diff --git a/gramps2/ChangeLog b/gramps2/ChangeLog
index 29a659d6d..0bf160d73 100644
--- a/gramps2/ChangeLog
+++ b/gramps2/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2005-01-05  Don Allingham  <dallingham@users.sourceforge.net>
+	* src/gramps_main.py: detect pygtk_version before passing
+	False for markup on MenuItem
+
 2005-01-05 Douglas S. Blank  <dblank@brynmawr.edu>
 	* src/Utils.py (roman): Proper implementation.
 
diff --git a/gramps2/src/gramps_main.py b/gramps2/src/gramps_main.py
index 252c33fb9..f38bf43d9 100755
--- a/gramps2/src/gramps_main.py
+++ b/gramps2/src/gramps_main.py
@@ -425,7 +425,10 @@ class Gramps:
         for item in gramps_rf.gramps_recent_files:
             index = index + 1
             name = os.path.basename(item.get_path())
-            menu_item = gtk.MenuItem(name,False)
+            if gtk.pygtk_version < (2,4,0):
+                menu_item = gtk.MenuItem(name)
+            else:
+                menu_item = gtk.MenuItem(name,False)
             menu_item.connect("activate",self.recent_callback,
                             item.get_path(),item.get_mime())
             menu_item.show()