diff --git a/ext/gdk_pixbuf/Makefile.am b/ext/gdk_pixbuf/Makefile.am
index a96ea204b8..54e9a3eede 100644
--- a/ext/gdk_pixbuf/Makefile.am
+++ b/ext/gdk_pixbuf/Makefile.am
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 plugin_LTLIBRARIES = libgstgdkpixbuf.la
 
-libgstgdkpixbuf_la_SOURCES = gstgdkpixbuf.c
+libgstgdkpixbuf_la_SOURCES = gstgdkpixbuf.c pixbufscale.c
 libgstgdkpixbuf_la_CFLAGS = $(GST_CFLAGS) $(GTK_CFLAGS)
 libgstgdkpixbuf_la_LIBADD = $(GTK_LIBS)
 libgstgdkpixbuf_la_LDFLAGS = $(GST_PLUGIN_LDFLAGS)
@@ -27,5 +27,6 @@ install-data-hook:
 endif
 
 noinst_HEADERS = gstgdkpixbuf.h \
+	pixbufscale.h \
 	gstgdkanimation.h
 
diff --git a/ext/gdk_pixbuf/gstgdkpixbuf.c b/ext/gdk_pixbuf/gstgdkpixbuf.c
index 8dbe2eaf54..cd010a65dc 100644
--- a/ext/gdk_pixbuf/gstgdkpixbuf.c
+++ b/ext/gdk_pixbuf/gstgdkpixbuf.c
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ GST_STATIC_PAD_TEMPLATE ("src",
     GST_STATIC_CAPS (GST_VIDEO_CAPS_RGB)
     );
 
+gboolean pixbufscale_init (GstPlugin * plugin);
+
 static void gst_gdk_pixbuf_base_init (gpointer g_class);
 static void gst_gdk_pixbuf_class_init (GstGdkPixbufClass * klass);
 static void gst_gdk_pixbuf_init (GstGdkPixbuf * filter);
@@ -459,6 +461,9 @@ plugin_init (GstPlugin * plugin)
       gst_gdk_pixbuf_type_find, NULL, GST_CAPS_ANY, NULL);
 #endif
 
+  if (!pixbufscale_init (plugin))
+    return FALSE;
+
   /* plugin initialisation succeeded */
   return TRUE;
 }
@@ -468,4 +473,5 @@ plugin_init (GstPlugin * plugin)
 GST_PLUGIN_DEFINE (GST_VERSION_MAJOR,
     GST_VERSION_MINOR,
     "gdkpixbuf",
-    "GDK Pixbuf decoder", plugin_init, VERSION, "LGPL", GST_PACKAGE, GST_ORIGIN)
+    "GDK Pixbuf decoder & scaler", plugin_init, VERSION, "LGPL", GST_PACKAGE,
+    GST_ORIGIN)
diff --git a/ext/gdk_pixbuf/gstgdkpixbuf.h b/ext/gdk_pixbuf/gstgdkpixbuf.h
index 62e11aac64..dc308cc781 100644
--- a/ext/gdk_pixbuf/gstgdkpixbuf.h
+++ b/ext/gdk_pixbuf/gstgdkpixbuf.h
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ struct _GstGdkPixbufClass
   GstElementClass parent_class;
 };
 
-GType gst_gdk_pixbuf_get_type (void);
+static GType gst_gdk_pixbuf_get_type (void);
 
 G_END_DECLS