diff --git a/gst/elements/gstfakesrc.c b/gst/elements/gstfakesrc.c
index ff908c156e..a8496a5cb8 100644
--- a/gst/elements/gstfakesrc.c
+++ b/gst/elements/gstfakesrc.c
@@ -93,7 +93,9 @@ gst_fakesrc_get_type (void)
 
   if (!fakesrc_type) {
     static const GTypeInfo fakesrc_info = {
-      sizeof(GstFakeSrcClass),      NULL,      NULL,
+      sizeof(GstFakeSrcClass),
+      NULL,
+      NULL,
       (GClassInitFunc)gst_fakesrc_class_init,
       NULL,
       NULL,
diff --git a/gst/gobject2gtk.c b/gst/gobject2gtk.c
index 275005edea..90138fca9e 100644
--- a/gst/gobject2gtk.c
+++ b/gst/gobject2gtk.c
@@ -218,3 +218,55 @@ g_param_spec_string(gchar *name,gchar *nick,gchar *blurb,gchar *def,gint flags)
   return spec;
 }
 
+
+
+guint
+g_signal_newc (const gchar       *name,
+               GtkType            object_type,
+               GtkSignalRunType   signal_flags,
+               guint              function_offset,
+               gpointer           accumulator,  // GSignalAccumulator
+               gpointer           accu_data,
+               GtkSignalMarshaller  marshaller,
+               GType              return_val,
+               guint              nparams,
+               ...)
+{
+  GtkType *params;
+  guint i;
+  va_list args;
+  guint signal_id;
+
+#define MAX_SIGNAL_PARAMS		(31)		// from gtksignal.c
+  g_return_val_if_fail (nparams < MAX_SIGNAL_PARAMS, 0);
+     
+  if (nparams > 0) 
+    {
+      params = g_new (GtkType, nparams);
+
+      va_start (args, nparams);
+                   
+      for (i = 0; i < nparams; i++)
+        params[i] = va_arg (args, GtkType);
+  
+      va_end (args);
+    }           
+  else
+    params = NULL;
+ 
+  signal_id = gtk_signal_newv (name,
+                               signal_flags,
+                               object_type,
+                               function_offset,
+                               marshaller,
+                               return_val,
+                               nparams,
+                               params);
+          
+  g_free (params);
+
+  // now register it.
+  gtk_object_class_add_signals(gtk_type_class(object_type), &signal_id, 1);
+    
+  return signal_id;
+}
diff --git a/gst/gobject2gtk.h b/gst/gobject2gtk.h
index 2dd02c97da..74f8888045 100644
--- a/gst/gobject2gtk.h
+++ b/gst/gobject2gtk.h
@@ -117,9 +117,17 @@ gpointer g_object_new(GtkType type,gpointer blah_varargs_stuff);
 #define GCallback					gpointer	// FIXME?
 #define G_CALLBACK(f)					((gpointer)(f))
 
-#define \
-g_signal_newc(name,type,location,offset,null1,null2,marshal,ret,count,args...) \
-gtk_signal_new(name,location,type,offset,marshal,ret,count, ## args )
+guint
+g_signal_newc (const gchar       *signal_name,
+               GtkType            object_type,
+               GtkSignalRunType   signal_flags,
+               guint              function_offset,
+               gpointer           accumulator,  // GSignalAccumulator   
+               gpointer           accu_data,
+               GtkSignalMarshaller  marshaller,
+               GType              return_type,
+               guint              nparams,
+               ...);
 
 #define \
 g_signal_emit(object,signal,detail,args...) \
diff --git a/plugins/elements/gstfakesrc.c b/plugins/elements/gstfakesrc.c
index ff908c156e..a8496a5cb8 100644
--- a/plugins/elements/gstfakesrc.c
+++ b/plugins/elements/gstfakesrc.c
@@ -93,7 +93,9 @@ gst_fakesrc_get_type (void)
 
   if (!fakesrc_type) {
     static const GTypeInfo fakesrc_info = {
-      sizeof(GstFakeSrcClass),      NULL,      NULL,
+      sizeof(GstFakeSrcClass),
+      NULL,
+      NULL,
       (GClassInitFunc)gst_fakesrc_class_init,
       NULL,
       NULL,