diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index de81550548..13f63132ec 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2006-05-15  Tim-Philipp Müller  <tim at centricular dot net>
+
+	* configure.ac:
+	* ext/libvisual/visual.c: (gst_visual_actor_plugin_is_gl),
+	(plugin_init):
+	  Add tentative support for libvisual-0.4 (#336881).
+
 2006-05-15  Tim-Philipp Müller  <tim at centricular dot net>
 
 	Patch by: Young-Ho Cha <ganadist at chollian net>
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d51ffd3142..d0ad552c87 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -420,7 +420,18 @@ GST_CHECK_FEATURE(GNOME_VFS, [Gnome VFS], gnomevfssrc, [
 dnl *** libvisual ***
 translit(dnm, m, l) AM_CONDITIONAL(USE_LIBVISUAL, true)
 GST_CHECK_FEATURE(LIBVISUAL, [libvisual visualization plugins], libvisual, [
-  PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBVISUAL, libvisual = 0.2.0, HAVE_LIBVISUAL="yes", HAVE_LIBVISUAL="no")
+  PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBVISUAL, libvisual = 0.2.0,
+    [
+      HAVE_LIBVISUAL="yes",
+    ], [
+      PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBVISUAL, libvisual-0.4 >= 0.4.0,
+        [
+          HAVE_LIBVISUAL="yes"
+        ], [
+          HAVE_LIBVISUAL="no"
+        ])
+    ]
+  )
   AC_SUBST(LIBVISUAL_CFLAGS)
   AC_SUBST(LIBVISUAL_LIBS)
 ])
diff --git a/ext/libvisual/visual.c b/ext/libvisual/visual.c
index 5de9148e3e..a872be596d 100644
--- a/ext/libvisual/visual.c
+++ b/ext/libvisual/visual.c
@@ -674,10 +674,40 @@ make_valid_name (char *name)
   }
 }
 
+static gboolean
+gst_visual_actor_plugin_is_gl (VisObject * plugin, const gchar * name)
+{
+  gboolean is_gl;
+  gint depth;
+
+#if !defined(VISUAL_API_VERSION)
+
+  depth = VISUAL_PLUGIN_ACTOR (plugin)->depth;
+  is_gl = (depth == VISUAL_VIDEO_DEPTH_GL);
+
+#elif VISUAL_API_VERSION >= 4000 && VISUAL_API_VERSION < 5000
+
+  depth = VISUAL_ACTOR_PLUGIN (plugin)->vidoptions.depth;
+  /* FIXME: how to figure this out correctly in 0.4? */
+  is_gl = (depth & VISUAL_VIDEO_DEPTH_GL) == VISUAL_VIDEO_DEPTH_GL;
+
+#else
+# error what libvisual version is this?
+#endif
+
+  if (!is_gl) {
+    GST_DEBUG ("plugin %s is not a GL plugin (%d), registering", name, depth);
+  } else {
+    GST_DEBUG ("plugin %s is a GL plugin (%d), ignoring", name, depth);
+  }
+
+  return is_gl;
+}
+
 static gboolean
 plugin_init (GstPlugin * plugin)
 {
-  guint i;
+  guint i, count;
   VisList *list;
 
   GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_INIT (libvisual_debug, "libvisual", 0,
@@ -697,11 +727,17 @@ plugin_init (GstPlugin * plugin)
       return FALSE;
 
   list = visual_actor_get_list ();
-  for (i = 0; i < visual_list_count (list); i++) {
+
+#if !defined(VISUAL_API_VERSION)
+  count = visual_list_count (list);
+#elif VISUAL_API_VERSION >= 4000 && VISUAL_API_VERSION < 5000
+  count = visual_collection_size (VISUAL_COLLECTION (list));
+#endif
+
+  for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
     VisPluginRef *ref = visual_list_get (list, i);
-    VisActorPlugin *actplugin = NULL;
     VisPluginData *visplugin = NULL;
-    gboolean is_gl = FALSE;
+    gboolean skip = FALSE;
     GType type;
     gchar *name;
     GTypeInfo info = {
@@ -721,21 +757,19 @@ plugin_init (GstPlugin * plugin)
     if (ref->info->plugname == NULL)
       continue;
 
-    actplugin = VISUAL_PLUGIN_ACTOR (visplugin->info->plugin);
-
-    /* Ignore plugins that only support GL output for now */
-    if (actplugin->depth == VISUAL_VIDEO_DEPTH_GL) {
-      GST_DEBUG ("plugin %s is a GL plugin (%d), ignoring",
-          ref->info->plugname, actplugin->depth);
-      is_gl = TRUE;
+    /* Blacklist some plugins */
+    if (strcmp (ref->info->plugname, "gstreamer") == 0 ||
+        strcmp (ref->info->plugname, "gdkpixbuf") == 0) {
+      skip = TRUE;
     } else {
-      GST_DEBUG ("plugin %s is not a GL plugin (%d), registering",
-          ref->info->plugname, actplugin->depth);
+      /* Ignore plugins that only support GL output for now */
+      skip = gst_visual_actor_plugin_is_gl (visplugin->info->plugin,
+          visplugin->info->plugname);
     }
 
     visual_plugin_unload (visplugin);
 
-    if (!is_gl) {
+    if (!skip) {
       name = g_strdup_printf ("GstVisual%s", ref->info->plugname);
       make_valid_name (name);
       type = g_type_register_static (GST_TYPE_VISUAL, name, &info, 0);