diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 651c46657..853e8de2c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -21,11 +21,13 @@ Changes between 2.4.1 and 2.4.2
   details of the node.keywords  pseudo-dicts.  Adapated
   docs.
 
-
 - remove attempt to "dup" stdout at startup as it's icky.
   the normal capturing should catch enough possibilities
   of tests messing up standard FDs. 
 
+- add pluginmanager.do_configure(config) as a link to 
+  config.do_configure() for plugin-compatibility
+
 Changes between 2.4.0 and 2.4.1
 -----------------------------------
 
diff --git a/_pytest/core.py b/_pytest/core.py
index fbd7b1582..a23e74c27 100644
--- a/_pytest/core.py
+++ b/_pytest/core.py
@@ -76,6 +76,10 @@ class PluginManager(object):
         self._shutdown = []
         self.hook = HookRelay(hookspecs or [], pm=self)
 
+    def do_configure(self, config):
+        # backward compatibility
+        config.do_configure()
+
     def set_register_callback(self, callback):
         assert not hasattr(self, "_registercallback")
         self._registercallback = callback
diff --git a/plugin-test.sh b/plugin-test.sh
index 65a072ae9..9c61b5053 100644
--- a/plugin-test.sh
+++ b/plugin-test.sh
@@ -9,8 +9,12 @@ cd ../pytest-instafail
 py.test 
 cd ../pytest-cache
 py.test
+cd ../pytest-xprocess
+py.test
 #cd ../pytest-cov
 #py.test
+cd ../pytest-capturelog
+py.test
 cd ../pytest-xdist
 py.test
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0fb682597..b62d9f095 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from setuptools import setup, Command
 
 long_description = open("README.rst").read()
 def main():
-    install_requires = ["py>=1.4.17.dev2"]
+    install_requires = ["py>=1.4.17"]
     if sys.version_info < (2,7):
         install_requires.append("argparse")
     if sys.platform == "win32":