diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 86bddf1604..2550747dcd 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-10-11  Thomas Vander Stichele  <thomas at apestaart dot org>
+
+	* gst/gst.c: (init_post):
+	  split plugin paths correctly
+
 2005-10-11  Wim Taymans  <wim@fluendo.com>
 
 	* check/gst/gstevent.c: (GST_START_TEST):
diff --git a/gst/gst.c b/gst/gst.c
index f6f79c1c43..37fbf89411 100644
--- a/gst/gst.c
+++ b/gst/gst.c
@@ -595,8 +595,7 @@ init_post (void)
       int i;
 
       GST_DEBUG ("GST_PLUGIN_PATH set to %s", plugin_path);
-      /* FIXME this doesn't split paths correctly on windows */
-      list = g_strsplit (plugin_path, ":", 0);
+      list = g_strsplit (plugin_path, G_SEARCHPATH_SEPARATOR_S, 0);
       for (i = 0; list[i]; i++) {
         gst_registry_scan_path (default_registry, list[i]);
       }
@@ -628,8 +627,7 @@ init_post (void)
       int i;
 
       GST_DEBUG ("GST_PLUGIN_SYSTEM_PATH set to %s", plugin_path);
-      /* FIXME this doesn't split paths correctly on windows */
-      list = g_strsplit (plugin_path, ":", 0);
+      list = g_strsplit (plugin_path, G_SEARCHPATH_SEPARATOR_S, 0);
       for (i = 0; list[i]; i++) {
         gst_registry_scan_path (default_registry, list[i]);
       }