diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 8452bf28a5..257ea7944c 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -251,11 +251,22 @@ cdata.set('PACKAGE_BUGREPORT', '"http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product
 cdata.set('PACKAGE_NAME', '"GStreamer Bad Plug-ins"')
 cdata.set('GETTEXT_PACKAGE', '"gst-plugins-bad-1.0"')
 cdata.set('GST_API_VERSION', '"@0@"'.format(api_version))
-cdata.set('GST_PACKAGE_NAME', '"GStreamer Bad Plug-ins"')
-cdata.set('GST_PACKAGE_ORIGIN', '"Unknown package origin"')
 cdata.set('GST_LICENSE', '"LGPL"')
 cdata.set('LIBDIR', '"@0@"'.format(get_option('libdir')))
 
+# GStreamer package name and origin url
+gst_package_name = get_option('with-package-name')
+if gst_package_name == ''
+  if gst_version_nano == 0
+    cdata.set_quoted('GST_PACKAGE_NAME', 'GStreamer Bad Plug-ins source release')
+  elif gst_version_nano == 1
+    cdata.set_quoted('GST_PACKAGE_NAME', 'GStreamer Bad Plug-ins git')
+  else
+    cdata.set_quoted('GST_PACKAGE_NAME', 'GStreamer Bad Plug-ins prerelease')
+  endif
+endif
+cdata.set_quoted('GST_PACKAGE_ORIGIN', get_option('with-package-origin'))
+
 # FIXME: This should be exposed as a configuration option
 host_system = host_machine.system()
 if host_system == 'linux'
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 5d66945ed4..f1ab3f046e 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -8,3 +8,7 @@ option('with_gles2_module_name', type : 'string', value : '', description : 'The
 option('disable_introspection',
         type : 'boolean', value : false,
         description : 'Whether to disable the introspection generation')
+option('with-package-name', type : 'string',
+       description : 'package name to use in plugins')
+option('with-package-origin', type : 'string', value : 'Unknown package origin',
+       description : 'package origin URL to use in plugins')