diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8d7b02b7c8..0ccd6ee032 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2004-04-05  Julio M. Merino Vidal  <jmmv@menta.net>
+
+	reviewed by Benjamin Otte  <otte@gnome.org>
+
+	* configure.ac:
+	  fix --export-symblos-regex to a working regex.
+
 2004-04-04  Benjamin Otte  <otte@gnome.org>
 
 	* sys/oss/.cvsignore:
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index fb95e7ddec..d3b3b3b546 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ dnl ===========================================================================
 plugindir="\$(libdir)/gstreamer-$GST_MAJORMINOR"
 AC_SUBST(plugindir)
 
-GST_PLUGIN_LDFLAGS='-module -avoid-version -export-symbols-regex [_]*{gst_,Gst,GST_}.*'
+GST_PLUGIN_LDFLAGS='-module -avoid-version -export-symbols-regex [_]*\(gst_\|Gst\|GST_\).*'
 AC_SUBST(GST_PLUGIN_LDFLAGS)
 
 dnl these are all the gst plug-ins, compilable without additional libs