diff --git a/ext/wildmidi/gstwildmididec.c b/ext/wildmidi/gstwildmididec.c
index b90488bd22..fb8863497c 100644
--- a/ext/wildmidi/gstwildmididec.c
+++ b/ext/wildmidi/gstwildmididec.c
@@ -111,7 +111,8 @@ static GstStaticPadTemplate src_template = GST_STATIC_PAD_TEMPLATE ("src",
 
 G_DEFINE_TYPE (GstWildmidiDec, gst_wildmidi_dec,
     GST_TYPE_NONSTREAM_AUDIO_DECODER);
-
+GST_ELEMENT_REGISTER_DEFINE (wildmididec, "wildmididec", GST_RANK_MARGINAL,
+    gst_wildmidi_dec_get_type ());
 
 
 static void gst_wildmidi_dec_finalize (GObject * object);
@@ -677,8 +678,7 @@ gst_wildmidi_dec_update_options (GstWildmidiDec * wildmidi_dec)
 static gboolean
 plugin_init (GstPlugin * plugin)
 {
-  return gst_element_register (plugin, "wildmididec", GST_RANK_MARGINAL,
-      gst_wildmidi_dec_get_type ());
+  return GST_ELEMENT_REGISTER (wildmididec, plugin);
 }
 
 GST_PLUGIN_DEFINE (GST_VERSION_MAJOR,
diff --git a/ext/wildmidi/gstwildmididec.h b/ext/wildmidi/gstwildmididec.h
index cc5aea08b4..df46036e28 100644
--- a/ext/wildmidi/gstwildmididec.h
+++ b/ext/wildmidi/gstwildmididec.h
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ struct _GstWildmidiDecClass
 
 GType gst_wildmidi_dec_get_type (void);
 
+GST_ELEMENT_REGISTER_DECLARE (wildmididec);
 
 G_END_DECLS