diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 1940c4b7d..8f521d7fd 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2005-05-06  John Luke  <john.luke@gmail.com>
+
+	* pango/Makefile.am: add Matrix.custom
+	* pango/Matrix.custom: add Pango.Matrix.Identity field
+	which is the equivalent of PANGO_MATRIX_INIT
+	* sample/GtkDemo/DemoRotatedText.cs: use Pango.Matrix.Identity
+	* doc/en/Pango/Matrix.xml: add docs	for Pango.Matrix.Identity
+										
 2005-05-06  Mike Kestner  <mkestner@novell.com>
 
 	* configure.in.in : always enable debug build in maintainer_mode.
diff --git a/doc/en/Pango/Matrix.xml b/doc/en/Pango/Matrix.xml
index db70b67e3..b5cca8e8e 100644
--- a/doc/en/Pango/Matrix.xml
+++ b/doc/en/Pango/Matrix.xml
@@ -227,5 +227,18 @@
         <remarks>To be added</remarks>
       </Docs>
     </Member>
+    <Member MemberName="Identity">
+      <MemberSignature Language="C#" Value="public static Pango.Matrix Identity;" />
+      <MemberType>Field</MemberType>
+      <ReturnValue>
+        <ReturnType>Pango.Matrix</ReturnType>
+      </ReturnValue>
+      <Parameters>
+      </Parameters>
+      <Docs>
+        <summary>Can be used to initialize a PangoMatrix to the identity transform.</summary>
+        <remarks>This is the equivalent of PANGO_MATRIX_INIT in C.</remarks>
+      </Docs>
+    </Member>
   </Members>
-</Type>
\ No newline at end of file
+</Type>
diff --git a/pango/Makefile.am b/pango/Makefile.am
index 1e0b26103..bebbb56a1 100644
--- a/pango/Makefile.am
+++ b/pango/Makefile.am
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ customs =			\
 	GlyphItem.custom	\
 	Layout.custom		\
 	LayoutLine.custom	\
+	Matrix.custom		\
 	TabArray.custom
 
 add_dist = makefile.win32
diff --git a/pango/Matrix.custom b/pango/Matrix.custom
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8c84561fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pango/Matrix.custom
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+// Pango.Matrix.custom - Pango Matrix class customizations
+//
+// Authors: John Luke <john.luke@gmail.com>
+//
+// Copyright (c) 2005 John Luke.
+//
+// This code is inserted after the automatically generated code.
+//
+// This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+// modify it under the terms of version 2 of the Lesser GNU General 
+// Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+// Lesser General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+// License along with this program; if not, write to the
+// Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+// Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+
+	static Matrix ()
+	{
+		Identity.Xx = 1.0;
+		Identity.Xy = 0.0;
+		Identity.Yx = 0.0;
+		Identity.Yy = 1.0;
+		Identity.X0 = 0.0;
+		Identity.Y0 = 0.0;
+	}
+
+	public static Matrix Identity;
+
diff --git a/sample/GtkDemo/DemoRotatedText.cs b/sample/GtkDemo/DemoRotatedText.cs
index cdef02de4..4b05b286b 100644
--- a/sample/GtkDemo/DemoRotatedText.cs
+++ b/sample/GtkDemo/DemoRotatedText.cs
@@ -44,14 +44,7 @@ namespace GtkDemo
 			// the centered square where we draw are [-RADIUS, RADIUS], [-RADIUS, RADIUS]
 			// We first center, then change the scale
 			deviceRadius = Math.Min (width, height) / 2;
-			// #define PANGO_MATRIX_INIT { 1., 0., 0., 1., 0., 0. }
-			Matrix matrix = new Matrix ();
-			matrix.Xx = 1.0;
-			matrix.Xy = 0.0;
-			matrix.Yx = 0.0;
-			matrix.Yy = 1.0;
-			matrix.X0 = 0.0;
-			matrix.Y0 = 0.0;
+			Matrix matrix = Pango.Matrix.Identity;
 			matrix.Translate (deviceRadius + (width - 2 * deviceRadius) / 2, deviceRadius + (height - 2 * deviceRadius) / 2);
 			matrix.Scale (deviceRadius / RADIUS, deviceRadius / RADIUS);