diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d29cf88b2..81db8a770 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2010-04-13 Richard Frith-Macdonald <rfm@gnu.org>
+
+	* Source/NSArray.m: ([-initWithContentsOfFile:]) added ugly OSX
+	compatibility hack ... return the mutable array deserialized from
+	the property list rather than an instance of the same class as
+	the receiver.  The original GNUstep behavior made more sense.
+
 2010-04-13 Richard Frith-Macdonald <rfm@gnu.org>
 
 	* Source/NSNotificationQueue.m: Fix error traversing queue.
diff --git a/Source/NSArray.m b/Source/NSArray.m
index fbe12fba5..72dc664e4 100644
--- a/Source/NSArray.m
+++ b/Source/NSArray.m
@@ -796,7 +796,12 @@ static SEL	rlSel;
       RELEASE(myString);
       if ([result isKindOfClass: NSArrayClass])
 	{
-	  self = [self initWithArray: result];
+	  //self = [self initWithArray: result];
+	  /* OSX appears to always return a mutable array rather than
+	   * the class of the receiver.
+	   */
+	  RELEASE(self);
+	  self = RETAIN(result);
 	}
       else
 	{