diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 5cdf3c3665ba826b4dea2b4432c23fb3fed71d39..d318b08cade1abcdcc34f22c58dd99dc8bfc8225 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 Feeds 6.x 1.0 xxxxx xx, 2010-xx-xx
 ----------------------------------
 
+- #711664 neclimdul: guarantee compatibility with CTools 1.4  by declaring that
+  Feeds uses hooks to define plugins via hook_ctools_plugin_plugins().
 - #718460 jerdavis: In FeedsNodeProcessor, clear items only for the current
   importer id.
 - #718474 jerdavis: In FeedsNodeProcessor, check for duplicate items within
diff --git a/feeds.module b/feeds.module
index 4d3f65eb65712ac92344c138d16c4adc8b3858e5..6ee2243ca17db0c0d74a55c23a576eca6ce7aada 100644
--- a/feeds.module
+++ b/feeds.module
@@ -219,6 +219,18 @@ function feeds_ctools_plugin_api($owner, $api) {
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Implementation of hook_ctools_plugin_plugins().
+ *
+ * Psuedo hook defintion plugin system options and defaults.
+ */
+function feeds_ctools_plugin_plugins() {
+  return array(
+    'cache' => TRUE,
+    'use hooks' => TRUE,
+  );
+}
+
 /**
  * Implementation of hook_feeds_plugins().
  */