diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/transcoder/meson.build b/gst-libs/gst/transcoder/meson.build
index 47076d417c..7a0e841a52 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/transcoder/meson.build
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/transcoder/meson.build
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ if build_gir
                 'GstPbutils-' + api_version],
     dependencies: [gst_dep, gstpbutils_dep],
     install : true,
-    extra_args : ['--add-init-section=extern gboolean gst_init(gint *argc, gchar **argv); gst_init(NULL,NULL);']
+    extra_args : gir_init_section
   )
 endif