diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 29c2f1ce39..304a915eba 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-02-13  Thomas Vander Stichele  <thomas at apestaart dot org>
+
+	* configure.ac: pass required libxml version as argument
+          (bug reported by Christophe Fergeau)
+
 2004-02-12  Thomas Vander Stichele  <thomas at apestaart dot org>
   
 	* docs/gst/gstreamer-docs.sgml:
diff --git a/common b/common
index d7fa1407cf..a2d2883feb 160000
--- a/common
+++ b/common
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit d7fa1407cff7d2054ba22ac6824eba4086fdd047
+Subproject commit a2d2883febd16e51a267a580cc4413b2a17a91a9
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 05c2094114..8b956c0021 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -220,12 +220,8 @@ if test "x$GST_DISABLE_LOADSAVE" = "xyes" && test "x$GST_DISABLE_REGISTRY" = "xy
 then
   AC_MSG_NOTICE([Registry and load/save are disabled, not checking for libxml2])
 else
-  dnl Minimum required version of libxml2
-  LIBXML2_REQ="2.4.9"
-  AC_SUBST(LIBXML2_REQ)
-
-  dnl check for libxml2
-  GST_LIBXML2_CHECK()
+  dnl check for libxml2 with minimum req version
+  GST_LIBXML2_CHECK(2.4.9)
 fi
 
 dnl popt checks