1239653b4..c07b84dc5 100644
--- a/gobject/ChangeLog
+++ b/gobject/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-03-14  Stefan Kost  <ensonic@users.sf.net>
+
+	* gparam.h:
+	  Add G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS define (fixes #418021).
+
 Mon Mar 12 13:30:20 2007  Tim Janik  <timj@gtk.org>
 
 	* gtype.h: marked purely functional g_type accessors as PURE or CONST,
diff --git a/gobject/gparam.h b/gobject/gparam.h
index 8676300a3..3790712e0 100644
--- a/gobject/gparam.h
+++ b/gobject/gparam.h
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ typedef enum
   G_PARAM_STATIC_BLURB	      = 1 << 7
 } GParamFlags;
 #define	G_PARAM_READWRITE	(G_PARAM_READABLE | G_PARAM_WRITABLE)
+#define	G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS (G_PARAM_STATIC_NAME | G_PARAM_STATIC_NICK | G_PARAM_STATIC_BLURB)
 #define	G_PARAM_MASK		(0x000000ff)
 /* bits in the range 0xffffff00 are reserved for 3rd party usage */
 #define	G_PARAM_USER_SHIFT	(8)