diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e345ccca36..57e4ad0bb7 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2006-02-21  Jan Schmidt  <thaytan@mad.scientist.com>
+
+	* configure.ac:
+	Apply patch from Sebastien Cote to handle --with-pkg-config-path
+	before looking for GStreamer patches. (Re-closes #319248)
+
 2006-02-19  Jan Schmidt  <thaytan@mad.scientist.com>
 
 	* ext/ffmpeg/gstffmpegcodecmap.c: (gst_ffmpeg_codecid_to_caps),
diff --git a/common b/common
index c30611ac38..c09cd18d32 160000
--- a/common
+++ b/common
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit c30611ac38336030fed6d258c6e558cc537adbc5
+Subproject commit c09cd18d328f740ac532377fa5605b0f712cc6fd
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b652271ef8..1c68c7448c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ fi
 
 AC_HEADER_STDC([])
 
+GST_ARG_WITH_PKG_CONFIG_PATH
 
 dnl check for gstreamer
 dnl uninstalled is selected preferentially -- see pkg-config(1)
@@ -83,8 +84,6 @@ AC_SUBST(GST_PLUGIN_LDFLAGS)
 dnl Determine CPU
 GST_ARCH()
 
-GST_ARG_WITH_PKG_CONFIG_PATH
-
 dnl check for documentation tools
 GTK_DOC_CHECK([1.3])
 AS_PATH_PYTHON([2.1])