diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 28280d2185..fa328bf205 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2008-05-08  Sebastian Dröge  <slomo@circular-chaos.org>
+
+	* gst/gstutils.h:
+	Intern the type name string, similar to what G_DEFINE_TYPE does.
+
 2008-05-08  Sebastian Dröge  <slomo@circular-chaos.org>
 
 	* gst/gstutils.h:
diff --git a/gst/gstutils.h b/gst/gstutils.h
index a2f2ece18b..23c4bcd5b4 100644
--- a/gst/gstutils.h
+++ b/gst/gstutils.h
@@ -140,7 +140,8 @@ type_as_function ## _get_type (void)					\
   static volatile GType object_type = 0;				\
   if (__gst_once_init_enter ((gsize *) &object_type)) {			\
     GType _type;							\
-    _type = gst_type_register_static_full (parent_type_macro, #type,	\
+    _type = gst_type_register_static_full (parent_type_macro,           \
+        g_intern_static_string (#type),					\
 	sizeof (type ## Class),						\
         type_as_function ## _base_init,					\
         NULL,		  /* base_finalize */				\