diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 26d9a7913..923ddaa94 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2008-10-11  Richard Frith-Macdonald <rfm@gnu.org>
+
+	* Source/NSUserDefaults.m: implement KVC methods to get and set values
+	as these appear to be an undocumented feature of MacOS-X (bug #24807).
+
 2008-11-05 17:27-EST Gregory John Casamento <greg_casamento@yahoo.com>
 
 	* Testing/synctest/GNUmakefile
diff --git a/Source/NSUserDefaults.m b/Source/NSUserDefaults.m
index e987dffc7..e519c38c1 100644
--- a/Source/NSUserDefaults.m
+++ b/Source/NSUserDefaults.m
@@ -1175,6 +1175,11 @@ static BOOL isPlistObject(id o)
   [_lock unlock];
 }
 
+- (void) setValue: (id)value forKey: (NSString*)defaultName
+{
+  [self setObject: value forKey: (NSString*)defaultName];
+}
+
 - (NSArray*) stringArrayForKey: (NSString*)defaultName
 {
   id	arr = [self arrayForKey: defaultName];
@@ -1276,6 +1281,11 @@ static BOOL isPlistObject(id o)
   [_lock unlock];
 }
 
+- (id) valueForKey: (NSString*)aKey
+{
+  return [self objectForKey: aKey];
+}
+
 - (BOOL) wantToReadDefaultsSince: (NSDate*)lastSyncDate
 {
   NSFileManager *mgr;