diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 0ce0ad5e5a..3bdefc69a5 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2005-11-11  Michael Natterer  <mitch@gimp.org>
+
+	* m4macros/binreloc.m4: disable binreloc by default.
+
 2005-11-11  Sven Neumann  <sven@gimp.org>
 
 	* app/base/tile-swap.c (tile_swap_default_in): fixed compilation
diff --git a/m4macros/binreloc.m4 b/m4macros/binreloc.m4
index f5b78c25f1..c6126a8269 100644
--- a/m4macros/binreloc.m4
+++ b/m4macros/binreloc.m4
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ AC_DEFUN([AM_BINRELOC],
 [
 	AC_ARG_ENABLE(binreloc,
 		[  --enable-binreloc       compile with binary relocation support
-                          (default=enable when available)],
-		enable_binreloc=$enableval,enable_binreloc=auto)
+                          (default=no)],
+		enable_binreloc=$enableval,enable_binreloc=no)
 
 	AC_ARG_ENABLE(binreloc-threads,
 		[  --enable-binreloc-threads      compile binary relocation with threads support