diff --git a/ext/flac/gstflac.c b/ext/flac/gstflac.c
index a198279fcc..95861e3c5d 100644
--- a/ext/flac/gstflac.c
+++ b/ext/flac/gstflac.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ plugin_init (GstPlugin * plugin)
   bind_textdomain_codeset (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, "UTF-8");
 #endif
 
-  if (!gst_element_register (plugin, "flacenc", GST_RANK_NONE,
+  if (!gst_element_register (plugin, "flacenc", GST_RANK_PRIMARY,
           GST_TYPE_FLAC_ENC))
     return FALSE;
   if (!gst_element_register (plugin, "flacdec", GST_RANK_PRIMARY,
diff --git a/ext/jpeg/gstjpeg.c b/ext/jpeg/gstjpeg.c
index ddb1015258..731343439c 100644
--- a/ext/jpeg/gstjpeg.c
+++ b/ext/jpeg/gstjpeg.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ static gboolean
 plugin_init (GstPlugin * plugin)
 {
 
-  if (!gst_element_register (plugin, "jpegenc", GST_RANK_NONE,
+  if (!gst_element_register (plugin, "jpegenc", GST_RANK_PRIMARY,
           GST_TYPE_JPEGENC))
     return FALSE;
 
diff --git a/ext/libpng/gstpng.c b/ext/libpng/gstpng.c
index d02bf0d21a..6a91915d8f 100644
--- a/ext/libpng/gstpng.c
+++ b/ext/libpng/gstpng.c
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ plugin_init (GstPlugin * plugin)
           GST_TYPE_PNGDEC))
     return FALSE;
 
-  if (!gst_element_register (plugin, "pngenc", GST_RANK_NONE, GST_TYPE_PNGENC))
+  if (!gst_element_register (plugin, "pngenc", GST_RANK_PRIMARY,
+          GST_TYPE_PNGENC))
     return FALSE;
 
   return TRUE;
diff --git a/ext/speex/gstspeex.c b/ext/speex/gstspeex.c
index 899cfecbdf..3cd7cbfc4f 100644
--- a/ext/speex/gstspeex.c
+++ b/ext/speex/gstspeex.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ static gboolean
 plugin_init (GstPlugin * plugin)
 {
 
-  if (!gst_element_register (plugin, "speexenc", GST_RANK_NONE,
+  if (!gst_element_register (plugin, "speexenc", GST_RANK_PRIMARY,
           GST_TYPE_SPEEX_ENC))
     return FALSE;
 
diff --git a/gst/avi/gstavi.c b/gst/avi/gstavi.c
index 2bd50753a8..38ef65088b 100644
--- a/gst/avi/gstavi.c
+++ b/gst/avi/gstavi.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ plugin_init (GstPlugin * plugin)
 
   if (!gst_element_register (plugin, "avidemux", GST_RANK_PRIMARY,
           GST_TYPE_AVI_DEMUX) ||
-      !gst_element_register (plugin, "avimux", GST_RANK_NONE,
+      !gst_element_register (plugin, "avimux", GST_RANK_PRIMARY,
           GST_TYPE_AVI_MUX) ||
       !gst_element_register (plugin, "avisubtitle", GST_RANK_PRIMARY,
           GST_TYPE_AVI_SUBTITLE)) {
diff --git a/gst/matroska/matroska-mux.c b/gst/matroska/matroska-mux.c
index ad9a9ab012..3c39191da1 100644
--- a/gst/matroska/matroska-mux.c
+++ b/gst/matroska/matroska-mux.c
@@ -2584,5 +2584,5 @@ gboolean
 gst_matroska_mux_plugin_init (GstPlugin * plugin)
 {
   return gst_element_register (plugin, "matroskamux",
-      GST_RANK_NONE, GST_TYPE_MATROSKA_MUX);
+      GST_RANK_PRIMARY, GST_TYPE_MATROSKA_MUX);
 }