diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 886440ef97..6e37e06502 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2004-10-20  Thomas Vander Stichele  <thomas at apestaart dot org>
+
+	* configure.ac: up req of GStreamer since we use fractions
+
 2004-10-11  Ronald S. Bultje  <rbultje@ronald.bitfreak.net>
 
 	* gst-ffmpeg.spec.in:
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c4b5e03e0d..58d3121bfd 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ dnl we cheat here so we don't have to change the actual configure code bit
 GST_PLUGINS_VERSION_NANO=$GST_FFMPEG_VERSION_NANO
 
 dnl required GStreamer version
-GST_REQ=0.8.0
+GST_REQ=0.8.4
 
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE($PACKAGE,$VERSION)