diff --git a/subprojects/gst-libav/docs/gst_plugins_cache.json b/subprojects/gst-libav/docs/gst_plugins_cache.json
index 5ccd9a6bf1..1ba73f0c58 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-libav/docs/gst_plugins_cache.json
+++ b/subprojects/gst-libav/docs/gst_plugins_cache.json
@@ -14281,7 +14281,7 @@
                     }
                 },
                 "properties": {},
-                "rank": "marginal"
+                "rank": "primary"
             },
             "avdec_mpc8": {
                 "author": "Wim Taymans <wim.taymans@gmail.com>, Ronald Bultje <rbultje@ronald.bitfreak.net>, Edward Hervey <bilboed@bilboed.com>",
@@ -14309,7 +14309,7 @@
                     }
                 },
                 "properties": {},
-                "rank": "marginal"
+                "rank": "primary"
             },
             "avdec_mpeg2video": {
                 "author": "Wim Taymans <wim.taymans@gmail.com>, Ronald Bultje <rbultje@ronald.bitfreak.net>, Edward Hervey <bilboed@bilboed.com>",
@@ -27614,7 +27614,7 @@
                         "presence": "sometimes"
                     }
                 },
-                "rank": "marginal",
+                "rank": "secondary",
                 "signals": {}
             },
             "avdemux_mpc8": {
@@ -27646,7 +27646,7 @@
                         "presence": "sometimes"
                     }
                 },
-                "rank": "marginal",
+                "rank": "secondary",
                 "signals": {}
             },
             "avdemux_mxf": {
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-libav/ext/libav/gstavauddec.c b/subprojects/gst-libav/ext/libav/gstavauddec.c
index 597cb547bc..a571d4ec08 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-libav/ext/libav/gstavauddec.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-libav/ext/libav/gstavauddec.c
@@ -943,6 +943,8 @@ gst_ffmpegauddec_register (GstPlugin * plugin)
       case AV_CODEC_ID_RA_288:
       case AV_CODEC_ID_COOK:
       case AV_CODEC_ID_AAC:
+      case AV_CODEC_ID_MUSEPACK7:
+      case AV_CODEC_ID_MUSEPACK8:
         rank = GST_RANK_PRIMARY;
         break;
         /* SIPR: decoder should have a higher rank than realaudiodec.
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-libav/ext/libav/gstavdemux.c b/subprojects/gst-libav/ext/libav/gstavdemux.c
index aaa9265ec6..e241fb19f0 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-libav/ext/libav/gstavdemux.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-libav/ext/libav/gstavdemux.c
@@ -2146,15 +2146,16 @@ gst_ffmpegdemux_register (GstPlugin * plugin)
         !strcmp (in_plugin->name, "4xm") ||
         !strcmp (in_plugin->name, "yuv4mpegpipe") ||
         !strcmp (in_plugin->name, "pva") ||
-        !strcmp (in_plugin->name, "mpc") ||
-        !strcmp (in_plugin->name, "mpc8") ||
         !strcmp (in_plugin->name, "ivf") ||
         !strcmp (in_plugin->name, "brstm") ||
         !strcmp (in_plugin->name, "bfstm") ||
         !strcmp (in_plugin->name, "gif") ||
-        !strcmp (in_plugin->name, "dsf") || !strcmp (in_plugin->name, "iff"))
+        !strcmp (in_plugin->name, "dsf") || !strcmp (in_plugin->name, "iff")) {
       rank = GST_RANK_MARGINAL;
-    else {
+    } else if (!strcmp (in_plugin->name, "mpc") ||
+        !strcmp (in_plugin->name, "mpc8")) {
+      rank = GST_RANK_SECONDARY;
+    } else {
       GST_DEBUG ("ignoring %s", in_plugin->name);
       rank = GST_RANK_NONE;
       continue;
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/musepack/gstmusepackdec.c b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/musepack/gstmusepackdec.c
index cf7a08e512..7ee2fe995e 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/musepack/gstmusepackdec.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/musepack/gstmusepackdec.c
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ G_DEFINE_TYPE_WITH_CODE (GstMusepackDec, gst_musepackdec, GST_TYPE_ELEMENT,
         "mpc decoder");
     );
 GST_ELEMENT_REGISTER_DEFINE (musepackdec, "musepackdec",
-    GST_RANK_PRIMARY, GST_TYPE_MUSEPACK_DEC);
+    GST_RANK_MARGINAL, GST_TYPE_MUSEPACK_DEC);
 static void
 gst_musepackdec_class_init (GstMusepackDecClass * klass)
 {
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst-libs/gst/pbutils/descriptions.c b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst-libs/gst/pbutils/descriptions.c
index e5f0275b82..7e85b14ad0 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst-libs/gst/pbutils/descriptions.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst-libs/gst/pbutils/descriptions.c
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ static const FormatInfo formats[] = {
   {"audio/x-mod", "Module Music Format (MOD)", FLAG_AUDIO, "mod"},
   {"audio/x-mulaw", "Mu-Law", FLAG_AUDIO, ""},
   {"audio/x-musepack", "Musepack (MPC)", FLAG_AUDIO, "mpc"},
+  {"audio/x-ffmpeg-parsed-musepack", "Musepack (MPC)", FLAG_AUDIO, "mpc"},
   {"audio/x-nellymoser", "Nellymoser Asao", FLAG_AUDIO, ""},
   {"audio/x-nist", "Sphere NIST", FLAG_AUDIO, ""},
   {"audio/x-nsf", "Nintendo NSF", FLAG_AUDIO, ""},