diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 54fdd857c8..0e496ccb94 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-08-10  Steve Lhomme  <steve.lhomme@free.fr>
+
+	* gst/gstvalue.h:
+	  fix a memory leak that occured under Windows
+
 2004-08-10  Colin Walters  <walters@redhat.com>
 
 	* gst/registries/gstxmlregistry.c (gst_xml_registry_open_func):
diff --git a/gst/gstvalue.c b/gst/gstvalue.c
index 37612921f4..dccf9be9a1 100644
--- a/gst/gstvalue.c
+++ b/gst/gstvalue.c
@@ -1255,7 +1255,7 @@ gst_string_wrap (const char *s)
   }
 
   if (!wrap)
-    return strdup (s);
+    return g_strdup (s);
 
   e = d = g_malloc (len + 3);