diff --git a/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-transcoding.c b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-transcoding.c
index 57b1b25ef0..76b9194f3d 100644
--- a/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-transcoding.c
+++ b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-transcoding.c
@@ -367,7 +367,8 @@ main (int argc, gchar ** argv)
   }
 
   bus = gst_element_get_bus (pipeline);
-  gst_bus_add_watch (bus, bus_callback, mainloop);
+  gst_bus_add_signal_watch (bus);
+  g_signal_connect (bus, "message", (GCallback) bus_callback, mainloop);
   gst_object_unref (bus);
 
   g_print ("Starting pipeline\n");