diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 7c15e34f..5ad8dc62 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2000-02-16  Martin Baulig  <martin@home-of-linux.org>
+
+	* xml.m4: Check for `xmlDocGetRootElement' to make sure we
+	have a recent enough libxml.
+
 2000-02-13  Martin Baulig  <martin@home-of-linux.org>
 
 	* configure.in (AC_LIBTOOL_DLOPEN): Added.
diff --git a/xml.m4 b/xml.m4
index 355d31c4..ec4f452d 100644
--- a/xml.m4
+++ b/xml.m4
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([LIBGTOP_XML_HOOK],[
 			AC_MSG_WARN(Could not find xml-config)
 		fi
 	else
-		AC_CHECK_LIB(xml, xmlNewDoc, [
+		AC_CHECK_LIB(xml, xmlDocGetRootElement, [
 			$1
 			LIBGTOP_XML_LIB=`$XML_CONFIG --libs`
 			AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LIBXML)