diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/tag/lang-tables.c b/gst-libs/gst/tag/lang-tables.c
index f6e9127dbe..5e40aafdcf 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/tag/lang-tables.c
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/tag/lang-tables.c
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ static const struct
   { "zu", "zul", ISO_639_FLAG_2T | ISO_639_FLAG_2B, 2026 },
 };
 
-const gchar iso_639_names[] =
+static const gchar iso_639_names[] =
   "Afar\000Abkhazian\000Avestan\000Afrikaans\000Akan\000Amharic\000Aragonese"
   "\000Arabic\000Assamese\000Avaric\000Aymara\000Azerbaijani\000Bashkir\000B"
   "elarusian\000Bulgarian\000Bihari languages\000Bislama\000Bambara\000Benga"
diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/tag/mklangtables.c b/gst-libs/gst/tag/mklangtables.c
index 5d4c69323e..0f615ff4cd 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/tag/mklangtables.c
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/tag/mklangtables.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ dump_languages (void)
 
   g_print ("};\n");
   g_print ("\n");
-  g_print ("const gchar iso_639_names[] =\n");
+  g_print ("static const gchar iso_639_names[] =\n");
   s = names->str;
   while (s != NULL && *s != '\0') {
     gchar line[74], *lastesc;