diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a3399e6f56..17ec4eb387 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2007-01-05  Tim-Philipp Müller  <tim at centricular dot net>
+
+	* tests/examples/seek/scrubby.c: (main):
+	* tests/examples/seek/seek.c: (main):
+	  Call g_thread_init() first thing in main() (see #391278).
+
 2007-01-05  Tim-Philipp Müller  <tim at centricular dot net>
 
 	* tests/check/Makefile.am:
diff --git a/common b/common
index ee0bb43e2b..64f924f6f2 160000
--- a/common
+++ b/common
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit ee0bb43e2b66781d04078e2210404da48f6c68f0
+Subproject commit 64f924f6f2ff6275b06facb4c2adbc7c05f70641
diff --git a/tests/examples/seek/scrubby.c b/tests/examples/seek/scrubby.c
index 134e955bae..08bbef7e1f 100644
--- a/tests/examples/seek/scrubby.c
+++ b/tests/examples/seek/scrubby.c
@@ -460,6 +460,9 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
   GOptionContext *ctx;
   GError *err = NULL;
 
+  if (!g_thread_supported ())
+    g_thread_init (NULL);
+
   ctx = g_option_context_new ("seek");
   g_option_context_add_main_entries (ctx, options, NULL);
   g_option_context_add_group (ctx, gst_init_get_option_group ());
diff --git a/tests/examples/seek/seek.c b/tests/examples/seek/seek.c
index fb23ee53d4..300a48c82d 100644
--- a/tests/examples/seek/seek.c
+++ b/tests/examples/seek/seek.c
@@ -1444,6 +1444,9 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
   GOptionContext *ctx;
   GError *err = NULL;
 
+  if (!g_thread_supported ())
+    g_thread_init (NULL);
+
   ctx = g_option_context_new ("- test seeking in gsteamer");
   g_option_context_add_main_entries (ctx, options, NULL);
   g_option_context_add_group (ctx, gst_init_get_option_group ());