diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/presents/io/FieldMarshallerRegistry.java b/src/java/com/threerings/presents/io/FieldMarshallerRegistry.java
index 9181b48fb..81e4bbbb1 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/presents/io/FieldMarshallerRegistry.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/presents/io/FieldMarshallerRegistry.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// $Id: FieldMarshallerRegistry.java,v 1.8 2001/10/12 20:11:53 mdb Exp $
+// $Id: FieldMarshallerRegistry.java,v 1.9 2001/10/17 02:48:11 mdb Exp $
 
 package com.threerings.presents.dobj.io;
 
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ public class FieldMarshallerRegistry
         registerMarshaller(FloatFieldMarshaller.class);
         registerMarshaller(DoubleFieldMarshaller.class);
         registerMarshaller(StringFieldMarshaller.class);
+        registerMarshaller(StringArrayFieldMarshaller.class);
         registerMarshaller(OidListFieldMarshaller.class);
         registerMarshaller(DSetFieldMarshaller.class);
     }
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/presents/io/StringArrayFieldMarshaller.java b/src/java/com/threerings/presents/io/StringArrayFieldMarshaller.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aa71d59cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/presents/io/StringArrayFieldMarshaller.java
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+//
+// $Id: StringArrayFieldMarshaller.java,v 1.1 2001/10/17 02:48:11 mdb Exp $
+
+package com.threerings.presents.dobj.io;
+
+import java.io.DataInputStream;
+import java.io.DataOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
+
+import com.threerings.presents.dobj.DObject;
+
+public class StringArrayFieldMarshaller implements FieldMarshaller
+{
+    /** This is the sort of field that we marshall. */
+    public String[] prototype;
+
+    public void writeTo (DataOutputStream out, Field field, DObject dobj)
+        throws IOException, IllegalAccessException
+    {
+        String[] value = (String[])field.get(dobj);
+        // we convert null string arrays to zero length arrays
+        if (value == null) {
+            out.writeInt(0);
+
+        } else {
+            out.writeInt(value.length);
+            for (int i = 0; i < value.length; i++) {
+                out.writeUTF(value[i]);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void readFrom (DataInputStream in, Field field, DObject dobj)
+        throws IOException, IllegalAccessException
+    {
+        String[] value = new String[in.readInt()];
+        for (int i = 0; i < value.length; i++) {
+            value[i] = in.readUTF();
+        }
+        field.set(dobj, value);
+    }
+}