diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/tests/examples/waylandsink/main.c b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/tests/examples/waylandsink/main.c
index 2ed5fca28a..08fd2246e2 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/tests/examples/waylandsink/main.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/tests/examples/waylandsink/main.c
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
     d->argv = argv;
     d->current_uri = 1;
 
-    d->pipeline = gst_parse_launch ("playbin video-sink=waylandsink", NULL);
+    d->pipeline = gst_parse_launch ("playbin3 video-sink=waylandsink", NULL);
     g_object_set (d->pipeline, "uri", argv[d->current_uri], NULL);
 
     /* enable looping */