diff --git a/validate/gst/validate/meson.build b/validate/gst/validate/meson.build
index f0b6aa37c0..158bbb69be 100644
--- a/validate/gst/validate/meson.build
+++ b/validate/gst/validate/meson.build
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ if build_gir
             sources : gstvalidate_sources + gstvalidate_headers + gst_validate_enums,
             nsversion : '1.0',
             namespace : 'GstValidate',
-            symbol_prefix : 'gst_validate',
-            identifier_prefix : 'GstValidate',
+            symbol_prefix : 'gst',
+            identifier_prefix : 'Gst',
             export_packages : 'gst-validate-' + apiversion,
             includes : ['GObject-2.0',
                         'GLib-2.0',