diff --git a/gst/gstiterator.c b/gst/gstiterator.c
index bff8e2e4ba..7e13414499 100644
--- a/gst/gstiterator.c
+++ b/gst/gstiterator.c
@@ -71,6 +71,23 @@
 #include "gst_private.h"
 #include <gst/gstiterator.h>
 
+static GstIterator *
+gst_iterator_copy (GstIterator * it)
+{
+  return g_slice_copy (it->size, it);
+}
+
+GType
+gst_iterator_get_type (void)
+{
+  static GType type = 0;
+
+  if (G_UNLIKELY (type == 0))
+    type = g_boxed_type_register_static ("GstIterator",
+        (GBoxedCopyFunc) gst_iterator_copy, (GBoxedFreeFunc) gst_iterator_free);
+  return type;
+}
+
 static void
 gst_iterator_init (GstIterator * it,
     guint size,
diff --git a/gst/gstiterator.h b/gst/gstiterator.h
index 874ae41d12..701c267be9 100644
--- a/gst/gstiterator.h
+++ b/gst/gstiterator.h
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 
 G_BEGIN_DECLS
 
+#define GST_TYPE_ITERATOR (gst_iterator_get_type ())
+
 /**
  * GstIteratorResult:
  * @GST_ITERATOR_DONE:   No more items in the iterator
@@ -222,6 +224,8 @@ struct _GstIterator {
   gpointer _gst_reserved[GST_PADDING-1];
 };
 
+GType                   gst_iterator_get_type           (void);
+
 /* creating iterators */
 GstIterator*		gst_iterator_new		(guint size,
 							 GType type,