diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index c80e67423a..21085dde89 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ else
 GCONF_DIR=
 endif
 
-SUBDIRS=gst-libs gst sys ext examples tools $(GCONF_DIR) testsuite
+SUBDIRS=gst-libs gst sys ext examples tools $(GCONF_DIR) ## testsuite
 
-DIST_SUBDIRS=gst-libs gst sys ext examples tools gconf testsuite
+DIST_SUBDIRS=gst-libs gst sys ext examples tools gconf ## testsuite
 
 EXTRA_DIST=gst-plugins.spec depcomp AUTHORS COPYING README RELEASE ChangeLog autogen.sh
diff --git a/gst-plugins.spec.in b/gst-plugins.spec.in
index 2b790eb202..24160638d1 100644
--- a/gst-plugins.spec.in
+++ b/gst-plugins.spec.in
@@ -621,6 +621,8 @@ Element for text-to-speech using the festival server.
 @USE_SDL_TRUE@Requires: SDL >= 1.2.0
 @USE_SDL_TRUE@Requires: gstreamer-plugins >= %{version}
 @USE_SDL_TRUE@BuildRequires: SDL-devel >= 1.2.0
+@USE_SDL_TRUE@SDL-devel should require XFree86-devel because it links to it
+@USE_SDL_TRUE@BuildRequires: XFree86-devel
 @USE_SDL_TRUE@
 @USE_SDL_TRUE@%description -n gstreamer-sdl
 @USE_SDL_TRUE@Plugin for sending output to the Simple Direct Media architecture.