diff --git a/tools/gst-device-monitor.c b/tools/gst-device-monitor.c
index 43a127f184..3005343c4f 100644
--- a/tools/gst-device-monitor.c
+++ b/tools/gst-device-monitor.c
@@ -42,6 +42,99 @@ typedef struct
 
 static gboolean bus_msg_handler (GstBus * bus, GstMessage * msg, gpointer data);
 
+static gchar *
+get_launch_line (GstDevice * device)
+{
+  static const char *const ignored_propnames[] =
+      { "name", "parent", "direction", "template", "caps", NULL };
+  GString *launch_line;
+  GstElement *element;
+  GstElement *pureelement;
+  GParamSpec **properties, *property;
+  GValue value = G_VALUE_INIT;
+  GValue pvalue = G_VALUE_INIT;
+  guint i, number_of_properties;
+  GstElementFactory *factory;
+
+  element = gst_device_create_element (device, NULL);
+
+  if (!element)
+    return NULL;
+
+  factory = gst_element_get_factory (element);
+  if (!factory) {
+    gst_object_unref (element);
+    return NULL;
+  }
+
+  if (!gst_plugin_feature_get_name (factory)) {
+    gst_object_unref (element);
+    return NULL;
+  }
+
+  launch_line = g_string_new (gst_plugin_feature_get_name (factory));
+
+  pureelement = gst_element_factory_create (factory, NULL);
+
+  /* get paramspecs and show non-default properties */
+  properties =
+      g_object_class_list_properties (G_OBJECT_GET_CLASS (element),
+      &number_of_properties);
+  if (properties) {
+    for (i = 0; i < number_of_properties; i++) {
+      gint j;
+      gboolean ignore = FALSE;
+      property = properties[i];
+
+      /* skip some properties */
+      if ((property->flags & G_PARAM_READWRITE) != G_PARAM_READWRITE)
+        continue;
+
+      for (j = 0; ignored_propnames[j]; j++)
+        if (!g_strcmp0 (ignored_propnames[j], property->name))
+          ignore = TRUE;
+
+      if (ignore)
+        continue;
+
+      /* Can't use _param_value_defaults () because sub-classes modify the
+       * values already.
+       */
+
+      g_value_init (&value, property->value_type);
+      g_value_init (&pvalue, property->value_type);
+      g_object_get_property (G_OBJECT (element), property->name, &value);
+      g_object_get_property (G_OBJECT (pureelement), property->name, &pvalue);
+      if (gst_value_compare (&value, &pvalue) != GST_VALUE_EQUAL) {
+        gchar *valuestr = gst_value_serialize (&value);
+
+        if (!valuestr) {
+          GST_WARNING ("Could not serialize property %s:%s",
+              GST_OBJECT_NAME (element), property->name);
+          g_free (valuestr);
+          goto next;
+        }
+
+        g_string_append_printf (launch_line, " %s=%s",
+            property->name, valuestr);
+        g_free (valuestr);
+
+      }
+
+    next:
+      g_value_unset (&value);
+      g_value_unset (&pvalue);
+    }
+    g_free (properties);
+  }
+
+  gst_object_unref (element);
+  gst_object_unref (pureelement);
+
+  return g_string_free (launch_line, FALSE);
+}
+
+
 static gboolean
 print_structure_field (GQuark field_id, const GValue * value,
     gpointer user_data)
@@ -97,6 +190,12 @@ device_added (GstDevice * device)
     gst_structure_free (props);
     g_print ("\n");
   }
+  str = get_launch_line (device);
+  if (gst_device_has_classes (device, "Source"))
+    g_print ("\tgst-launch-1.0 %s ! ...\n", str);
+  if (gst_device_has_classes (device, "Sink"))
+    g_print ("\tgst-launch-1.0 ... ! %s\n", str);
+  g_free (str);
   g_print ("\n");
 
   g_free (name);