diff --git a/gst/playback/gstdecodebin.c b/gst/playback/gstdecodebin.c
index fc1f813e42..afb8d60abf 100644
--- a/gst/playback/gstdecodebin.c
+++ b/gst/playback/gstdecodebin.c
@@ -404,7 +404,8 @@ gst_decode_bin_init (GstDecodeBin * decode_bin)
     pad = gst_element_get_static_pad (decode_bin->typefind, "sink");
 
     /* ghost the sink pad to ourself */
-    gpad = gst_ghost_pad_new ("sink", pad);
+    gpad = gst_ghost_pad_new_from_template ("sink", pad,
+        gst_static_pad_template_get (&decoder_bin_sink_template));
     gst_pad_set_active (gpad, TRUE);
     gst_element_add_pad (GST_ELEMENT (decode_bin), gpad);
 
@@ -914,7 +915,8 @@ close_pad_link (GstElement * element, GstPad * pad, GstCaps * caps,
     decode_bin->numpads++;
 
     /* make it a ghostpad */
-    ghost = gst_ghost_pad_new (padname, pad);
+    ghost = gst_ghost_pad_new_from_template (padname, pad,
+        gst_static_pad_template_get (&decoder_bin_src_template));
     gst_pad_set_active (ghost, TRUE);
     gst_element_add_pad (GST_ELEMENT (decode_bin), ghost);
 
diff --git a/gst/playback/gstdecodebin2.c b/gst/playback/gstdecodebin2.c
index 72beab5f59..f8c459fe53 100644
--- a/gst/playback/gstdecodebin2.c
+++ b/gst/playback/gstdecodebin2.c
@@ -931,7 +931,8 @@ gst_decode_bin_init (GstDecodeBin * decode_bin)
     pad = gst_element_get_static_pad (decode_bin->typefind, "sink");
 
     /* ghost the sink pad to ourself */
-    gpad = gst_ghost_pad_new ("sink", pad);
+    gpad = gst_ghost_pad_new_from_template ("sink", pad,
+        gst_static_pad_template_get (&decoder_bin_sink_template));
     gst_pad_set_active (gpad, TRUE);
     gst_element_add_pad (GST_ELEMENT (decode_bin), gpad);
 
@@ -3401,6 +3402,7 @@ gst_decode_pad_new (GstDecodeBin * dbin, GstPad * pad, GstDecodeChain * chain)
   GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (dbin, "making new decodepad");
   dpad =
       g_object_new (GST_TYPE_DECODE_PAD, "direction", GST_PAD_DIRECTION (pad),
+      "template", gst_static_pad_template_get (&decoder_bin_src_template),
       NULL);
   gst_ghost_pad_construct (GST_GHOST_PAD_CAST (dpad));
   gst_ghost_pad_set_target (GST_GHOST_PAD_CAST (dpad), pad);
diff --git a/gst/playback/gsturidecodebin.c b/gst/playback/gsturidecodebin.c
index f71c4099a2..19af7d1497 100644
--- a/gst/playback/gsturidecodebin.c
+++ b/gst/playback/gsturidecodebin.c
@@ -842,7 +842,8 @@ new_decoded_pad_cb (GstElement * element, GstPad * pad, gboolean last,
   decoder->numpads++;
   GST_URI_DECODE_BIN_UNLOCK (decoder);
 
-  newpad = gst_ghost_pad_new (padname, pad);
+  newpad = gst_ghost_pad_new_from_template (padname, pad,
+      gst_static_pad_template_get (&srctemplate));
   g_free (padname);
 
   /* store ref to the ghostpad so we can remove it */