diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d622b4f16f..b91e6dc72f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2006-09-20  Stefan Kost  <ensonic@users.sf.net>
+
+	* configure.ac:
+	As another attempt, synaesthesia can be enabled by passing
+	--with-plugins="synaesthesia" to configure
+
 2006-09-20  Stefan Kost  <ensonic@users.sf.net>
 
 	* configure.ac:
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ed0970b626..1faac8077b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ GST_PLUGINS_ALL="\
 	mpegaudioparse \
         mpegstream \
 	realmedia \
+	synaesthesia \
 	"
 
 AC_SUBST(GST_PLUGINS_ALL)
@@ -102,6 +103,9 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(plugins,
     done],
     [GST_PLUGINS_SELECTED=$GST_PLUGINS_ALL])
 
+dnl disable synaesthesia plugin
+GST_PLUGINS_SELECTED=`echo $GST_PLUGINS_SELECTED | $SED -e s/synaesthesia//`
+
 AC_SUBST(GST_PLUGINS_SELECTED)
 
 dnl ext plug-ins; plug-ins that have external dependencies