diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 693bc24be2..d3e45b4126 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2007-10-16  Tim-Philipp Müller  <tim at centricular dot net>
+
+	* gst/gststructure.c:
+	  Allow '+' as well, it can be part of media or mime types
+	  such as image/svg+xml.
+
 2007-10-16  Tim-Philipp Müller  <tim at centricular dot net>
 
 	* docs/gst/gstreamer-sections.txt:
diff --git a/gst/gststructure.c b/gst/gststructure.c
index a17fa61f3d..9dd1bb0093 100644
--- a/gst/gststructure.c
+++ b/gst/gststructure.c
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ gst_structure_validate_name (const gchar * name)
 
   /* FIXME: test name string more */
   s = &name[1];
-  while (*s && (g_ascii_isalnum (*s) || strchr ("/-_.:", *s) != NULL))
+  while (*s && (g_ascii_isalnum (*s) || strchr ("/-_.:+", *s) != NULL))
     s++;
   if (*s != '\0') {
     GST_WARNING ("Invalid character '%c' at offset %lu in structure name: %s",