diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 85d34ddb6..1dd15e4b3 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 ver 0.15.12 (2010/??/??)
+* decoders:
+  - wildmidi: support version 0.2.3
 
 
 ver 0.15.11 (2010/06/14)
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 791f41f05..aa529ca45 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -950,6 +950,10 @@ if test x$enable_wildmidi = xyes; then
 	AC_CHECK_LIB(WildMidi, WildMidi_Init,,
 		AC_MSG_ERROR([libwildmidi not found]))
 
+	AC_CHECK_LIB(WildMidi, WildMidi_SampledSeek,
+		[AC_DEFINE(HAVE_WILDMIDI_SAMPLED_SEEK, 1,
+			[Defined if WildMidi_SampledSeek() is available (libwildmidi <= 0.2.2)])])
+
 	CFLAGS=$oldcflags
 	LIBS=$oldlibs
 	CPPFLAGS=$oldcppflags
diff --git a/src/decoder/wildmidi_plugin.c b/src/decoder/wildmidi_plugin.c
index 8bad6943a..b5e9810f9 100644
--- a/src/decoder/wildmidi_plugin.c
+++ b/src/decoder/wildmidi_plugin.c
@@ -99,7 +99,11 @@ wildmidi_file_decode(struct decoder *decoder, const char *path_fs)
 			unsigned long seek_where = WILDMIDI_SAMPLE_RATE *
 				decoder_seek_where(decoder);
 
+#ifdef HAVE_WILDMIDI_SAMPLED_SEEK
 			WildMidi_SampledSeek(wm, &seek_where);
+#else
+			WildMidi_FastSeek(wm, &seek_where);
+#endif
 			decoder_command_finished(decoder);
 			cmd = DECODE_COMMAND_NONE;
 		}