diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 1fefd9dda5..a9d36b1e94 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2007-09-20  Dan Williams  <dcbw@redhat.com>
+
+	* libnm-util/nm-setting.c
+		- (convert_strv_to_slist): dupe the values in the list because since
+			the list is a boxed value, it'll get destroyed when it's container
+			(like a hash table or whatever) gets destroyed
+
 2007-09-20  Tambet Ingo  <tambet@gmail.com>
 
 	* libnm-util/nm-setting.h: Change the type of NMSettingVPN->routes to
diff --git a/libnm-util/nm-setting.c b/libnm-util/nm-setting.c
index 079975ca14..60153f29fd 100644
--- a/libnm-util/nm-setting.c
+++ b/libnm-util/nm-setting.c
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ convert_strv_to_slist (char **str)
 	guint i = 0;
 
 	while (str[i])
-		list = g_slist_prepend (list, str[i++]);
+		list = g_slist_prepend (list, g_strdup (str[i++]));
 
 	return g_slist_reverse (list);
 }