diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index bc2683259a..a2d350d9b6 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+2005-10-05  Thomas Vander Stichele  <thomas at apestaart dot org>
+
+	* gst/gst.defs:
+	  gst.Bin constructor can take no arguments
+	* testsuite/test_bin.py:
+	  add constructor tests
+	* testsuite/test_element.py:
+	  add same link test with no pads
+
 2005-10-05  Thomas Vander Stichele  <thomas at apestaart dot org>
 
 	* gst/gst-types.defs:
diff --git a/gst/gst.defs b/gst/gst.defs
index 439e2da942..46ad189d44 100644
--- a/gst/gst.defs
+++ b/gst/gst.defs
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
   (is-constructor-of "GstBin")
   (return-type "GstElement*")
   (parameters
-    '("const-gchar*" "name")
+    '("const-gchar*" "name" (null-ok) (default "NULL"))
   )
 )
 
diff --git a/testsuite/test_bin.py b/testsuite/test_bin.py
index 355a70fd2e..e8fe9c0c36 100644
--- a/testsuite/test_bin.py
+++ b/testsuite/test_bin.py
@@ -164,5 +164,16 @@ class Preroll(TestCase):
         self.bin.set_state(gst.STATE_NULL)
         self.bin.get_state(timeout=None)
  
+class ConstructorTest(TestCase):
+    def testGood(self):
+        bin = gst.Bin()
+        bin = gst.Bin(None)
+        bin = gst.Bin('')
+        bin = gst.Bin('myname')
+        
+    def testBad(self):
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, gst.Bin, 0)
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, gst.Bin, gst.Bin())
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()
diff --git a/testsuite/test_element.py b/testsuite/test_element.py
index feef620fbe..7f4ea14ce0 100644
--- a/testsuite/test_element.py
+++ b/testsuite/test_element.py
@@ -222,5 +222,11 @@ class DebugTest(TestCase):
         e.set_property("name", "testelement")
         e.break_it_down()
         
+class LinkNoPadsTest(TestCase):
+    def testLinkNoPads(self):
+        src = gst.Bin()
+        sink = gst.Bin()
+        self.assertRaises(gst.LinkError, src.link, sink)
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()