diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 70f23250a3..0ee436098d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2004-01-19  Julien MOUTTE  <julien@moutte.net>
+
+	* gst/gstelement.h: Temporary fixing core build breakage due to 
+	_gst_element_error_printf being undeclared before the macro. Thomas
+	please fix that soon !
+
 2004-01-19  Thomas Vander Stichele  <thomas at apestaart dot org>
 
 	* gst/gstelement.c: (_gst_element_error_printf):
diff --git a/gst/gstelement.h b/gst/gstelement.h
index 7caadb8959..60bce6f5a6 100644
--- a/gst/gstelement.h
+++ b/gst/gstelement.h
@@ -139,6 +139,8 @@ typedef enum {
 #define GST_ELEMENT_CLOCK(obj)			(((GstElement*)(obj))->clock)
 #define GST_ELEMENT_PADS(obj)			((obj)->pads)
 
+gchar * _gst_element_error_printf (const gchar *format, ...);
+
 #define gst_element_error(el, domain, code, message, debug) G_STMT_START { \
   gst_element_error_extended (GST_ELEMENT(el), \
   GST_ ## domain ## _ERROR, GST_ ## domain ## _ERROR_ ## code, \