diff --git a/gst/Makefile.am b/gst/Makefile.am
index 24da79a85d..77a38aba81 100644
--- a/gst/Makefile.am
+++ b/gst/Makefile.am
@@ -139,7 +139,8 @@ BUILT_SOURCES = gstmarshal.h gstmarshal.c gstenumtypes.h $(GST_ENUMTYPES_SRC)
 libgstreamer_@GST_MAJORMINOR@_la_CFLAGS = -D_GNU_SOURCE \
 	$(GST_CFLAGS) \
 	-DG_LOG_DOMAIN=g_log_domain_gstreamer \
-	-DGST_CACHE_DIR=\""$(GST_CACHE_DIR)"\" 
+	-DGST_CACHE_DIR=\""$(GST_CACHE_DIR)"\" \
+	-DGST_MAJORMINOR=\""$(GST_MAJORMINOR)"\" 
 libgstreamer_@GST_MAJORMINOR@_la_LIBADD = $(LIBGST_LIBS) $(GST_PARSE_LIBADD) $(GST_REGISTRY_LIBADD)
 libgstreamer_@GST_MAJORMINOR@_la_LDFLAGS = @GST_LT_LDFLAGS@ -version-info @GST_LIBVERSION@ 
 
diff --git a/gst/gstregistry.h b/gst/gstregistry.h
index 75493f3dce..f639ef3d82 100644
--- a/gst/gstregistry.h
+++ b/gst/gstregistry.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 #define GLOBAL_REGISTRY_FILE     GLOBAL_REGISTRY_DIR"/registry.xml"
 #define GLOBAL_REGISTRY_FILE_TMP GLOBAL_REGISTRY_DIR"/.registry.xml.tmp"
 
-#define LOCAL_REGISTRY_DIR       ".gstreamer"
+#define LOCAL_REGISTRY_DIR       ".gstreamer-"GST_MAJORMINOR
 #define LOCAL_REGISTRY_FILE      LOCAL_REGISTRY_DIR"/registry.xml"
 #define LOCAL_REGISTRY_FILE_TMP  LOCAL_REGISTRY_DIR"/.registry.xml.tmp"
 
diff --git a/tools/gst-register.c b/tools/gst-register.c
index 726126edd3..8a445e45e7 100644
--- a/tools/gst-register.c
+++ b/tools/gst-register.c
@@ -81,7 +81,10 @@ int main (int argc,char *argv[])
 		      G_CALLBACK (plugin_added_func), NULL);
 
     if (registry->flags & GST_REGISTRY_WRITABLE) {
-      g_print ("rebuilding %s\n", registry->name);
+      char *location;
+      g_object_get (registry, "location", &location, NULL);
+      g_print ("rebuilding %s (%s)\n", registry->name, location);
+      g_free (location);
       gst_registry_rebuild (registry);
       gst_registry_save (registry);
     }