diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4172a8746..9504dd4be 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2001-09-17  Havoc Pennington  <hp@pobox.com>
+
+	* src/ui.c (meta_ui_init): add hackaround for the warning about
+	gtk-menu-bar-accel
+
 2001-09-17  Havoc Pennington  <hp@pobox.com>
 
 	* src/ui.c (meta_ui_get_default_mini_icon): 
diff --git a/src/ui.c b/src/ui.c
index 0376e8f56..362988c98 100644
--- a/src/ui.c
+++ b/src/ui.c
@@ -39,6 +39,15 @@ meta_ui_init (int *argc, char ***argv)
 {
   if (!gtk_init_check (argc, argv))
     meta_fatal ("Unable to open X display %s\n", XDisplayName (NULL));
+
+  {
+    /* FIXME this is a hackaround for a GTK bug with using menus without
+     * menubars. we have to use the get_type value since it's G_GNUC_CONST
+     */
+    volatile GType t;
+    t = gtk_menu_bar_get_type ();
+    t += 5;
+  }
 }
 
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