diff --git a/validate/config.h.meson b/validate/config.h.meson
index 86366d9133..0dd7a600b8 100644
--- a/validate/config.h.meson
+++ b/validate/config.h.meson
@@ -9,3 +9,8 @@
 
 /* directory where plugins are located */
 #mesondefine VALIDATEPLUGINDIR
+#mesondefine GST_LICENSE
+#mesondefine VERSION
+#mesondefine PACKAGE
+#mesondefine GST_PACKAGE_NAME
+#mesondefine GST_PACKAGE_ORIGIN
diff --git a/validate/gst/validate/meson.build b/validate/gst/validate/meson.build
index 9d748835e1..4f568d7460 100644
--- a/validate/gst/validate/meson.build
+++ b/validate/gst/validate/meson.build
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ gstvalidate_sources = [
     'gst-validate-utils.h',
     'gst-validate-media-info.h']
 
-gstvalidate = shared_library('gstvalidate',
+gstvalidate = shared_library('gstvalidate-1.0',
     sources: gstvalidate_sources,
     version : libversion,
     soversion : soversion,
@@ -48,6 +48,15 @@ gstvalidate = shared_library('gstvalidate',
     dependencies : [gst_dep, glib_dep, gio_dep, gmodule_dep,
                     gst_pbutils_dep, mathlib, json_dep])
 
+gstvalidate = shared_library('gstvalidateplugin',
+    sources: gstvalidate_sources,
+    include_directories : [inc_dirs],
+    install: true,
+    c_args : [gst_c_args] + ['-D__GST_VALIDATE_PLUGIN'],
+    install_dir : '@0@/gstreamer-1.0'.format(get_option('libdir')),
+    dependencies : [gst_dep, glib_dep, gio_dep, gmodule_dep,
+                    gst_pbutils_dep, mathlib, json_dep])
+
 validate_gen_sources = []
 if build_gir
     gst_validate_gir_extra_args = gir_init_section + [ '--c-include=gst/validate/validate.h' ]
diff --git a/validate/meson.build b/validate/meson.build
index d370e06a98..504ef98a13 100644
--- a/validate/meson.build
+++ b/validate/meson.build
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@ inc_dirs = include_directories('.')
 
 json_dep = dependency('json-glib-1.0')
 cdata = configuration_data()
+cdata.set('GST_LICENSE', '"LGPL"')
+cdata.set('VERSION', '"@0@"'.format(gst_version))
+cdata.set('PACKAGE', '"gst-validate"')
+cdata.set('GST_PACKAGE_NAME', '"GStreamer Validate"')
+cdata.set('GST_PACKAGE_ORIGIN', '"Unknown package origin"')
 cdata.set('GST_API_VERSION', '"@0@"'.format(apiversion))
 cdata.set('VALIDATEPLUGINDIR', '"@0@/@1@/gstreamer-1.0/validate"'.format(get_option('prefix'),get_option('libdir')))
 cdata.set('GST_DATADIR', '"@0@/@1@"'.format(prefix, get_option('datadir')))