diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index eec540ab9d..738af87b06 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-07-15  Johan Dahlin  <johan@gnome.org>
+
+	* gst/__init__.py: Use DLFCN instead of dl to help python
+	installations without the dl module (gentoo for instance)
+
 2004-07-13  Johan Dahlin  <johan@gnome.org>
 
 	* gst/gst.override (_wrap_gst_pad_query, _wrap_gst_element_query) 
diff --git a/gst/__init__.py b/gst/__init__.py
index 49a25f2edf..6c82449e7f 100644
--- a/gst/__init__.py
+++ b/gst/__init__.py
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@
 # Author: David I. Lehn <dlehn@users.sourceforge.net>
 #
 
-import sys
-import dl
-
 try:
    import ltihooks
 except:
@@ -31,7 +28,11 @@ except:
 import gobject
 del gobject
 
-sys.setdlopenflags(dl.RTLD_LAZY | dl.RTLD_GLOBAL)
-del sys, dl
+try:
+   import sys, DLFCN
+   sys.setdlopenflags(DLFCN.RTLD_LAZY | DLFCN.RTLD_GLOBAL)
+   del sys, DLFCN
+except ImportError:
+   pass
 
 from _gst import *