diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 89d84045bd..562d846b55 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2007-02-02  Tim-Philipp Müller  <tim at centricular dot net>
+
+	* ext/alsaspdif/alsaspdifsink.c: (plugin_init):
+	  Set rank to NONE so that it doesn't get autoplugged by autoaudiosink
+	  (which didn't happen previously because the klass string didn't
+	  contain anything autoaudiosink was looking for).
+
 2007-01-31  Stefan Kost  <ensonic@users.sf.net>
 
 	* gst/real/gstrealaudiodec.c:
diff --git a/ext/alsaspdif/alsaspdifsink.c b/ext/alsaspdif/alsaspdifsink.c
index 514e1c3d24..f59a1563ac 100644
--- a/ext/alsaspdif/alsaspdifsink.c
+++ b/ext/alsaspdif/alsaspdifsink.c
@@ -822,7 +822,8 @@ alsaspdifsink_change_state (GstElement * element, GstStateChange transition)
 static gboolean
 plugin_init (GstPlugin * plugin)
 {
-  if (!gst_element_register (plugin, "alsaspdifsink", GST_RANK_PRIMARY,
+  /* no rank so it doesn't get autoplugged by autoaudiosink */
+  if (!gst_element_register (plugin, "alsaspdifsink", GST_RANK_NONE,
           GST_TYPE_ALSASPDIFSINK)) {
     return FALSE;
   }