diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e7da244cc9..18974ef30f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2009-01-08  Sebastian Dröge  <sebastian.droege@collabora.co.uk>
+
+	* ext/ladspa/gstladspa.c: (plugin_init):
+	Add plugin dependency for the LADSPA plugin directories.
+	Fixes bug #566878.
+
 2009-01-06  Jan Schmidt  <jan.schmidt@sun.com>
 
 	* tests/check/Makefile.am:
diff --git a/ext/ladspa/gstladspa.c b/ext/ladspa/gstladspa.c
index f96646be69..ed742f0dc6 100644
--- a/ext/ladspa/gstladspa.c
+++ b/ext/ladspa/gstladspa.c
@@ -620,6 +620,11 @@ plugin_init (GstPlugin * plugin)
   GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_INIT (ladspa_debug, "ladspa",
       GST_DEBUG_FG_GREEN | GST_DEBUG_BG_BLACK | GST_DEBUG_BOLD, "LADSPA");
 
+  gst_plugin_add_dependency_simple (plugin,
+      "LADSPA_PATH",
+      "/usr/lib/ladspa:/usr/local/lib/ladspa",
+      NULL, GST_PLUGIN_DEPENDENCY_FLAG_NONE);
+
   parent_class = g_type_class_ref (GST_TYPE_SIGNAL_PROCESSOR);
 
   ladspa_plugin = plugin;