diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 232d798352..0b3683452b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-02-06  Tim-Philipp Müller  <tim at centricular dot net>
+
+	* gst/smpte/gstsmpte.c: (gst_smpte_transition_type_get_type):
+	  Let's try this again and use the right cast this time.
+
 2007-02-06  Tim-Philipp Müller  <tim at centricular dot net>
 
 	* gst/smpte/gstsmpte.c: (gst_smpte_transition_type_get_type):
diff --git a/gst/smpte/gstsmpte.c b/gst/smpte/gstsmpte.c
index eb5a50ad72..44420ac8aa 100644
--- a/gst/smpte/gstsmpte.c
+++ b/gst/smpte/gstsmpte.c
@@ -146,8 +146,9 @@ gst_smpte_transition_type_get_type (void)
       definitions = g_list_next (definitions);
 
       smpte_transitions[i].value = definition->type;
-      smpte_transitions[i].value_nick = (const gchar *) definition->short_name;
-      smpte_transitions[i].value_name = (const gchar *) definition->long_name;
+      /* older GLib versions have the two fields as non-const, hence the cast */
+      smpte_transitions[i].value_nick = (gchar *) definition->short_name;
+      smpte_transitions[i].value_name = (gchar *) definition->long_name;
 
       i++;
     }