diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 324aefa1ed..2f4cc898e8 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2007-02-06  Tim-Philipp Müller  <tim at centricular dot net>
+
+	* configure.ac:
+	  Increase required libsndfile version to a version that's known to
+	  have the function sf_write_sync() to make the build bots happy.
+
 2007-02-06  Tim-Philipp Müller  <tim at centricular dot net>
 
 	* ext/sndfile/gstsfsrc.c:
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 612554824d..8a14f54f0b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -754,7 +754,7 @@ GST_CHECK_FEATURE(SDL, [SDL plug-in], sdlvideosink sdlaudiosink, [
 dnl *** sndfile ***
 translit(dnm, m, l) AM_CONDITIONAL(USE_SNDFILE, true)
 GST_CHECK_FEATURE(SNDFILE, [sndfile plug-in], sfsrc sfsink, [
-  PKG_CHECK_MODULES(SNDFILE, sndfile >= 1.0.0, HAVE_SNDFILE="yes", HAVE_SNDFILE="no")
+  PKG_CHECK_MODULES(SNDFILE, sndfile >= 1.0.16, HAVE_SNDFILE="yes", HAVE_SNDFILE="no")
   AC_SUBST(SNDFILE_CFLAGS)
   AC_SUBST(SNDFILE_LIBS)
 ])