diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f4e52803d1..e60ce8c23d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2006-12-14  Tim-Philipp Müller  <tim at centricular dot net>
+
+	* configure.ac:
+	  libflac-1.1.3 changed API again, but we can't build against it yet,
+	  so make sure our check doesn't use libflac-1.1.3 and add a comment
+	  to this effect.
+
 2006-12-14  Tim-Philipp Müller  <tim at centricular dot net>
 
 	* gst/effectv/gstquark.c: (gst_quarktv_transform),
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 2b7edd4f65..b515ad7501 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -553,6 +553,8 @@ translit(dnm, m, l) AM_CONDITIONAL(USE_FLAC, true)
 GST_CHECK_FEATURE(FLAC, [FLAC lossless audio], flac, [
   GST_CHECK_LIBHEADER(FLAC, FLAC, FLAC__seekable_stream_encoder_new, -lm, FLAC/all.h, FLAC_LIBS="-lFLAC -lm")
   dnl API change in FLAC 1.1.1, so require that...
+  dnl (this check will also fail with FLAC 1.1.3 which changed API again
+  dnl and with which our plugin does not compile or work yet)
   if test x$HAVE_FLAC = xyes; then
     AC_CHECK_DECL(FLAC__SEEKABLE_STREAM_ENCODER_TELL_ERROR,
                   HAVE_FLAC="yes", HAVE_FLAC="no", [