diff --git a/ext/shout2/gstshout2.c b/ext/shout2/gstshout2.c
index d73e35a8d1..57dfd0a0cc 100644
--- a/ext/shout2/gstshout2.c
+++ b/ext/shout2/gstshout2.c
@@ -151,6 +151,15 @@ gst_shout2send_protocol_get_type (void)
 #define gst_shout2send_parent_class parent_class
 G_DEFINE_TYPE_WITH_CODE (GstShout2send, gst_shout2send, GST_TYPE_BASE_SINK,
     G_IMPLEMENT_INTERFACE (GST_TYPE_TAG_SETTER, NULL));
+#ifdef ENABLE_NLS
+#define _do_init \
+  bindtextdomain (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);\
+  bind_textdomain_codeset (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, "UTF-8");
+#else /* ENABLE_NLS */
+#define _do_init
+#endif
+GST_ELEMENT_REGISTER_DEFINE_WITH_CODE (shout2send, "shout2send", GST_RANK_NONE,
+    GST_TYPE_SHOUT2SEND, _do_init);
 
 static void
 gst_shout2send_class_init (GstShout2sendClass * klass)
@@ -949,13 +958,7 @@ gst_shout2send_setcaps (GstBaseSink * basesink, GstCaps * caps)
 static gboolean
 plugin_init (GstPlugin * plugin)
 {
-#ifdef ENABLE_NLS
-  bindtextdomain (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
-  bind_textdomain_codeset (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, "UTF-8");
-#endif /* ENABLE_NLS */
-
-  return gst_element_register (plugin, "shout2send", GST_RANK_NONE,
-      GST_TYPE_SHOUT2SEND);
+  return GST_ELEMENT_REGISTER (shout2send, plugin);
 }
 
 GST_PLUGIN_DEFINE (GST_VERSION_MAJOR,
diff --git a/ext/shout2/gstshout2.h b/ext/shout2/gstshout2.h
index 92a97a7399..904d289b33 100644
--- a/ext/shout2/gstshout2.h
+++ b/ext/shout2/gstshout2.h
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ struct _GstShout2send {
   GstTagList* tags;
 };
 
+GST_ELEMENT_REGISTER_DECLARE (shout2send);
+
 G_END_DECLS
 
 #endif /* __GST_SHOUT2SEND_H__ */