diff --git a/ext/bz2/gstbz2.c b/ext/bz2/gstbz2.c
index c2fdef7a8e..580f367c40 100644
--- a/ext/bz2/gstbz2.c
+++ b/ext/bz2/gstbz2.c
@@ -30,11 +30,12 @@
 static gboolean
 plugin_init (GstPlugin * p)
 {
-  if (!gst_element_register (p, "bz2enc", GST_RANK_NONE, GST_TYPE_BZ2ENC))
-    return FALSE;
-  if (!gst_element_register (p, "bz2dec", GST_RANK_NONE, GST_TYPE_BZ2DEC))
-    return FALSE;
-  return TRUE;
+  gboolean ret = FALSE;
+
+  ret |= GST_ELEMENT_REGISTER (bz2enc, p);
+  ret |= GST_ELEMENT_REGISTER (bz2dec, p);
+
+  return ret;
 }
 
 GST_PLUGIN_DEFINE (GST_VERSION_MAJOR, GST_VERSION_MINOR, bz2,
diff --git a/ext/bz2/gstbz2dec.c b/ext/bz2/gstbz2dec.c
index ad3eef02e0..d9f09e4a89 100644
--- a/ext/bz2/gstbz2dec.c
+++ b/ext/bz2/gstbz2dec.c
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ struct _GstBz2decClass
 
 #define gst_bz2dec_parent_class parent_class
 G_DEFINE_TYPE (GstBz2dec, gst_bz2dec, GST_TYPE_ELEMENT);
+GST_ELEMENT_REGISTER_DEFINE (bz2dec, "bz2dec", GST_RANK_NONE, GST_TYPE_BZ2DEC);
 
 #define DEFAULT_FIRST_BUFFER_SIZE 1024
 #define DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE 1024
diff --git a/ext/bz2/gstbz2dec.h b/ext/bz2/gstbz2dec.h
index 6ccc07bee3..cd0a733263 100644
--- a/ext/bz2/gstbz2dec.h
+++ b/ext/bz2/gstbz2dec.h
@@ -35,5 +35,7 @@ GType
 gst_bz2dec_get_type (void)
     G_GNUC_CONST;
 
+GST_ELEMENT_REGISTER_DECLARE (bz2dec);
+
 G_END_DECLS
 #endif /* __GST_BZ2DEC_H__ */
diff --git a/ext/bz2/gstbz2enc.c b/ext/bz2/gstbz2enc.c
index 05ec767d76..5766bb7268 100644
--- a/ext/bz2/gstbz2enc.c
+++ b/ext/bz2/gstbz2enc.c
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ struct _GstBz2encClass
 
 #define gst_bz2enc_parent_class parent_class
 G_DEFINE_TYPE (GstBz2enc, gst_bz2enc, GST_TYPE_ELEMENT);
+GST_ELEMENT_REGISTER_DEFINE (bz2enc, "bz2enc", GST_RANK_NONE, GST_TYPE_BZ2ENC);
 
 static void
 gst_bz2enc_compress_end (GstBz2enc * b)
diff --git a/ext/bz2/gstbz2enc.h b/ext/bz2/gstbz2enc.h
index cf77e120d4..b9114663fe 100644
--- a/ext/bz2/gstbz2enc.h
+++ b/ext/bz2/gstbz2enc.h
@@ -35,5 +35,7 @@ GType
 gst_bz2enc_get_type (void)
     G_GNUC_CONST;
 
+GST_ELEMENT_REGISTER_DECLARE (bz2enc);
+
 G_END_DECLS
 #endif /* __GST_BZ2ENC_H__ */