diff --git a/config/global.ini.php b/config/global.ini.php
index af9275e6a39dd6a4d3be84595b7c19a2d84233ee..ffff48ea6bc6bf7fa6b4e40dc868d6f19a0d524f 100644
--- a/config/global.ini.php
+++ b/config/global.ini.php
@@ -131,6 +131,10 @@ datatable_archiving_maximum_rows_subtable_actions = 100
 ; If set to 1, Piwik uses a Content Distribution Network
 use_ajax_cdn = 0
 
+; required AJAX library versions
+jquery_version = 1.2.6
+swfobject_version = 2.2
+
 [Tracker]
 ; set to 0 if you want to stop tracking the visitors. Useful if you need to stop all the connections on the DB.
 record_statistics			= 1
diff --git a/core/Controller.php b/core/Controller.php
index 5f263d83b669d929ad381a2cb6cf2e4bc745279b..04d950fa80438ce9e41bf16178ba28e3cb8bb22a 100644
--- a/core/Controller.php
+++ b/core/Controller.php
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ abstract class Piwik_Controller
 			$view->maxDateDay = $maxDate->toString('d');
 
 			$view->debugTrackVisitsInsidePiwikUI = Zend_Registry::get('config')->Debug->track_visits_inside_piwik_ui;
-			
+
 		} catch(Exception $e) {
 			self::redirectToIndex(Piwik::getModule(), Piwik::getAction());
 		}
diff --git a/core/SmartyPlugins/outputfilter.ajaxcdn.php b/core/SmartyPlugins/outputfilter.ajaxcdn.php
index 2fc97a5b360e61bc78d38b3362c136f12f0a98a0..8a9c69252480ca3f12ee2ba013caa465e2d3b59d 100644
--- a/core/SmartyPlugins/outputfilter.ajaxcdn.php
+++ b/core/SmartyPlugins/outputfilter.ajaxcdn.php
@@ -34,16 +34,17 @@ function smarty_outputfilter_ajaxcdn($source, &$smarty)
 		return $source;
 	}
 
+	$jquery_version = Zend_Registry::get('config')->General->jquery_version;
+	$swfobject_version = Zend_Registry::get('config')->General->swfobject_version;
+
 	$pattern = array(
 		'~<script type="text/javascript" src="libs/jquery/jquery\.js([^"]*)">~',
-		'~<script type="text/javascript" src="libs/jquery/jqueryui\.js([^"]*)">~',
 		'~<script type="text/javascript" src="libs/swfobject/swfobject\.js([^"]*)">~',
 	);
 
 	$replace = array(
-		'<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.2.6/jquery.min.js">',
-		'<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.7.2/jquery-ui.min.js">',
-		'<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/swfobject/2.2/swfobject.js">',
+		'<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/'.$jquery_version.'/jquery.min.js">',
+		'<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/swfobject/'.$swfobject_version.'/swfobject.js">',
 	);
 
 	return preg_replace($pattern, $replace, $source);
diff --git a/core/View.php b/core/View.php
index 369702f51d108788a707d54c31ea2589f014b49c..f85d33189fc782b2898ba5373c6868f8ce7c0877 100644
--- a/core/View.php
+++ b/core/View.php
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class Piwik_View implements Piwik_iView
 			$this->smarty->load_filter('output', 'ajaxcdn');
 			$this->smarty->load_filter('output', 'trimwhitespace');
 		}
-		
+
 		// global value accessible to all templates: the piwik base URL for the current request
 		$this->piwikUrl = Piwik_Url::getCurrentUrlWithoutFileName();
 	}
diff --git a/tests/core/ReleaseCheckList.test.php b/tests/core/ReleaseCheckList.test.php
index e505ba229f1612e766a036a7bf4c16232af12ff6..caef6d4a85d63d570633219fb23276066905f051 100644
--- a/tests/core/ReleaseCheckList.test.php
+++ b/tests/core/ReleaseCheckList.test.php
@@ -74,5 +74,21 @@ class Test_Piwik_ReleaseCheckList extends UnitTestCase
 		include PIWIK_PATH_TEST_TO_ROOT . "/piwik.php";
 		$this->assertTrue($GLOBALS['PIWIK_TRACKER_DEBUG'] === false);
 	}
+
+	function test_ajaxLibraryVersions()
+	{
+		Piwik::createConfigObject();
+		Zend_Registry::get('config')->setTestEnvironment();	
+		Zend_Registry::get('config')->disableSavingConfigurationFileUpdates();
+
+		$jqueryJs = file_get_contents( PIWIK_DOCUMENT_ROOT . '/libs/jquery/jquery.js', false, NULL, 0, 512 );
+		$this->assertTrue( preg_match('/jQuery ([0-9.]+)/', $jqueryJs, $matches) );
+		$this->assertEqual( $matches[1], Zend_Registry::get('config')->General->jquery_version );
+
+
+		$swfobjectJs = file_get_contents( PIWIK_DOCUMENT_ROOT . '/libs/swfobject/swfobject.js', false, NULL, 0, 512 );
+		$this->assertTrue( preg_match('/SWFObject v([0-9.]+)/', $swfobjectJs, $matches) );
+		$this->assertEqual( $matches[1], Zend_Registry::get('config')->General->swfobject_version );
+	}
 }