diff --git a/gst/gstmemory.c b/gst/gstmemory.c
index ebaefc3a42..7ea238022f 100644
--- a/gst/gstmemory.c
+++ b/gst/gstmemory.c
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@
 #include "gst_private.h"
 #include "gstmemory.h"
 
+G_DEFINE_BOXED_TYPE (GstMemory, gst_memory, (GBoxedCopyFunc) gst_memory_ref,
+    (GBoxedFreeFunc) gst_memory_unref);
 
 /* buffer alignment in bytes - 1
  * an alignment of 7 would be the same as malloc() guarantees
diff --git a/gst/gstmemory.h b/gst/gstmemory.h
index c1f8e67c23..c4d618706f 100644
--- a/gst/gstmemory.h
+++ b/gst/gstmemory.h
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@
 
 G_BEGIN_DECLS
 
+#define GST_TYPE_MEMORY (gst_memory_get_type())
+GType gst_memory_get_type(void);
+
 typedef struct _GstMemory GstMemory;
 typedef struct _GstMemoryInfo GstMemoryInfo;
 typedef struct _GstAllocator GstAllocator;