diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 930b691ac5..fac6ff757b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2006-02-24  Michael Smith  <msmith@fluendo.com>
+
+	* autogen.sh:
+	* gst-libs/ext/ffmpeg/autogen.sh:
+	  Allow automake 1.9
+
 2006-02-24  Tim-Philipp Müller  <tim at centricular dot net>
 
 	* ext/ffmpeg/gstffmpegcodecmap.c: (gst_ffmpeg_get_palette),
diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index b2bb25a89c..fa3c228d01 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ echo -n "+ check for build tools"
 if test ! -z "$NOCHECK"; then echo " skipped"; else  echo; fi
 version_check "autoconf" "$AUTOCONF autoconf autoconf-2.54 autoconf-2.53 autoconf-2.52" \
               "ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/autoconf/" 2 52 || DIE=1
-version_check "automake" "$AUTOMAKE automake automake-1.7 automake-1.6 automake-1.5" \
+version_check "automake" "$AUTOMAKE automake automake-1.9 automake-1.7 automake-1.6 automake-1.5" \
               "ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/automake/" 1 6 || DIE=1
 version_check "libtoolize" "$LIBTOOLIZE libtoolize libtoolize14" \
               "ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/libtool/" 1 4 0 || DIE=1