diff --git a/validate/gst/validate/Makefile.am b/validate/gst/validate/Makefile.am
index 8b87893f08..84e601c60c 100644
--- a/validate/gst/validate/Makefile.am
+++ b/validate/gst/validate/Makefile.am
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ GstValidate-@GST_API_VERSION@.gir: $(INTROSPECTION_SCANNER) libgstvalidate-@GST_
 		--pkg glib-2.0 \
 		--pkg gobject-2.0 \
 		--pkg-export gstvalidate-@GST_API_VERSION@ \
-		--add-init-section="gst_init(NULL, NULL);" \
+		--add-init-section="$(INTROSPECTION_INIT)" \
 		--output $@ \
 		$(gir_headers) \
 		$(gir_sources)