diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 3815afc..fe34cf2 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 2008-09-15  Stephane Delcroix  <sdelcroix@novell.com>
 
+	* src/Widgets/ComplexMenuItem.cs:
+	* src/Widgets/RatinMenuItem.cs: new protected (IntPtr raw) ctors.
+	Fixes bgo #552272.
+
+2008-09-15  Stephane Delcroix  <sdelcroix@novell.com>
+
 	* src/PhotoImageView.cs: fix the ZoomFit, bgo #551741.
 
 2008-09-14  Thomas Van Machelen <thomas.vanmachelen@gmail.com>
diff --git a/src/Widgets/ComplexMenuItem.cs b/src/Widgets/ComplexMenuItem.cs
index 309d8a0..5a06b23 100644
--- a/src/Widgets/ComplexMenuItem.cs
+++ b/src/Widgets/ComplexMenuItem.cs
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ namespace FSpot.Widgets
 				handler (o, e);
 		}
 
+		protected ComplexMenuItem (IntPtr raw) : base (raw)
+		{
+		}
+
 		public ComplexMenuItem() : base()
 		{
 		}
diff --git a/src/Widgets/RatingMenuItem.cs b/src/Widgets/RatingMenuItem.cs
index 1421af7..4d1c9f6 100644
--- a/src/Widgets/RatingMenuItem.cs
+++ b/src/Widgets/RatingMenuItem.cs
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ namespace FSpot.Widgets
 		private bool pressing;
 		private bool can_activate = true;
 
+		protected RatingMenuItem (IntPtr raw) : base (raw) 
+		{
+		}
+
 		public RatingMenuItem () : this (null)
 		{
 		}
