diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 32d74801a6..d852930ecf 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-04-21  Andy Wingo  <wingo@pobox.com>
+
+	* ext/ffmpeg/gstffmpegdec.c (gst_ffmpegdec_register): Up the rank
+	of the dv video decoder.
+
 2006-04-19  J^ <j@bootlab.org>
 
 	reviewed by: Edward Hervey  <edward@fluendo.com>
diff --git a/ext/ffmpeg/gstffmpegdec.c b/ext/ffmpeg/gstffmpegdec.c
index 3afc899afb..65d79a918a 100644
--- a/ext/ffmpeg/gstffmpegdec.c
+++ b/ext/ffmpeg/gstffmpegdec.c
@@ -1736,6 +1736,12 @@ gst_ffmpegdec_register (GstPlugin * plugin)
       case CODEC_ID_H264:
         rank = GST_RANK_PRIMARY;
         break;
+      case CODEC_ID_DVVIDEO:
+        /* we have a good dv decoder, fast on both ppc as well as x86. they say
+           libdv's quality is better though. leave as secondary.
+           note: if you change this, see the code in gstdv.c in good/ext/dv. */
+        rank = GST_RANK_SECONDARY;
+        break;
       default:
         rank = GST_RANK_MARGINAL;
         break;