diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 0970503b5b..69e6903cec 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2004-12-18  Ronald S. Bultje  <rbultje@ronald.bitfreak.net>
+
+	* ext/ffmpeg/Makefile.am:
+	* ext/ffmpeg/gstffmpeg.h:
+	  Add header.
+
 2004-12-18  Ronald S. Bultje  <rbultje@ronald.bitfreak.net>
 
 	* ext/ffmpeg/gstffmpeg.c:
diff --git a/ext/ffmpeg/Makefile.am b/ext/ffmpeg/Makefile.am
index fb95da7c3a..0dbb9fdcec 100644
--- a/ext/ffmpeg/Makefile.am
+++ b/ext/ffmpeg/Makefile.am
@@ -19,4 +19,6 @@ libgstffmpeg_la_LIBADD = \
 
 libgstffmpeg_la_LDFLAGS = $(GST_PLUGIN_LDFLAGS)
 
-noinst_HEADERS = gstffmpegcodecmap.h
+noinst_HEADERS = \
+	gstffmpeg.h \
+	gstffmpegcodecmap.h
diff --git a/ext/ffmpeg/gstffmpeg.h b/ext/ffmpeg/gstffmpeg.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3e4dacd2ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/ffmpeg/gstffmpeg.h
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/* GStreamer
+ * Copyright (C) <1999> Erik Walthinsen <omega@cse.ogi.edu>
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+/* First, include the header file for the plugin, to bring in the
+ * object definition and other useful things.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __GST_FFMPEG_H__
+#define __GST_FFMPEG_H
+
+#ifdef HAVE_FFMPEG_UNINSTALLED
+#include <avcodec.h>
+#include <avformat.h>
+#else
+#include <ffmpeg/avcodec.h>
+#include <ffmpeg/avformat.h>
+#endif
+
+#include <gst/gst.h>
+
+GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_EXTERN (ffmpeg_debug);
+#define GST_CAT_DEFAULT ffmpeg_debug
+
+G_BEGIN_DECLS
+
+extern gboolean gst_ffmpegdemux_register (GstPlugin * plugin);
+extern gboolean gst_ffmpegdec_register (GstPlugin * plugin);
+extern gboolean gst_ffmpegenc_register (GstPlugin * plugin);
+extern gboolean gst_ffmpegmux_register (GstPlugin * plugin);
+extern gboolean gst_ffmpegcsp_register (GstPlugin * plugin);
+
+G_END_DECLS
+
+extern URLProtocol gstreamer_protocol;
+
+#endif /* __GST_FFMPEG_H__ */