diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 198302b20..68b2e5558 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ ver 0.21.23 (not yet released)
 * storage
   - curl: fix corrupt "href" values in the presence of XML entities
   - curl: unescape "href" values
+* decoder
+  - gme: adapt to API change in the upcoming version 0.7.0
 * output
   - alsa: implement channel mapping for 5.0 and 7.0
 * player
diff --git a/src/decoder/plugins/GmeDecoderPlugin.cxx b/src/decoder/plugins/GmeDecoderPlugin.cxx
index fcea526af..82f47fdd3 100644
--- a/src/decoder/plugins/GmeDecoderPlugin.cxx
+++ b/src/decoder/plugins/GmeDecoderPlugin.cxx
@@ -185,7 +185,11 @@ gme_file_decode(DecoderClient &client, Path path_fs)
 		LogWarning(gme_domain, gme_err);
 
 	if (length > 0)
-		gme_set_fade(emu, length);
+		gme_set_fade(emu, length
+#if GME_VERSION >= 0x000700
+			     , 8000
+#endif
+			     );
 
 	/* play */
 	DecoderCommand cmd;