diff --git a/gst/debugutils/gstcapsdebug.c b/gst/debugutils/gstcapsdebug.c
index 469408c56c..3806bae6a8 100644
--- a/gst/debugutils/gstcapsdebug.c
+++ b/gst/debugutils/gstcapsdebug.c
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@
 #include <gst/gst.h>
 #include "gstcapsdebug.h"
 
+GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_STATIC (gst_caps_debug_debug);
+#define GST_CAT_DEFAULT gst_caps_debug_debug
+
 /* prototypes */
 
 
@@ -67,7 +70,12 @@ GST_STATIC_PAD_TEMPLATE ("src",
 
 /* class initialization */
 
-GST_BOILERPLATE (GstCapsDebug, gst_caps_debug, GstElement, GST_TYPE_ELEMENT);
+#define DEBUG_INIT(bla) \
+  GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_INIT (gst_caps_debug_debug, "capsdebug", 0, \
+      "debug category for capsdebug element");
+
+GST_BOILERPLATE_FULL (GstCapsDebug, gst_caps_debug, GstElement,
+    GST_TYPE_ELEMENT, DEBUG_INIT);
 
 static void
 gst_caps_debug_base_init (gpointer g_class)