diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 5da3417f8a..7edd2b3d7a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2008-04-06  Sebastian Dröge  <slomo@circular-chaos.org>
+
+        Patch by: Damien Lespiau <damien dot lespiau at gmail dot com>
+
+        * configure.ac:
+        Actually build dlls when cross-compiling with mingw32.
+        Fixes bug #526247.
+
 2008-03-21  Jan Schmidt  <jan.schmidt@sun.com>
 
 	* configure.ac:
diff --git a/common b/common
index 170f8e91ad..fda6da5f2b 160000
--- a/common
+++ b/common
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 170f8e91adc7157f6e708ffa58ca22d10e4e45da
+Subproject commit fda6da5f2b9b000f7e1df8ffb44a6185ffd9799b
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 6274cc8846..a3fce15650 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ AC_SUBST(GST_REQ,   0.10.12)
 AC_SUBST(GSTPB_REQ, 0.10.12)
 
 AC_DISABLE_STATIC
+
+AC_LIBTOOL_WIN32_DLL
 AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
 
 dnl find a compiler