diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b11615515b..097242b27b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-04-14  Benjamin Otte  <in7y118@public.uni-hamburg.de>
+
+	* configure.ac:
+	  save libs correctly when checking mad
+
 2004-04-14  Thomas Vander Stichele  <thomas at apestaart dot org>
 
 	* ext/mad/gstid3tag.c: (plugin_init):
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b83f5bf629..18e8de7efc 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1164,7 +1164,7 @@ GST_CHECK_FEATURE(MAD, [mad mp3 decoder], mad, [
     AC_CHECK_LIB(mad, mad_decoder_finish, HAVE_MAD="yes" MAD_LIBS="-lmad")
     if test "x$HAVE_MAD" = "xyes"; then
       HAVE_MAD="no"
-      save_libs=$LIBS
+      save_LIBS=$LIBS
       LIBS="-lz"
       AC_CHECK_LIB(id3tag, id3_tag_options, HAVE_MAD="yes" MAD_LIBS="-lmad -lid3tag -lz")
       LIBS=$save_LIBS