diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ac64a269a6..65c906c0c3 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2002-08-06  Jeffrey Stedfast  <fejj@ximian.com>
+
+	* configure.in (THREADS_CFLAGS): Need to check for gal 0.19.99.18
+	for e_xml_save_file().
+
 2002-08-01  Ettore Perazzoli  <ettore@ximian.com>
 
 	* README: Update Soup information and remove hard spaces.
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 9bed329356..1dfa940319 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ EVO_CHECK_LIB(GNOME-VFS, vfs, 1.0)
 EVO_CHECK_LIB(libxml, xml, 1.8.10, 2.0)
 EVO_CHECK_LIB(bonobo-conf, bonobo_conf, 0.11)
 
-EVO_CHECK_LIB(GAL, gal, 0.19.99.17)
+EVO_CHECK_LIB(GAL, gal, 0.19.99.18)
 EVO_CHECK_LIB(GtkHTML, gtkhtml, 1.1.1.1)
 EVO_CHECK_LIB(Libsoup, soup, 0.7)