diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8141c04886..37adb72975 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2007-03-01  Jan Schmidt  <thaytan@mad.scientist.com>
+
+	* tests/check/Makefile.am:
+	Draw plugins in from the build tree sys/ dir, rather than picking
+	up the already installed versions.
+
 2007-03-01  Zaheer Abbas Merali  <zaheerabbas at merali dot org>
 
 	* sys/ximage/gstximagesrc.c: (gst_ximage_src_open_display):
diff --git a/tests/check/Makefile.am b/tests/check/Makefile.am
index fd4c5f7c9d..03a943174c 100644
--- a/tests/check/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/check/Makefile.am
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ REGISTRY_ENVIRONMENT = \
 TESTS_ENVIRONMENT = \
 	$(REGISTRY_ENVIRONMENT)					\
 	GST_PLUGIN_SYSTEM_PATH=					\
-	GST_PLUGIN_PATH=$(top_builddir)/gst:$(top_builddir)/ext:$(GSTPB_PLUGINS_DIR):$(GST_PLUGINS_DIR)
+	GST_PLUGIN_PATH=$(top_builddir)/gst:$(top_builddir)/ext:$(top_builddir)/sys:$(GSTPB_PLUGINS_DIR):$(GST_PLUGINS_DIR)
 
 # ths core dumps of some machines have PIDs appended
 CLEANFILES = core.* test-registry.xml