diff --git a/gst/gst.defs b/gst/gst.defs
index 2cd5283b84..9c323d6c06 100644
--- a/gst/gst.defs
+++ b/gst/gst.defs
@@ -6257,8 +6257,8 @@
   )
 )
 
-(define-function tag_get_type
-  (c-name "gst_tag_get_type")
+(define-function tag_get_tag_type
+  (c-name "gst_tag_get_tag_type")
   (return-type "GType")
   (parameters
     '("const-gchar*" "tag")
diff --git a/gst/gst.override b/gst/gst.override
index 0da60a2c34..70b3fa27c3 100644
--- a/gst/gst.override
+++ b/gst/gst.override
@@ -241,6 +241,12 @@ pygst_debug_log (PyObject *pyobject, PyObject *string, GstDebugLevel level,
     return Py_None;    
 }
 
+GType
+gst_tag_get_tag_type (const gchar * tag)
+{
+  return gst_tag_get_type (tag);
+}
+
 %%
 include
   gstbin.override