diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 548e2ce49c..ee99990d4b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2005-08-18  Jan Schmidt  <thaytan@mad.scientist.com>
+
+	* check/gst/gstevents.c: (GST_START_TEST), (event_probe),
+	(test_event), (timediff), (gstevents_suite):
+	  Should fix build on 64-bit arch's
+
 2005-08-18  Andy Wingo  <wingo@pobox.com>
 
 	Make sure that when a pipeline goes to PLAYING, that data has
diff --git a/check/gst/gstevents.c b/check/gst/gstevents.c
index c58bebf90b..d152a06a79 100644
--- a/check/gst/gstevents.c
+++ b/check/gst/gstevents.c
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ GTimeVal got_event_time;
 static gboolean
 event_probe (GstPad * pad, GstMiniObject ** data, gpointer user_data)
 {
-  gboolean before_q = (gboolean) user_data;
+  gboolean before_q = (gboolean) GPOINTER_TO_INT (user_data);
 
   fail_unless (GST_IS_EVENT (data));
 
diff --git a/tests/check/gst/gstevents.c b/tests/check/gst/gstevents.c
index c58bebf90b..d152a06a79 100644
--- a/tests/check/gst/gstevents.c
+++ b/tests/check/gst/gstevents.c
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ GTimeVal got_event_time;
 static gboolean
 event_probe (GstPad * pad, GstMiniObject ** data, gpointer user_data)
 {
-  gboolean before_q = (gboolean) user_data;
+  gboolean before_q = (gboolean) GPOINTER_TO_INT (user_data);
 
   fail_unless (GST_IS_EVENT (data));