diff --git a/common b/common
index 6b0a313b93..6757dae288 160000
--- a/common
+++ b/common
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 6b0a313b93535f0df7956a01405ddb63a3d76b5a
+Subproject commit 6757dae2885c2c09ad6db243c73946ef387bb044
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 35413c9f8a..0432ddf4ff 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -251,6 +251,9 @@ dnl ===========================================================================
 dnl ============================= gst plug-ins ================================
 dnl ===========================================================================
 
+plugindir="\$(libdir)/gstreamer-$GST_MAJORMINOR"
+AC_SUBST(plugindir)
+
 GST_PLUGIN_LDFLAGS='-module -avoid-version'
 AC_SUBST(GST_PLUGIN_LDFLAGS)