diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b2cfdf79d8..25ea91c14e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2008-02-04  Tim-Philipp Müller  <tim at centricular dot net>
+
+	* ext/mpeg2enc/gstmpeg2encpicturereader.cc:
+	  (GstMpeg2EncPictureReader.StreamPictureParams):
+	  Fix compilation with libmjpegtools 1.8.x.
+
 2008-02-04  Sebastian Dröge  <slomo@circular-chaos.org>
 
 	* ext/ladspa/gstsignalprocessor.c:
diff --git a/ext/mpeg2enc/gstmpeg2encpicturereader.cc b/ext/mpeg2enc/gstmpeg2encpicturereader.cc
index 7b6cfbb7ab..35b599dd3c 100644
--- a/ext/mpeg2enc/gstmpeg2encpicturereader.cc
+++ b/ext/mpeg2enc/gstmpeg2encpicturereader.cc
@@ -97,9 +97,15 @@ GstMpeg2EncPictureReader::StreamPictureParams (MPEG2EncInVidParams & strm)
 
   strm.aspect_ratio_code = mpeg_guess_mpeg_aspect_code (2, par,
       strm.horizontal_size, strm.vertical_size);
+
+#ifdef GST_MJPEGTOOLS_19x
   GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (element, "Guessing aspect ratio code for PAR %d/%d "
       "MPEG version %d yielded: %d", par.n, par.d, mpeg_version,
       strm.aspect_ratio_code);
+#else
+  GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (element, "Guessing aspect ratio code for PAR %d/%d "
+      "yielded: %d", par.n, par.d, strm.aspect_ratio_code);
+#endif
 }
 
 /*