diff --git a/tests/examples/shapewipe/shapewipe-example.c b/tests/examples/shapewipe/shapewipe-example.c
index 14df6dd3ba..94f7175482 100644
--- a/tests/examples/shapewipe/shapewipe-example.c
+++ b/tests/examples/shapewipe/shapewipe-example.c
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ main (gint argc, gchar ** argv)
 
   pipeline_string =
       g_strdup_printf
-      ("videotestsrc ! video/x-raw-yuv,width=640,height=480 ! shapewipe name=shape border=0.05 ! videomixer name=mixer ! ffmpegcolorspace ! autovideosink     filesrc location=%s ! typefind ! decodebin2 ! ffmpegcolorspace ! videoscale ! queue ! shape.mask_sink    videotestsrc pattern=snow ! video/x-raw-yuv,width=640,height=480 ! queue ! mixer.",
+      ("videotestsrc ! video/x-raw-yuv,format=(fourcc)AYUV,width=640,height=480 ! shapewipe name=shape border=0.05 ! videomixer name=mixer ! ffmpegcolorspace ! autovideosink     filesrc location=%s ! typefind ! decodebin2 ! ffmpegcolorspace ! videoscale ! queue ! shape.mask_sink    videotestsrc pattern=snow ! video/x-raw-yuv,format=(fourcc)AYUV,width=640,height=480 ! queue ! mixer.",
       argv[1]);
 
   pipeline = gst_parse_launch (pipeline_string, NULL);