diff --git a/gst/videorate/gstvideorate.c b/gst/videorate/gstvideorate.c
index 6ef926c123..c3240c9555 100644
--- a/gst/videorate/gstvideorate.c
+++ b/gst/videorate/gstvideorate.c
@@ -172,6 +172,8 @@ static GParamSpec *pspec_duplicate = NULL;
 
 #define gst_video_rate_parent_class parent_class
 G_DEFINE_TYPE (GstVideoRate, gst_video_rate, GST_TYPE_BASE_TRANSFORM);
+GST_ELEMENT_REGISTER_DEFINE (videorate, "videorate",
+    GST_RANK_NONE, GST_TYPE_VIDEO_RATE);
 
 static void
 gst_video_rate_class_init (GstVideoRateClass * klass)
@@ -1906,8 +1908,7 @@ plugin_init (GstPlugin * plugin)
   GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_INIT (video_rate_debug, "videorate", 0,
       "VideoRate stream fixer");
 
-  return gst_element_register (plugin, "videorate", GST_RANK_NONE,
-      GST_TYPE_VIDEO_RATE);
+  return GST_ELEMENT_REGISTER (videorate, plugin);
 }
 
 GST_PLUGIN_DEFINE (GST_VERSION_MAJOR,
diff --git a/gst/videorate/gstvideorate.h b/gst/videorate/gstvideorate.h
index cafff0dd24..a495a4228a 100644
--- a/gst/videorate/gstvideorate.h
+++ b/gst/videorate/gstvideorate.h
@@ -75,5 +75,7 @@ struct _GstVideoRate
   gdouble pending_rate;
 };
 
+GST_ELEMENT_REGISTER_DECLARE (videorate);
+
 G_END_DECLS
 #endif /* __GST_VIDEO_RATE_H__ */