diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 5844db235d..763dde2e25 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2007-12-28  Matthias Clasen  <mclasen@redhat.com>
 
+	* gtk/gtkcurve.c: Fix the default value of the curve-type property.
+
 	* gtk/gtkcombo.c: Fix the default value of the enable-arrows-always
 	property.
 
diff --git a/gtk/gtkcurve.c b/gtk/gtkcurve.c
index 91263aa220..495fbb0c6e 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkcurve.c
+++ b/gtk/gtkcurve.c
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ gtk_curve_class_init (GtkCurveClass *class)
 						      P_("Curve type"),
 						      P_("Is this curve linear, spline interpolated, or free-form"),
 						      GTK_TYPE_CURVE_TYPE,
-						      GTK_CURVE_TYPE_LINEAR,
+						      GTK_CURVE_TYPE_SPLINE,
 						      GTK_PARAM_READWRITE));
   g_object_class_install_property (gobject_class,
 				   PROP_MIN_X,