diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 484826db84..4f574c3fde 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2004-11-13  Arwed v. Merkatz  <v.merkatz@gmx.net>
+	* configure.ac:
+	  fix mplex configure check segfaulting on some systems (bug #140994)
+
 2004-11-13  Benjamin Otte  <otte@gnome.org>
 
 	* ext/alsa/gstalsa.c: (gst_alsa_pcm_wait):
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 89c5c8803a..a23810137e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1342,7 +1342,7 @@ main (int   argc,
   vector<IBitStream *> inputs;
   job->SetupInputStreams (inputs);
   TestOutputStream *out = new TestOutputStream ();
-  Multiplexor mux (*job, *out);
+  Multiplexor *mux = new Multiplexor(*job, *out);
   return 0;
 }
         ],[