diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b69de9037..8ab7a94cc 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2012-01-15  Eric Wasylishen  <ewasylishen@gmail.com>
+
+	* Source/NSTableColumn.m (-initWithIdentifier:): Make data
+	cell editable by default.
+
 2011-01-14  Richard Frith-Macdonald <rfm@gnu.org>
 
 	* Source/GSTheme.m:
diff --git a/Source/NSTableColumn.m b/Source/NSTableColumn.m
index 65ec9a19f..4f05cdedc 100644
--- a/Source/NSTableColumn.m
+++ b/Source/NSTableColumn.m
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@
   _headerCell = [[NSTableHeaderCell alloc] init];
   _dataCell = [[NSTextFieldCell alloc] init];
   [_dataCell setLineBreakMode: NSLineBreakByTruncatingTail];
+  [_dataCell setEditable: YES];
   _headerToolTip = nil;
 
   _sortDescriptorPrototype = nil;