diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6b3504b739..ac35318a3c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2006-03-17  Tim-Philipp Müller  <tim at centricular dot net>
+
+	* configure.ac:
+	  Don't compile udp and rtsp plugins on win32 (mingw) or other
+	  systems that don't have <sys/socket.h> for some reason (#316203).
+
 2006-03-16  Zaheer Abbas Merali  <zaheerabbas at merali dot org>
 
 	* ext/raw1394/gstdv1394src.c: (gst_dv1394src_bus_reset),
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 6a2befe643..1cb417fbbd 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -111,6 +111,18 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(plugins,
     done],
     [GST_PLUGINS_SELECTED=$GST_PLUGINS_ALL])
 
+dnl disable gst plugins we might not be able to build on this
+dnl platform: udp and rtsp (ugly but minimally invasive)
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS([sys/socket.h], HAVE_SYS_SOCKET_H=yes)
+AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_SYS_SOCKET_H, test "x$HAVE_SYS_SOCKET_H" = "xyes")
+
+if test "x$HAVE_SYS_SOCKET_H" != "xyes"; then
+  GST_PLUGINS_SELECTED=`echo $GST_PLUGINS_SELECTED | $(SED) -e s/udp//`
+  GST_PLUGINS_SELECTED=`echo $GST_PLUGINS_SELECTED | $(SED) -e s/rtsp//`
+  GST_PLUGINS_NO="\tudp\n$GST_PLUGINS_NO"
+  GST_PLUGINS_NO="\trtsp\n$GST_PLUGINS_NO"
+fi
+
 AC_SUBST(GST_PLUGINS_SELECTED)
 
 dnl ext plug-ins; plug-ins that have external dependencies