diff --git a/gst/gst_private.h b/gst/gst_private.h
index 7e4c54c07a..dc2c153536 100644
--- a/gst/gst_private.h
+++ b/gst/gst_private.h
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ G_GNUC_INTERNAL const char * _priv_gst_value_gtype_to_abbr (GType type);
 G_GNUC_INTERNAL gboolean _priv_gst_value_parse_string (gchar * s, gchar ** end, gchar ** next, gboolean unescape);
 G_GNUC_INTERNAL gboolean _priv_gst_value_parse_simple_string (gchar * str, gchar ** end);
 G_GNUC_INTERNAL gboolean _priv_gst_value_parse_value (gchar * str, gchar ** after, GValue * value, GType default_type);
-G_GNUC_INTERNAL gchar * _priv_gst_value_serialize_any_list (const GValue * value, const gchar * begin, const gchar * end);
+G_GNUC_INTERNAL gchar * _priv_gst_value_serialize_any_list (const GValue * value, const gchar * begin, const gchar * end, gboolean print_type);
 
 /* Used in GstBin for manual state handling */
 G_GNUC_INTERNAL  void _priv_gst_element_state_changed (GstElement *element,
diff --git a/gst/gststructure.c b/gst/gststructure.c
index d23ea2e996..81e5b67217 100644
--- a/gst/gststructure.c
+++ b/gst/gststructure.c
@@ -1799,7 +1799,14 @@ priv_gst_structure_append_to_gstring (const GstStructure * structure,
 
     field = GST_STRUCTURE_FIELD (structure, i);
 
-    t = gst_value_serialize (&field->value);
+    if (G_VALUE_TYPE (&field->value) == GST_TYPE_ARRAY) {
+      t = _priv_gst_value_serialize_any_list (&field->value, "< ", " >", FALSE);
+    } else if (G_VALUE_TYPE (&field->value) == GST_TYPE_LIST) {
+      t = _priv_gst_value_serialize_any_list (&field->value, "{ ", " }", FALSE);
+    } else {
+      t = gst_value_serialize (&field->value);
+    }
+
     type = gst_structure_value_get_generic_type (&field->value);
 
     g_string_append_len (s, ", ", 2);
diff --git a/gst/gstvalue.c b/gst/gstvalue.c
index 5ab312c53e..5c217cd8f1 100644
--- a/gst/gstvalue.c
+++ b/gst/gstvalue.c
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ gst_value_hash_add_type (GType type, const GstValueTable * table)
  */
 gchar *
 _priv_gst_value_serialize_any_list (const GValue * value, const gchar * begin,
-    const gchar * end)
+    const gchar * end, gboolean print_type)
 {
   guint i;
   GArray *array = value->data[0].v_pointer;
@@ -214,6 +214,11 @@ _priv_gst_value_serialize_any_list (const GValue * value, const gchar * begin,
     v = &g_array_index (array, GValue, i);
     s_val = gst_value_serialize (v);
     if (s_val != NULL) {
+      if (print_type) {
+        g_string_append_c (s, '(');
+        g_string_append (s, _priv_gst_value_gtype_to_abbr (G_VALUE_TYPE (v)));
+        g_string_append_c (s, ')');
+      }
       g_string_append (s, s_val);
       g_free (s_val);
       if (i < alen - 1) {
@@ -1036,7 +1041,7 @@ gst_value_compare_g_value_array (const GValue * value1, const GValue * value2)
 static gchar *
 gst_value_serialize_value_list (const GValue * value)
 {
-  return _priv_gst_value_serialize_any_list (value, "{ ", " }");
+  return _priv_gst_value_serialize_any_list (value, "{ ", " }", TRUE);
 }
 
 static gboolean
@@ -1049,7 +1054,7 @@ gst_value_deserialize_value_list (GValue * dest, const gchar * s)
 static gchar *
 gst_value_serialize_value_array (const GValue * value)
 {
-  return _priv_gst_value_serialize_any_list (value, "< ", " >");
+  return _priv_gst_value_serialize_any_list (value, "{ ", " }", TRUE);
 }
 
 static gboolean