diff --git a/docs/reference/libs/libs-sections.txt b/docs/reference/libs/libs-sections.txt
index 5c687554d3..a79f048830 100644
--- a/docs/reference/libs/libs-sections.txt
+++ b/docs/reference/libs/libs-sections.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <SECTION>
 <FILE>videoformat</FILE>
 <TITLE>GstVideoFormat</TITLE>
+gst_vaapi_video_format_to_string
 gst_vaapi_video_format_from_caps
 gst_vaapi_video_format_from_structure
 gst_vaapi_video_format_from_va_format
diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/gstvaapiimage.c b/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/gstvaapiimage.c
index 776439dc63..30df81da94 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/gstvaapiimage.c
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/gstvaapiimage.c
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ gst_vaapi_image_new(
     g_return_val_if_fail(width > 0, NULL);
     g_return_val_if_fail(height > 0, NULL);
 
-    GST_DEBUG("format %s, size %ux%u", gst_video_format_to_string(format),
+    GST_DEBUG("format %s, size %ux%u", gst_vaapi_video_format_to_string(format),
               width, height);
 
     image = gst_vaapi_object_new(gst_vaapi_image_class(), display);
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ _gst_vaapi_image_set_image(GstVaapiImage *image, const VAImage *va_image)
                 image->format    = format;
                 image->is_linear = TRUE;
                 GST_DEBUG("linearized image to %s format",
-                          gst_video_format_to_string(format));
+                          gst_vaapi_video_format_to_string(format));
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/gstvaapisurface.c b/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/gstvaapisurface.c
index 9c681a8890..768a8a9b7c 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/gstvaapisurface.c
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/gstvaapisurface.c
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ gst_vaapi_surface_create_with_format(GstVaapiSurface *surface,
 
     /* ERRORS */
 error_unsupported_format:
-    GST_ERROR("unsupported format %u", gst_video_format_to_string(format));
+    GST_ERROR("unsupported format %u", gst_vaapi_video_format_to_string(format));
     return FALSE;
 #else
     return FALSE;
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ gst_vaapi_surface_new_with_format(
     GstVaapiSurface *surface;
 
     GST_DEBUG("size %ux%u, format %s", width, height,
-              gst_video_format_to_string(format));
+              gst_vaapi_video_format_to_string(format));
 
     surface = gst_vaapi_object_new(gst_vaapi_surface_class(), display);
     if (!surface)
diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/video-format.c b/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/video-format.c
index 9edd983941..68198a4167 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/video-format.c
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/video-format.c
@@ -139,6 +139,21 @@ get_map(GstVideoFormat format)
     return NULL;
 }
 
+/**
+ * gst_vaapi_video_format_to_string:
+ * @format: a #GstVideoFormat
+ *
+ * Returns the string representation of the @format argument.
+ *
+ * Return value: string representation of @format, or %NULL if unknown
+ *   or unsupported.
+ */
+const gchar *
+gst_vaapi_video_format_to_string(GstVideoFormat format)
+{
+    return gst_video_format_to_string(format);
+}
+
 /**
  * gst_vaapi_video_format_is_rgb:
  * @format: a #GstVideoFormat
diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/video-format.h b/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/video-format.h
index eb7ec1dde1..a3d7d5be58 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/video-format.h
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/video-format.h
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@
 
 G_BEGIN_DECLS
 
+const char *
+gst_vaapi_video_format_to_string(GstVideoFormat format);
+
 gboolean
 gst_vaapi_video_format_is_rgb(GstVideoFormat format);