diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 698a4ab..b6ddc37 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2007-02-25  Tollef Fog Heen  <tfheen@err.no>
 
+	* pkg.c (scan_dir): Use g_malloc, not malloc for pkgname.
+
 	* Makefile.am: Add support for using the system glib.  Thanks to
 	Peter Breitenlohner for the bug and the patch.  Freedesktop #9708
 
diff --git a/pkg.c b/pkg.c
index 928f0c9..8592bef 100644
--- a/pkg.c
+++ b/pkg.c
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ scan_dir (const char *dirname)
 
       if (ends_in_dotpc (dent->d_name))
         {
-          char *pkgname = malloc (len - 2);
+          char *pkgname = g_malloc (len - 2);
 
           debug_spew ("File '%s' appears to be a .pc file\n", dent->d_name);