diff --git a/juk/configure.in.bot b/juk/configure.in.bot
index f611be1c..b6ded388 100644
--- a/juk/configure.in.bot
+++ b/juk/configure.in.bot
@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@ fi
 if test "x$with_gstreamer" = xcheck && test "x$have_gst" = xno; then
 	echo "**************************************************"
 	echo "*"
-	echo "* You do not seem to have GStreamer 0.8.x installed."
+	echo "* You do not seem to have GStreamer 0.8.x, 0.10.x or 1.0.x installed."
 	echo "* Without this aRts and/or aKode output will be used exclusively."
 	echo "*"
 	echo "* If you actually have gstreamer installed make sure you also have"
 	echo "* the gst-plugins collection installed.  Both gstreamer and"
-	echo "* gst-plugins need to be 0.8.x (0.9 is not supported)"
+	echo "* gst-plugins need to be 0.8.x, 0.10.x or 1.0.x (0.9 is not supported)"
 	echo "* http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/modules/"
 	echo "*"
 	echo "* JuK supports GStreamer output but will also"
diff --git a/juk/configure.in.in b/juk/configure.in.in
index f2e48c0c..b74c6d9f 100644
--- a/juk/configure.in.in
+++ b/juk/configure.in.in
@@ -44,29 +44,34 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(gstreamer,
 have_gst=no
 
 if test "x$with_gstreamer" != xno; then
-  	# pkg-config seems to have a bug where it masks needed -L entries when it
+	# pkg-config seems to have a bug where it masks needed -L entries when it
 	# shouldn't, so disable that.
 
-  	PKG_CONFIG_ALLOW_SYSTEM_LIBS=1
+	PKG_CONFIG_ALLOW_SYSTEM_LIBS=1
 	export PKG_CONFIG_ALLOW_SYSTEM_LIBS
 
-	GST_MAJORMINOR=0.10
-	GST_REQ=0.10.0
-	GST_VERSION=10
-
-	PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GST, \
-		gstreamer-$GST_MAJORMINOR >= $GST_REQ, \
-		have_gst=yes, have_gst=no)
+	GST_MAJORMINOR=1.0
+	GST_REQ=1.0.0
+	PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GST, gstreamer-$GST_MAJORMINOR >= $GST_REQ, have_gst=yes, have_gst=no)
 
 	if test "x$have_gst" != xyes; then
+		AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
+
+		GST_MAJORMINOR=0.10
+		GST_REQ=0.10.0
+		PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GST, gstreamer-$GST_MAJORMINOR >= $GST_REQ, have_gst=yes, have_gst=no)
+
+		if test "x$have_gst" != xyes; then
+			AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
 
-		GST_MAJORMINOR=0.8
-		GST_REQ=0.8.0
-		GST_VERSION=8
+			GST_MAJORMINOR=0.8
+			GST_REQ=0.8.0
+			PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GST, gstreamer-$GST_MAJORMINOR >= $GST_REQ, have_gst=yes, have_gst=no)
 
-		PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GST, \
-			gstreamer-$GST_MAJORMINOR >= $GST_REQ, \
-			have_gst=yes, have_gst=no)
+			if test "x$have_gst" != xyes; then
+				AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
+			fi
+		fi
 	fi
 
 	if test "x$with_gstreamer" != xcheck && test "x$have_gst" != xyes; then
@@ -90,7 +95,6 @@ else
 
 	AC_MSG_NOTICE([GStreamer version >= $GST_REQ found.])
 	AC_DEFINE(HAVE_GSTREAMER, 1, [have GStreamer])
-	AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(GSTREAMER_VERSION, $GST_VERSION, [GStreamer Version])
 fi
 
 AC_SUBST(GST_CFLAGS)
diff --git a/juk/gstreamerplayer.cpp b/juk/gstreamerplayer.cpp
index e77c0ff6..ffd892d4 100644
--- a/juk/gstreamerplayer.cpp
+++ b/juk/gstreamerplayer.cpp
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
 #define JUK_GLIB_NULL static_cast<gpointer>(0)
 
-#if GSTREAMER_VERSION == 8
+#if GST_VERSION_MAJOR == 0 && GST_VERSION_MINOR < 10
 
 /******************************************************************************/
 /******************************************************************************/
@@ -306,7 +306,11 @@ void GStreamerPlayer::setupPipeline()
     }
 
     m_playbin = gst_element_factory_make("playbin", "playbin");
+#if GST_CHECK_VERSION(1,0,0)
+    gst_bus_set_sync_handler(gst_pipeline_get_bus(GST_PIPELINE(m_playbin)), messageHandler, this, 0L);
+#else
     gst_bus_set_sync_handler(gst_pipeline_get_bus(GST_PIPELINE(m_playbin)), messageHandler, this);
+#endif
 }
 
 long long GStreamerPlayer::time(TimeQuery type) const
diff --git a/juk/gstreamerplayer.h b/juk/gstreamerplayer.h
index 5b4dbf6b..ef18785c 100644
--- a/juk/gstreamerplayer.h
+++ b/juk/gstreamerplayer.h
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public slots:
 private:
     void setupPipeline();
 
-#if GSTREAMER_VERSION == 8
+#if GST_VERSION_MAJOR == 0 && GST_VERSION_MINOR < 10
 
     void readConfig();
     long long time(GstQueryType type) const;