diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8fb868ddc4..f883f773a7 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-10-26  Tim-Philipp Müller  <tim at centricular dot net>
+
+	* ext/x264/gstx264enc.c:
+	  Fix build against the libx264 version that ships with debian stable.
+
 2007-10-26  Julien MOUTTE  <julien@moutte.net>
 
 	* configure.ac:
diff --git a/ext/x264/gstx264enc.c b/ext/x264/gstx264enc.c
index 21693b8db5..70b94a70a5 100644
--- a/ext/x264/gstx264enc.c
+++ b/ext/x264/gstx264enc.c
@@ -593,7 +593,9 @@ gst_x264_enc_init_encoder (GstX264Enc * encoder)
   encoder->x264param.b_deblocking_filter = 1;
   encoder->x264param.i_deblocking_filter_alphac0 = 0;
   encoder->x264param.i_deblocking_filter_beta = 0;
+#ifdef X264_RC_ABR
   encoder->x264param.rc.i_rc_method = X264_RC_ABR;
+#endif
   encoder->x264param.rc.i_bitrate = encoder->bitrate;
   encoder->x264param.rc.i_vbv_max_bitrate = encoder->bitrate;
   encoder->x264param.rc.i_vbv_buffer_size