diff --git a/validate/gst/meson.build b/validate/gst/meson.build
index 1cd20c81e6..f0c7ebe804 100644
--- a/validate/gst/meson.build
+++ b/validate/gst/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,2 @@
 subdir('validate')
-
-# if HAVE_LD_PRELOAD
-#subdir('preload')
-# endif
+subdir('overrides')
diff --git a/validate/gst/overrides/meson.build b/validate/gst/overrides/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d5f975ee66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/gst/overrides/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+shared_library('gstvalidate-default-overrides-1.0',
+    sources: 'gst-validate-default-overrides.c',
+    version : libversion,
+    soversion : soversion,
+    include_directories : [inc_dirs],
+    install: true,
+    c_args : [gst_c_args] + ['-D_GNU_SOURCE'],
+    dependencies : validate_dep)