diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 62c582a6f3..045c811891 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-12-27  Tim-Philipp Müller  <tim at centricular dot net>
+
+	* tools/gst-inspect.c: (print_element_properties_info):
+	  Handle properties of POINTER and BOXED type.
+
 2005-12-27  Tim-Philipp Müller  <tim at centricular dot net>
 
 	* gst/gst.c: (init_post):
diff --git a/tools/gst-inspect.c b/tools/gst-inspect.c
index 6c35ed93b2..921793792d 100644
--- a/tools/gst-inspect.c
+++ b/tools/gst-inspect.c
@@ -496,6 +496,16 @@ print_element_properties_info (GstElement * element)
         } else if (G_IS_PARAM_SPEC_OBJECT (param)) {
           n_print ("%-23.23s Object of type \"%s\"", "",
               g_type_name (param->value_type));
+        } else if (G_IS_PARAM_SPEC_BOXED (param)) {
+          n_print ("%-23.23s Boxed pointer of type \"%s\"", "",
+              g_type_name (param->value_type));
+        } else if (G_IS_PARAM_SPEC_POINTER (param)) {
+          if (param->value_type != G_TYPE_POINTER) {
+            n_print ("%-23.23s Pointer of type \"%s\".", "",
+                g_type_name (param->value_type));
+          } else {
+            n_print ("%-23.23s Pointer.", "");
+          }
         } else {
           n_print ("%-23.23s Unknown type %ld \"%s\"", "", param->value_type,
               g_type_name (param->value_type));