diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f1bd22d207..21cf3a899c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 
 	* gstreamer/Makefile.am: ignore gstcompat.h
 
+	* configure.ac: require GStreamer core 0.5.1.1
+
 2003-01-04  David I. Lehn <dlehn@users.sourceforge.net>
 
 	* gstreamer/gstreamer.override, gstreamer/gstreamer-extra.defs: add
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 91e8750eb0..8fe29506a8 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ m4_define(pygtk_required_version,             1.99.14)
 
 m4_define(glib_required_version,              2.0.0)
 m4_define(gtk_required_version,               2.0.0)
-m4_define(gstreamer_required_version,         0.5.0)
+m4_define(gstreamer_required_version,         0.5.1.1)
 m4_define(gstreamer_majorminor,               0.5)
 
 AC_INIT(gst-python, gst_python_version,