diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/ChangeLog b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/ChangeLog
index 36be4f5cc27..62a03ccee59 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/ChangeLog
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+2004-06-01 Alain Magloire
+
+	A release of the CDT was distributed with
+	a typ "ELF" instead of "Elf" we provide
+	and extension point pointing back to "ELF"
+	parser for backward comp.
+
+	* plugin.xml
+
 2004-05-26 Alain Magloire
 
 	Do not generate CElementDelta for pathEntries
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/plugin.xml b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/plugin.xml
index eb4df667400..1cd9f8fdcfc 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/plugin.xml
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/plugin.xml
@@ -97,7 +97,22 @@
          </run>
       </cextension>
    </extension>
-
+   <!-- This is for backward compatibility: an Typo was introduce in on of the realease
+        and "ELF" instead of "Elf" -->
+   <extension
+         id="TYPO_Elf"
+         name="%ElfParser.name"
+         point="org.eclipse.cdt.core.BinaryParser">
+      <cextension>
+         <filter
+            name = "visibility"
+            value = "private">
+         </filter>
+         <run
+               class="org.eclipse.cdt.utils.elf.parser.ElfParser">
+         </run>
+      </cextension>
+   </extension>
 <!-- =================================================================================== -->
 <!-- Define the list of Error Parser provided by the CDT                                 -->
 <!-- =================================================================================== -->
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/ChangeLog b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/ChangeLog
index 31c8733da45..d16945fbb91 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/ChangeLog
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+2004-06-01 Alain Magloire
+
+	A release of the CDT was distributed with
+	a typ "ELF" instead of "Elf" we provide
+	and extension point pointing back to "ELF"
+	parser for backward comp.  But ignoring
+	it in the UI.
+
+	* src/org/eclipse/cdt/ui/dialogs/BinaryParserBlock.java
+
 2004-06-01 Alain Magloire
 
 	Fall back on the Nature of the project
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/ui/dialogs/BinaryParserBlock.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/ui/dialogs/BinaryParserBlock.java
index 54c84eac4d6..6207902bd81 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/ui/dialogs/BinaryParserBlock.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/ui/dialogs/BinaryParserBlock.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import org.eclipse.cdt.internal.ui.wizards.dialogfields.ListDialogField;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.ui.CUIPlugin;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.utils.ui.controls.ControlFactory;
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException;
+import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IConfigurationElement;
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IExtension;
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IExtensionPoint;
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IProgressMonitor;
@@ -53,6 +54,12 @@ public class BinaryParserBlock extends AbstractBinaryParserPage {
 	private static final String LABEL = PREFIX + ".label"; //$NON-NLS-1$
 	private static final String DESC = PREFIX + ".desc"; //$NON-NLS-1$
 
+	private static final String ATTR_FILTER = "filter"; //$NON-NLS-1$
+	private static final String ATTR_NAME = "name"; //$NON-NLS-1$
+	private static final String ATTR_NAME_VISIBILITY = "visibility"; //$NON-NLS-1$
+	private static final String ATTR_VALUE = "value"; //$NON-NLS-1$
+	private static final String ATTR_VALUE_PRIVATE = "private"; //$NON-NLS-1$
+
 	protected CheckedListDialogField binaryList;
 	Map configMap;
 	List initialSelected;
@@ -140,11 +147,30 @@ public class BinaryParserBlock extends AbstractBinaryParserPage {
 			IExtension[] exts = point.getExtensions();
 			configMap = new HashMap(exts.length);
 			for (int i = 0; i < exts.length; i++) {
-				configMap.put(exts[i].getUniqueIdentifier(), new BinaryParserConfiguration(exts[i]));
+				if (isExtensionVisible(exts[i])) {
+					configMap.put(exts[i].getUniqueIdentifier(), new BinaryParserConfiguration(exts[i]));
+				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
 
+	private boolean isExtensionVisible(IExtension ext) {
+		IConfigurationElement[] elements = ext.getConfigurationElements();
+		for (int i = 0; i < elements.length; i++) {
+			IConfigurationElement[] children = elements[i].getChildren(ATTR_FILTER);
+			for (int j = 0; j < children.length; j++) {
+				String name = children[j].getAttribute(ATTR_NAME);
+				if (name != null && name.equals(ATTR_NAME_VISIBILITY)) {
+					String value = children[j].getAttribute(ATTR_VALUE);
+					if (value != null && value.equals(ATTR_VALUE_PRIVATE)) {
+						return false;
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		return true;
+	}
+
 	public void createControl(Composite parent) {
 		PixelConverter converter = new PixelConverter(parent);