diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 335c5711..13692e0c 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -2402,3 +2402,6 @@ Edgar Hucek <gimli@dark-green.com>
 
 Johann Friedrichs <johann.friedrichs@web.de>
  for fixing incrementing the continuity counter in cPatPmtGenerator::GetPmt()
+ for pointing out that "DEFINES += -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE
+ -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE" should be added to Make.config.
+  to Make.config.template (thanks to Johann Friedrichs for pointing this out).
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 58756a34..84b8e43f 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -5912,7 +5912,7 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
   can handle DVB-S2. The #define is still there to allow people with older drivers
   who don't need DVB-S2 to use this version without pathcing.
 
-2009-01-16: Version 1.7.4
+2009-01-18: Version 1.7.4
 
 - Removed the '#define FE_CAN_2ND_GEN_MODULATION', since it was wrong and the
   flag is now in the driver, anyway.
@@ -5935,3 +5935,7 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
   caused a problem with removing, no others were removed any more and an ongoing
   recording could fill up the disk and cause other recordings to be deleted
   automatically (reported by Reinhard Nissl).
+- Added "DEFINES += -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE"
+  to Make.config.template (thanks to Johann Friedrichs for pointing this out).
+  Plugin authors should add this line to their Makefile or Make.config if they use
+  file access functions that need special versions for 64 bit offsets.
diff --git a/Make.config.template b/Make.config.template
index 32284fca..758fc145 100644
--- a/Make.config.template
+++ b/Make.config.template
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
 # how to reach the author.
 #
-# $Id: Make.config.template 1.16 2008/01/13 12:54:09 kls Exp $
+# $Id: Make.config.template 2.1 2009/01/18 10:46:13 kls Exp $
 
 ### The C compiler and options:
 
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ CXXFLAGS = -g -O2 -Wall -Woverloaded-virtual -Wno-parentheses
 ifdef PLUGIN
 CFLAGS   += -fPIC
 CXXFLAGS += -fPIC
+DEFINES += -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE
 endif
 
 ### The directory environment: