diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b58ac1e66..a603e0238 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2008-08-28  Matthias Clasen  <mclsaen@redhat.com>
+
+	* configure.in: Change libselinux detection to not link libglib
+	against it.
+
 2008-08-28  Michael Natterer  <mitch@imendio.com>
 
 	* glib/gstrfuncs.c (g_parse_long_long): make "endptr" const since
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index a04ef3da6..822d89d65 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1515,7 +1515,7 @@ if test "x$enable_selinux" != "xno"; then
 
  AC_CHECK_LIB(selinux, is_selinux_enabled,
    [AC_CHECK_HEADERS(selinux/selinux.h,
-     [AC_SEARCH_LIBS(lgetfilecon_raw, selinux, 
+     [AC_CHECK_LIB(selinux, lgetfilecon_raw, 
        [AC_DEFINE(HAVE_SELINUX, 1, [Define to 1 if libselinux is available])
         SELINUX_LIBS="-lselinux"
         msg_selinux=yes])