diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 712a13a..3d33978 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Unattributed items are by Paul Warren and Chris Lightfoot.
 
 0.17
 * Fixed segfault bug in config file handling.
+* Added support for ppp interfaces
 
 0.16 28/02/04
 * Added support for DLT_NULL
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index b146062..568e686 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(config)
 AC_CANONICAL_SYSTEM
 
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(iftop, "0.16")
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(iftop, "0.17pre1")
 
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(IFTOP_VERSION, "$VERSION", [The iftop version number])