diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 787cde8369..1b24c75ac0 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2004-01-12  Thomas Vander Stichele  <thomas at apestaart dot org>
+
+	* sys/oss/gstossaudio.c: (plugin_init):
+	* sys/oss/gstosselement.h:
+          make an oss debugging category
+
 2004-01-11  David Schleef  <ds@schleef.org>
 
 	* ext/ffmpeg/gstffmpeg.c:
diff --git a/sys/oss/gstossaudio.c b/sys/oss/gstossaudio.c
index c087d60e24..08868dbb1f 100644
--- a/sys/oss/gstossaudio.c
+++ b/sys/oss/gstossaudio.c
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 
 extern gchar *__gst_oss_plugin_dir;
 
+GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY (oss_debug);
+
 static gboolean
 plugin_init (GstPlugin *plugin)
 {
@@ -42,6 +44,7 @@ plugin_init (GstPlugin *plugin)
     return FALSE;
   }
 
+  GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_INIT (oss_debug, "oss", 0, "OSS elements");
   return TRUE;
 }
 
diff --git a/sys/oss/gstosselement.h b/sys/oss/gstosselement.h
index 36e1281e04..895f2059ac 100644
--- a/sys/oss/gstosselement.h
+++ b/sys/oss/gstosselement.h
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@
 
 #include <gst/gst.h>
 
+GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_EXTERN (oss_debug);
+#define GST_CAT_DEFAULT oss_debug
+
 G_BEGIN_DECLS
 
 #define GST_TYPE_OSSELEMENT \