diff --git a/src/ObjCBindings/ExportTag.cs b/src/ObjCBindings/ExportTag.cs
index d10165e9fbf..38bd2255526 100644
--- a/src/ObjCBindings/ExportTag.cs
+++ b/src/ObjCBindings/ExportTag.cs
@@ -97,6 +97,21 @@ public enum Property : Int64 {
 		/// </summary>
 		CustomMarshalDirective = 1 << 5,
 
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Apply to strings parameters that are merely retained or assigned,
+		/// not copied this is an exception as it is advised in the coding
+		/// standard for Objective-C to avoid this, but a few properties do use
+		/// this.  Use this falg for properties flagged with `retain' or
+		/// `assign', which look like this:
+		///
+		/// @property (retain) NSString foo;
+		/// @property (assign) NSString assigned;
+		///
+		/// This forced the generator to create an NSString before calling the
+		/// API instead of using the fast string marshalling code.
+		/// </summary>
+		DisableZeroCopy = 1 << 6,
+
 	}
 }