diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 24ca93e3ad..e0aae44431 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+2006-11-26  Ryan Lortie  <desrt@desrt.ca>
+
+	* docs/reference/gtk/tmpl/gtkbuildable.sgml: add clarification stating
+	that the construct_child function is responsible for returning a
+	reference.
+	* gtkbuilder.c (_gtk_builder_construct): remove g_object_ref() for
+	objects from constructors
+	* gtkuimanager.c (gtk_ui_manager_buildable_construct_child): add
+	g_object_ref() to this construction function (it's the only
+	implementer in GTK)
+
+	Fixes #496645.
+
 2006-11-26  Ryan Lortie  <desrt@desrt.ca>
 
 	* gtkbuilder.c: remove concept of root objects and just refcount
diff --git a/docs/reference/gtk/tmpl/gtkbuildable.sgml b/docs/reference/gtk/tmpl/gtkbuildable.sgml
index a140d78688..16857ae60c 100644
--- a/docs/reference/gtk/tmpl/gtkbuildable.sgml
+++ b/docs/reference/gtk/tmpl/gtkbuildable.sgml
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ a GtkBuilder UI definition.
 @construct_child: Constructs a child of a buildable that has been
   specified as "constructor" in the UI definition. #GtkUIManager implements 
   this to reference to a widget created in a &lt;ui&gt; tag which is outside 
-  of the normal GtkBuilder UI definition hierarchy.
+  of the normal GtkBuilder UI definition hierarchy.  A reference to the
+  constructed object is returned and becomes owned by the caller.
 @custom_tag_start: Implement this if the buildable needs to parse 
   content below &lt;child&gt;. To handle an element, the implementation
   must fill in the @parser structure and @user_data and return %TRUE.
diff --git a/gtk/gtkbuilder.c b/gtk/gtkbuilder.c
index 5f6e1dff88..263698b22a 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkbuilder.c
+++ b/gtk/gtkbuilder.c
@@ -402,7 +402,6 @@ _gtk_builder_construct (GtkBuilder *builder,
       g_assert (obj != NULL);
       if (construct_parameters->len)
         g_warning ("Can't pass in construct-only parameters to %s", info->id);
-      g_object_ref (obj);
     }
   else if (info->parent && ((ChildInfo*)info->parent)->internal_child != NULL)
     {
diff --git a/gtk/gtkuimanager.c b/gtk/gtkuimanager.c
index 9528bc41f5..2273579d1a 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkuimanager.c
+++ b/gtk/gtkuimanager.c
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ gtk_ui_manager_buildable_construct_child (GtkBuildable *buildable,
   g_signal_connect (widget, "hierarchy-changed",
 		    G_CALLBACK (child_hierarchy_changed_cb),
 		    GTK_UI_MANAGER (buildable));
-  return G_OBJECT (widget);
+  return g_object_ref (widget);
 }
 
 static void