diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 56d736e6ec..3fd44d2650 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-04-17  Benjamin Otte  <in7y118@public.uni-hamburg.de>
+
+	* configure.ac:
+	  require mpeg2dec >= 0.4.0
+
 2004-04-17  Benjamin Otte  <otte@gnome.org>
 
 	* sys/xvimage/xvimagesink.c: (gst_xvimagesink_get_xv_support),
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7080011178..0952bcaad7 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1185,7 +1185,7 @@ GST_CHECK_FEATURE(MIKMOD, [mikmod plug-in], mikmod, [
 dnl *** mpeg2dec ***
 translit(dnm, m, l) AM_CONDITIONAL(USE_MPEG2DEC, true)
 GST_CHECK_FEATURE(MPEG2DEC, [mpeg2dec], mpeg2dec, [
-  PKG_CHECK_MODULES(MPEG2DEC, libmpeg2 >= 0.3.1,
+  PKG_CHECK_MODULES(MPEG2DEC, libmpeg2 >= 0.4.0,
       HAVE_MPEG2DEC="yes", HAVE_MPEG2DEC="no")
   AC_SUBST(MPEG2DEC_CFLAGS)
   AC_SUBST(MPEG2DEC_LIBS)