diff --git a/plugins/ges/gesbasebin.h b/plugins/ges/gesbasebin.h
index a48adb4bd1..e606d3ac40 100644
--- a/plugins/ges/gesbasebin.h
+++ b/plugins/ges/gesbasebin.h
@@ -30,8 +30,9 @@
 
 G_BEGIN_DECLS
 
-G_DECLARE_DERIVABLE_TYPE(GESBaseBin, ges_base_bin, GES, BASE_BIN, GstBin)
+#define SUPRESS_UNUSED_WARNING(a) (void)a
 
+G_DECLARE_DERIVABLE_TYPE(GESBaseBin, ges_base_bin, GES, BASE_BIN, GstBin)
 struct _GESBaseBinClass
 {
   GstBinClass parent_class;
diff --git a/plugins/ges/gesdemux.c b/plugins/ges/gesdemux.c
index 3d900f2918..6856ed2988 100644
--- a/plugins/ges/gesdemux.c
+++ b/plugins/ges/gesdemux.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_STATIC (gesdemux);
 #define GST_CAT_DEFAULT gesdemux
 
-G_DECLARE_FINAL_TYPE (GESDemux, ges_demux, GES, Demux, GESBaseBin);
+G_DECLARE_FINAL_TYPE (GESDemux, ges_demux, GES, DEMUX, GESBaseBin);
 
 struct _GESDemux
 {
@@ -626,6 +626,9 @@ ges_demux_init (GESDemux * self)
 {
   ges_init ();
 
+  SUPRESS_UNUSED_WARNING (GES_DEMUX);
+  SUPRESS_UNUSED_WARNING (GES_IS_DEMUX);
+
   self->sinkpad =
       gst_pad_new_from_template (gst_element_get_pad_template (GST_ELEMENT
           (self), "sink"), "sink");
diff --git a/plugins/ges/gessrc.c b/plugins/ges/gessrc.c
index e320b2c9c4..2a64a50576 100644
--- a/plugins/ges/gessrc.c
+++ b/plugins/ges/gessrc.c
@@ -122,4 +122,6 @@ ges_src_class_init (GESSrcClass * self_class)
 static void
 ges_src_init (GESSrc * self)
 {
+  SUPRESS_UNUSED_WARNING (GES_SRC);
+  SUPRESS_UNUSED_WARNING (GES_IS_SRC);
 }