diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 850d8c0291..71d2c7b020 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-06-16  Stefan Kost  <ensonic@users.sf.net>
+
+	* configure.ac:
+          we require a newer libxml2 version that 2.4.X
+
 2005-06-14  Stefan Kost  <ensonic@users.sf.net>
 
 	* tools/gst-inspect.c: (print_element_properties_info):
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c2a2e4ccbd..93f9d5cab6 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ then
   AC_MSG_NOTICE([Load/save is disabled, not checking for libxml2])
 else
   dnl check for libxml2 with minimum req version
-  GST_LIBXML2_CHECK(2.4.9)
+  GST_LIBXML2_CHECK(2.6.0)
 fi
 
 dnl popt checks