diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 748574f3ce..4009118cfb 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2008-12-04  Sebastian Dröge  <sebastian.droege@collabora.co.uk>
+
+	* configure.ac:
+	Set AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR to common/m4 to point autoconf to
+	our M4 macros.
+
 2008-12-01  Sebastian Dröge  <sebastian.droege@collabora.co.uk>
 
 	* ext/mpeg2dec/gstmpeg2dec.c: (gst_mpeg2dec_negotiate_format):
diff --git a/common b/common
index 24963a683c..a8728f3f81 160000
--- a/common
+++ b/common
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 24963a683c185e1405b6f0aad37d95064cced93b
+Subproject commit a8728f3f810904c94f0b6678a7633d551514f335
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index a28c2247e5..b5eb8aee90 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ AS_NANO(GST_CVS="no", GST_CVS="yes")
 dnl can autoconf find the source ?
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([ext/mad/gstmad.c])
 
+dnl where are our m4 macros ?
+AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([common/m4])
+
 dnl define the output header for config
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)