diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6c90737e07..7646b72384 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+2008-10-05  Sebastian Dröge  <sebastian.droege@collabora.co.uk>
+
+	Patch by: Thiemo Seufer <ths at networkno dot de>
+	
+	* gst/__init__.py:
+	Use correct values for RTLD_GLOBAL and RTLD_LAZY on Linux/MIPS
+	as the values are different there from all other Linux platforms.
+	Fixes bug #553134.
+
 2008-10-05  Sebastian Dröge  <sebastian.droege@collabora.co.uk>
 
 	Patch by: Alexander Wirt <formorer at debian dot org>
diff --git a/gst/__init__.py b/gst/__init__.py
index d69e5e1be7..a636f32672 100644
--- a/gst/__init__.py
+++ b/gst/__init__.py
@@ -155,8 +155,13 @@ except ImportError:
     import os
     osname = os.uname()[0]
     if osname == 'Linux' or osname == 'SunOS' or osname == 'FreeBSD':
-        RTLD_GLOBAL = 0x100
-        RTLD_LAZY = 0x1
+        machinename = os.uname()[4]
+        if machinename == 'mips' or machinename == 'mips64':
+            RTLD_GLOBAL = 0x4
+            RTLD_LAZY = 0x1
+        else:
+            RTLD_GLOBAL = 0x100
+            RTLD_LAZY = 0x1
     elif osname == 'Darwin':
         RTLD_GLOBAL = 0x8
         RTLD_LAZY = 0x1