diff --git a/gst/midi/midi.c b/gst/midi/midi.c
index 6171359f62..0ea2ee5ef8 100644
--- a/gst/midi/midi.c
+++ b/gst/midi/midi.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ plugin_init (GstPlugin * plugin)
   bind_textdomain_codeset (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, "UTF-8");
 #endif
 
-  ret = gst_element_register (plugin, "midiparse", GST_RANK_PRIMARY,
+  ret = gst_element_register (plugin, "midiparse", GST_RANK_MARGINAL,
       GST_TYPE_MIDI_PARSE);
 
   return ret;