diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index bbcdd0eb93..017d241f33 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 2006-02-20  David Hampton  <hampton@employees.org>
 
+	* src/register/register-gnome/gnucash-date-picker.c: Andreas
+	Köhler's patch to prevent a crash in the register date picker
+	widget when using gtk 2.8..
+
 	* src/bin/gnucash-bin.c:
 	* src/gnome-utils/glade/commodity.glade:
 	* src/gnome-utils/dialog-commodity.c:
diff --git a/src/register/register-gnome/gnucash-date-picker.c b/src/register/register-gnome/gnucash-date-picker.c
index 620fd7fe50..07e0364361 100644
--- a/src/register/register-gnome/gnucash-date-picker.c
+++ b/src/register/register-gnome/gnucash-date-picker.c
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ gnc_date_picker_class_init (GNCDatePickerClass *date_picker_class)
 		  G_SIGNAL_RUN_LAST,
 		  G_STRUCT_OFFSET(GNCDatePickerClass, key_press_event),
 		  NULL, NULL,
-		  g_cclosure_marshal_VOID__POINTER,
+		  g_cclosure_marshal_VOID__BOXED,
 		  G_TYPE_NONE, 1,
 		  GDK_TYPE_EVENT);