diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index acfe0f6f01..73c02e06f6 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -101,10 +101,21 @@ cdata.set('SIZEOF_VOIDP', cc.sizeof('void*'))
 cdata.set('VERSION', '"@0@"'.format(gst_version))
 cdata.set('PACKAGE', '"gst-plugins-ugly"')
 cdata.set('GETTEXT_PACKAGE', '"gst-plugins-ugly-1.0"')
-cdata.set('GST_PACKAGE_NAME', '"GStreamer Ugly Plug-ins"')
-cdata.set('GST_PACKAGE_ORIGIN', '"Unknown package origin"')
 cdata.set('GST_LICENSE', '"LGPL"')
 
+# 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 Ugly Plug-ins source release')
+  elif gst_version_nano == 1
+    cdata.set_quoted('GST_PACKAGE_NAME', 'GStreamer Ugly Plug-ins git')
+  else
+    cdata.set_quoted('GST_PACKAGE_NAME', 'GStreamer Ugly Plug-ins prerelease')
+  endif
+endif
+cdata.set_quoted('GST_PACKAGE_ORIGIN', get_option('with-package-origin'))
+
 # Mandatory GST deps
 gst_dep = dependency('gstreamer-1.0', version : gst_req,
     fallback : ['gstreamer', 'gst_dep'])
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 07db6618e5..7d8b60a4d6 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,6 @@
-option('x264_libraries', type : 'string', value : '', description : 'Colon separated list of additional x264 library paths, e.g. for 10-bit version')
-
+option('x264_libraries', type : 'string', value : '',
+       description : 'Colon separated list of additional x264 library paths, e.g. for 10-bit version')
+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')