diff --git a/gobject/ChangeLog b/gobject/ChangeLog
index 22c23d24c..e18f25756 100644
--- a/gobject/ChangeLog
+++ b/gobject/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2001-01-05  Havoc Pennington  <hp@redhat.com>
+
+	* gparamspecs.c (g_param_spec_enum): set the value_type in the
+	param spec; closes bug 40210
+	(g_param_spec_flags): ditto for flags
+
 2001-01-03  Alexander Larsson  <alexl@redhat.com>
 
 	* gobject.c:
diff --git a/gobject/gparamspecs.c b/gobject/gparamspecs.c
index b3f932c1c..e42a832dd 100644
--- a/gobject/gparamspecs.c
+++ b/gobject/gparamspecs.c
@@ -1359,6 +1359,7 @@ g_param_spec_enum (const gchar *name,
   
   espec->enum_class = g_type_class_ref (enum_type);
   espec->default_value = default_value;
+  G_PARAM_SPEC (espec)->value_type = enum_type;
   
   return G_PARAM_SPEC (espec);
 }
@@ -1383,6 +1384,7 @@ g_param_spec_flags (const gchar *name,
   
   fspec->flags_class = g_type_class_ref (flags_type);
   fspec->default_value = default_value;
+  G_PARAM_SPEC (fspec)->value_type = flags_type;
   
   return G_PARAM_SPEC (fspec);
 }