diff --git a/gst/gstcaps.c b/gst/gstcaps.c
index cd6957522f..8af0503ce3 100644
--- a/gst/gstcaps.c
+++ b/gst/gstcaps.c
@@ -2556,8 +2556,7 @@ gst_caps_filter_and_map_in_place (GstCaps * caps, GstCapsFilterMapFunc func,
  *
  * Returns: the new #GstCaps
  */
-GstCaps *
-gst_caps_copy (const GstCaps * caps)
+GstCaps *(gst_caps_copy) (const GstCaps * caps)
 {
   return GST_CAPS (gst_mini_object_copy (GST_MINI_OBJECT_CAST (caps)));
 }
diff --git a/gst/gstcaps.h b/gst/gstcaps.h
index 1ab07b6efe..0d95300993 100644
--- a/gst/gstcaps.h
+++ b/gst/gstcaps.h
@@ -227,6 +227,8 @@ gst_caps_unref (GstCaps * caps)
 GST_API
 GstCaps * gst_caps_copy (const GstCaps * caps);
 
+#define gst_caps_copy(caps) GST_CAPS (gst_mini_object_copy (GST_MINI_OBJECT_CAST (caps)))
+
 /**
  * gst_caps_is_writable:
  * @caps: a #GstCaps