diff --git a/sys/dvb/dvbbasebin.c b/sys/dvb/dvbbasebin.c
index 57ac5bb3cb..9a1bbd9fe9 100644
--- a/sys/dvb/dvbbasebin.c
+++ b/sys/dvb/dvbbasebin.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 #include "dvbbasebin.h"
 #include "parsechannels.h"
 
-GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_STATIC (dvb_base_bin_debug);
+GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY (dvb_base_bin_debug);
 #define GST_CAT_DEFAULT dvb_base_bin_debug
 
 static GstStaticPadTemplate src_template =
diff --git a/sys/dvb/parsechannels.c b/sys/dvb/parsechannels.c
index d927ab8029..ea6423aa0c 100644
--- a/sys/dvb/parsechannels.c
+++ b/sys/dvb/parsechannels.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include "parsechannels.h"
 
+GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_EXTERN (dvb_base_bin_debug);
+#define GST_CAT_DEFAULT dvb_base_bin_debug
+
 /* TODO:
  * Store the channels hash table around instead of constantly parsing it
  * Detect when the file changed on disk