diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 9028d2ba22..e850998c7f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2006-02-15  Joshua Sled  <jsled@asynchronous.org>
+
+	* src/backend/file/test/test-load-xml2.c (main): Initialize
+	g_types before we can expect gconf (via the gnc file backend) to
+	work, as per the gconf API docs.
+
 2006-02-15  Derek Atkins  <derek@ihtfp.com>
 
 	* src/business/business-core/business-core.scm: 
diff --git a/src/backend/file/gnc-backend-file.c b/src/backend/file/gnc-backend-file.c
index c8bb9899c5..86db09f115 100644
--- a/src/backend/file/gnc-backend-file.c
+++ b/src/backend/file/gnc-backend-file.c
@@ -971,7 +971,7 @@ gnc_backend_new(void)
 
         gnc_be->file_retention_days = (int)gnc_gconf_get_float("general", "retain_days", NULL);
         gnc_be->file_compression = gnc_gconf_get_bool("general", "file_compression", NULL);
-          
+
         gnc_gconf_general_register_cb("retain_days", retain_changed_cb, be);
         gnc_gconf_general_register_cb("file_compression", compression_changed_cb, be);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/file/test/test-load-xml2.c b/src/backend/file/test/test-load-xml2.c
index c1497ed6a9..a66357cc6c 100644
--- a/src/backend/file/test/test-load-xml2.c
+++ b/src/backend/file/test/test-load-xml2.c
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
  * @brief test the loading of a version-2 gnucash XML file
  */
 
-#include <glib.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
@@ -34,6 +33,9 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <dirent.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <glib.h>
+#include <glib-object.h>
+
 #include "cashobjects.h"
 #include "Group.h"
 #include "TransLog.h"
@@ -107,11 +109,13 @@ main (int argc, char ** argv)
     const char *location = getenv("GNC_TEST_FILES");
     DIR *xml2_dir;
 
-	qof_init();
-	cashobjects_register();
-	do_test(
-		qof_load_backend_library ("../", GNC_LIB_NAME, GNC_LIB_INIT),
-		" loading gnc-backend-file GModule failed");
+    g_type_init();
+
+    qof_init();
+    cashobjects_register();
+    do_test(
+            qof_load_backend_library ("../", GNC_LIB_NAME, GNC_LIB_INIT),
+            " loading gnc-backend-file GModule failed");
 
     if (!location)
     {