diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 5873d9d352..d3a763784c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2008-02-19  Sebastian Dröge  <slomo@circular-chaos.org>
+
+	* gst/alpha/Makefile.am:
+	Link alpha plugin with libgstbase. Fixes bug #517386.
+
 2008-02-18  Wim Taymans  <wim.taymans@collabora.co.uk>
 
 	* gst/rtsp/gstrtspsrc.c: (gst_rtspsrc_create_stream):
diff --git a/gst/alpha/Makefile.am b/gst/alpha/Makefile.am
index 98f8116723..564fec6e50 100644
--- a/gst/alpha/Makefile.am
+++ b/gst/alpha/Makefile.am
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ libgstalpha_la_SOURCES = gstalpha.c
 libgstalpha_la_CFLAGS = $(GST_PLUGINS_BASE_CFLAGS) \
 	$(GST_BASE_CFLAGS) $(GST_CFLAGS) $(GST_CONTROLLER_CFLAGS) 
 libgstalpha_la_LIBADD = $(GST_PLUGINS_BASE_LIBS) -lgstvideo-$(GST_MAJORMINOR) \
-	$(GST_LIBS) $(LIBM) $(GST_CONTROLLER_LIBS)
+	$(GST_LIBS) $(GST_BASE_LIBS) $(LIBM) $(GST_CONTROLLER_LIBS)
 libgstalpha_la_LDFLAGS = $(GST_PLUGIN_LDFLAGS)
 
 libgstalphacolor_la_SOURCES = gstalphacolor.c