diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 7902d2c94b..19e0193461 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2005-12-14  Thomas Vander Stichele  <thomas at apestaart dot org>
+
+	* Makefile.am:
+	* configure.ac:
+	  Follow pygtk's lead in installing pygst.py and .pth in pyexecdir -
+	  this will do the right thing on multilib 64 bit
+
 2005-12-12  Edward Hervey  <edward@fluendo.com>
 
 	* examples/gstfile.py:
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index f5118f00f6..e1017ac8df 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -20,22 +20,17 @@ pygst.py: $(top_srcdir)/pygst.py.in Makefile
 	chmod -w $@
 
 # rewrite pygst path in installed pygst.py, install pth file.
-install-data-local: Makefile
-	$(mkinstalldirs) $(DESTDIR)$(pythondir)
-	sed -e "s|@PYGSTDIR\@|$(PYTHONDIR)/gst-$(GST_MAJORMINOR)|g" \
-	    -e "s|@GST_MAJORMINOR\@|$(GST_MAJORMINOR)|g" \
-	    $(srcdir)/pygst.py.in > $(DESTDIR)$(pythondir)/pygst.py
-	chmod 644 $(DESTDIR)$(pythondir)/pygst.py
-	echo "gst-$(GST_MAJORMINOR)" > $(DESTDIR)$(pythondir)/pygst.pth
-
-# also install pth file in pyexec.
-install-exec-local:
+# they go in pyexecdir, should make 64bit users happy
+install-exec-local: Makefile
 	$(mkinstalldirs) $(DESTDIR)$(pyexecdir)
+	sed -e "s|@PYGSTDIR\@|$(PYEXECDIR)/gst-$(GST_MAJORMINOR)|g" \
+            -e "s|@GST_MAJORMINOR\@|$(GST_MAJORMINOR)|g" \
+            $(srcdir)/pygst.py.in > $(DESTDIR)$(pyexecdir)/pygst.py
+	chmod 644 $(DESTDIR)$(pyexecdir)/pygst.py
 	echo "gst-$(GST_MAJORMINOR)" > $(DESTDIR)$(pyexecdir)/pygst.pth
 
 uninstall-local:
-	@rm $(DESTDIR)/$(pythondir)/pygst.py > /dev/null 2>&1 || true
-	@rm $(DESTDIR)/$(pythondir)/pygst.pth > /dev/null 2>&1 || true
+	@rm $(DESTDIR)/$(pyexecdir)/pygst.py > /dev/null 2>&1 || true
 	@rm $(DESTDIR)/$(pyexecdir)/pygst.pth > /dev/null 2>&1 || true
 
 check-valgrind:
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 524881180b..45c544d87e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ fi
 AC_SUBST(GST_NET_LIBS)
 AC_SUBST(GST_NET_CFLAGS)
 
-dnl check for gstreamer-net
+dnl check for gst-plugins-base
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GST_PLUGINS_BASE, gstreamer-plugins-base-$GST_MAJORMINOR >= $GST_REQ,
   HAVE_GST_PLUGINS_BASE="yes", HAVE_GST_PLUGINS_BASE="no")
 
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ AC_SUBST(PYGST_CFLAGS)
 
 dnl full installation path
 AS_AC_EXPAND(PYTHONDIR, $pythondir)
+AS_AC_EXPAND(PYEXECDIR, $pyexecdir)
 
 dnl add debugging options ...
 changequote(,)dnl