diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 3f37f90c26..4321b37787 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2006-05-19  Tim-Philipp Müller  <tim at centricular dot net>
+
+	* docs/gst/gstreamer-sections.txt:
+	* win32/common/libgstreamer.def:
+	* gst/gstutils.c: (gst_element_seek_simple):
+	* gst/gstutils.h:
+	  API: add gst_element_seek_simple() (#342238).
+
 2006-05-18  Edward Hervey  <edward@fluendo.com>
 
 	* gst/gsttypefind.c: (gst_type_find_get_type):
diff --git a/common b/common
index a5b66304e7..764c5f2510 160000
--- a/common
+++ b/common
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit a5b66304e7abe1440a0f8b0ed232ffbc56e8f3de
+Subproject commit 764c5f25101d20da7f26942c36ba840ba65c63d7
diff --git a/docs/gst/gstreamer-sections.txt b/docs/gst/gstreamer-sections.txt
index 28100d95af..3dda58f02b 100644
--- a/docs/gst/gstreamer-sections.txt
+++ b/docs/gst/gstreamer-sections.txt
@@ -501,6 +501,7 @@ gst_element_query_duration
 
 <SUBSECTION element-event>
 gst_element_send_event
+gst_element_seek_simple
 gst_element_seek
 
 <SUBSECTION Standard>
diff --git a/gst/gstutils.c b/gst/gstutils.c
index 1a10fbff37..bbc749c99d 100644
--- a/gst/gstutils.c
+++ b/gst/gstutils.c
@@ -1916,6 +1916,40 @@ gst_element_query_convert (GstElement * element, GstFormat src_format,
   return ret;
 }
 
+/**
+ * gst_element_seek_simple
+ * @element: a #GstElement to seek on
+ * @format: a #GstFormat to execute the seek in, such as #GST_FORMAT_TIME
+ * @seek_flags: seek options
+ * @seek_pos: position to seek to (relative to the start); if you are doing
+ *            a seek in #GST_FORMAT_TIME this value is in nanoseconds -
+ *            multiply with #GST_SECOND to convert seconds to nanoseconds or
+ *            with #GST_MSECOND to convert milliseconds to nanoseconds.
+ *
+ * Simple API to perform a seek on the given element, meaning it just seeks
+ * to the given position relative to the start of the stream. For more complex
+ * operations like segment seeks (e.g. for looping) or changing the playback
+ * rate or seeking relative to the current position or seeking relative to
+ * the end of the stream you should use gst_element_seek ().
+ *
+ * Note that seeking is usually only possible in PAUSED or PLAYING state.
+ *
+ * Returns: TRUE if the seek operation succeeded (the seek
+ *          might not always be executed instantly though)
+ *
+ * Since: 0.10.7
+ */
+gboolean
+gst_element_seek_simple (GstElement * element, GstFormat format,
+    GstSeekFlags seek_flags, gint64 seek_pos)
+{
+  g_return_val_if_fail (GST_IS_ELEMENT (element), FALSE);
+  g_return_val_if_fail (seek_pos >= 0, FALSE);
+
+  return gst_element_seek (element, 1.0, format, seek_flags,
+      GST_SEEK_TYPE_SET, seek_pos, GST_SEEK_TYPE_NONE, 0);
+}
+
 /**
  * gst_pad_can_link:
  * @srcpad: the source #GstPad to link.
diff --git a/gst/gstutils.h b/gst/gstutils.h
index 3d335e94d3..f2fc2dcb9d 100644
--- a/gst/gstutils.h
+++ b/gst/gstutils.h
@@ -533,6 +533,12 @@ void                    gst_element_unlink_pads         (GstElement *src, const
 gboolean		gst_element_link_pads_filtered	(GstElement * src, const gchar * srcpadname,
                                                          GstElement * dest, const gchar * destpadname,
                                                          GstCaps *filter);
+
+gboolean        gst_element_seek_simple (GstElement   *element,
+                                         GstFormat     format,
+                                         GstSeekFlags  seek_flags,
+                                         gint64        seek_pos);
+
 /* util elementfactory functions */
 gboolean		gst_element_factory_can_src_caps(GstElementFactory *factory, const GstCaps *caps);
 gboolean		gst_element_factory_can_sink_caps(GstElementFactory *factory, const GstCaps *caps);
diff --git a/win32/common/libgstreamer.def b/win32/common/libgstreamer.def
index 1463d36dba..80b3c0a467 100644
--- a/win32/common/libgstreamer.def
+++ b/win32/common/libgstreamer.def
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ EXPORTS
 	gst_element_remove_pad
 	gst_element_requires_clock
 	gst_element_seek
+	gst_element_seek_simple
 	gst_element_send_event
 	gst_element_set_base_time
 	gst_element_set_bus