diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e63de3f1c..1b3819d7e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2008-04-11  Emmanuele Bassi  <ebassi@openedhand.com>
+
+	* clutter/clutter-container.c:
+	(clutter_container_get_type): Relax the precondition on the
+	implementations of ClutterContainer from ClutterActor to
+	GObject.
+
 2008-04-11  Emmanuele Bassi  <ebassi@openedhand.com>
 
 	* README: Add a note about the Shader API changes.
diff --git a/clutter/clutter-container.c b/clutter/clutter-container.c
index a39cf13d7..50c37e95f 100644
--- a/clutter/clutter-container.c
+++ b/clutter/clutter-container.c
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ clutter_container_get_type (void)
                                                "ClutterContainer",
                                                &container_info, 0);
 
-      g_type_interface_add_prerequisite (container_type, CLUTTER_TYPE_ACTOR);
+      g_type_interface_add_prerequisite (container_type, G_TYPE_OBJECT);
     }
 
   return container_type;