diff --git a/docs/gst/gstreamer-sections.txt b/docs/gst/gstreamer-sections.txt
index 0443951c92..e9bd81969b 100644
--- a/docs/gst/gstreamer-sections.txt
+++ b/docs/gst/gstreamer-sections.txt
@@ -827,6 +827,7 @@ GST_ELEMENT_METADATA_LONGNAME
 
 <SUBSECTION element-construction>
 gst_element_class_add_pad_template
+gst_element_class_add_static_pad_template
 gst_element_class_get_pad_template
 gst_element_class_get_pad_template_list
 gst_element_class_set_metadata
diff --git a/gst/gstelement.c b/gst/gstelement.c
index 6bc013d8fd..cfac92f2a2 100644
--- a/gst/gstelement.c
+++ b/gst/gstelement.c
@@ -1229,6 +1229,26 @@ gst_element_class_add_pad_template (GstElementClass * klass,
   klass->numpadtemplates++;
 }
 
+/**
+ * gst_element_class_add_static_pad_template:
+ * @klass: the #GstElementClass to add the pad template to.
+ * @templ: #GstStaticPadTemplate to add as pad template to the element class.
+ *
+ * Adds a pad template to an element class based on the static pad template
+ * @templ. This is mainly used in the _class_init functions of element
+ * implementations. If a pad template with the same name already exists,
+ * the old one is replaced by the new one.
+ *
+ * Since: 1.8
+ */
+void
+gst_element_class_add_static_pad_template (GstElementClass * klass,
+    GstStaticPadTemplate * static_templ)
+{
+  gst_element_class_add_pad_template (klass,
+      gst_static_pad_template_get (static_templ));
+}
+
 /**
  * gst_element_class_add_metadata:
  * @klass: class to set metadata for
diff --git a/gst/gstelement.h b/gst/gstelement.h
index 0bd92d0d0c..942248d216 100644
--- a/gst/gstelement.h
+++ b/gst/gstelement.h
@@ -663,6 +663,9 @@ struct _GstElementClass
 
 /* element class pad templates */
 void                    gst_element_class_add_pad_template      (GstElementClass *klass, GstPadTemplate *templ);
+
+void                    gst_element_class_add_static_pad_template (GstElementClass *klass, GstStaticPadTemplate *static_templ);
+
 GstPadTemplate*         gst_element_class_get_pad_template      (GstElementClass *element_class, const gchar *name);
 GList*                  gst_element_class_get_pad_template_list (GstElementClass *element_class);
 
diff --git a/win32/common/libgstreamer.def b/win32/common/libgstreamer.def
index 9f96c1301f..3fa3c401aa 100644
--- a/win32/common/libgstreamer.def
+++ b/win32/common/libgstreamer.def
@@ -480,6 +480,7 @@ EXPORTS
 	gst_element_class_add_metadata
 	gst_element_class_add_pad_template
 	gst_element_class_add_static_metadata
+	gst_element_class_add_static_pad_template
 	gst_element_class_get_metadata
 	gst_element_class_get_pad_template
 	gst_element_class_get_pad_template_list