diff --git a/gstreamer/src/log.rs b/gstreamer/src/log.rs
index 3d36e12ad..b5bee8984 100644
--- a/gstreamer/src/log.rs
+++ b/gstreamer/src/log.rs
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ impl DebugMessage {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(PartialEq, Eq, Clone, Copy)]
+#[derive(PartialEq, Eq, Clone, Copy, Hash)]
 #[doc(alias = "GstDebugCategory")]
 #[repr(transparent)]
 pub struct DebugCategory(Option<ptr::NonNull<ffi::GstDebugCategory>>);
@@ -530,6 +530,11 @@ impl DebugCategory {
             ))
         }
     }
+
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn as_ptr(&self) -> *mut ffi::GstDebugCategory {
+        self.0.map(|p| p.as_ptr()).unwrap_or(ptr::null_mut())
+    }
 }
 
 unsafe impl Sync for DebugCategory {}