diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 49d9ae88e7..2d159428bb 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2008-02-08  Jan Schmidt  <jan.schmidt@sun.com>
+
+	* configure.ac:
+	* ext/gio/Makefile.am:
+	Subst GIO_LDFLAGS to avoid undefined Makefile var error Zaheer is
+	reporting
+
 2008-02-07  Jan Schmidt  <jan.schmidt@sun.com>
 
 	* docs/plugins/Makefile.am:
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b69e8f5894..79dc5c5e2c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -491,6 +491,7 @@ AG_GST_CHECK_FEATURE(GIO, [GIO library], gio, [
   ])
   AC_SUBST(GIO_CFLAGS)
   AC_SUBST(GIO_LIBS)
+  AC_SUBST(GIO_LDFLAGS)
 ])
 
 dnl *** libvisual ***
diff --git a/ext/gio/Makefile.am b/ext/gio/Makefile.am
index c12970958f..cb864a180c 100644
--- a/ext/gio/Makefile.am
+++ b/ext/gio/Makefile.am
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ libgstgio_la_SOURCES = \
 
 libgstgio_la_CFLAGS = $(GST_CFLAGS) $(GST_PLUGINS_BASE_CFLAGS) $(GIO_CFLAGS)
 libgstgio_la_LIBADD = $(GST_LIBS) $(GST_BASE_LIBS) $(GIO_LIBS)
-libgstgio_la_LDFLAGS = $(GST_PLUGIN_LDFLAGS) $(GST_GIO_LDFLAGS)
+libgstgio_la_LDFLAGS = $(GST_PLUGIN_LDFLAGS) $(GIO_LDFLAGS)
 
 # headers we need but don't want installed
 noinst_HEADERS = \