diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 3cdf52eb72..ec07a2b554 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2008-04-13  Sebastian Dröge  <slomo@circular-chaos.org>
+
+	* ext/soup/gstsouphttpsrc.c: (plugin_init):
+	Give souphttpsrc GST_RANK_PRIMARY to make it the default HTTP source
+	over gnome-vfs and everything else. Fixes bug #527848.
+
 2008-04-13  Jan Schmidt  <jan.schmidt@sun.com>
 
 	* configure.ac:
diff --git a/ext/soup/gstsouphttpsrc.c b/ext/soup/gstsouphttpsrc.c
index baf29438fc..eb83647dc0 100644
--- a/ext/soup/gstsouphttpsrc.c
+++ b/ext/soup/gstsouphttpsrc.c
@@ -1173,7 +1173,7 @@ gst_soup_http_src_uri_handler_init (gpointer g_iface, gpointer iface_data)
 static gboolean
 plugin_init (GstPlugin * plugin)
 {
-  return gst_element_register (plugin, "souphttpsrc", GST_RANK_MARGINAL,
+  return gst_element_register (plugin, "souphttpsrc", GST_RANK_PRIMARY,
       GST_TYPE_SOUP_HTTP_SRC);
 }