diff --git a/sources/custom/Application.cs b/sources/custom/Application.cs
index ea71cc4bde..dd8682afae 100644
--- a/sources/custom/Application.cs
+++ b/sources/custom/Application.cs
@@ -32,8 +32,47 @@ namespace Gst {
 
 		}
 
+		[DllImport("libgstreamer-1.0-0.dll", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
+		static extern void gst_init(ref int argc, ref IntPtr[] argv);
+
+		[DllImport("libgstreamer-1.0-0.dll", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
+		static extern void gst_init(IntPtr argc, IntPtr argv);
+
+
 		public static void Init() {
-			gst_init (0, null);
+			gst_init (IntPtr.Zero, IntPtr.Zero);
+		}
+			
+		public static void Init(ref string[] argv) {
+			int cnt_argv = argv == null ? 0 : argv.Length;
+			IntPtr[] native_argv = new IntPtr [cnt_argv];
+			for (int i = 0; i < cnt_argv; i++)
+				native_argv [i] = GLib.Marshaller.StringToPtrGStrdup(argv[i]);
+			gst_init(ref cnt_argv, ref native_argv);
+		}
+
+		[DllImport("libgstreamer-1.0-0.dll", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
+		static extern bool gst_init_check(ref int argc, ref IntPtr[] argv, out IntPtr error);
+
+		[DllImport("libgstreamer-1.0-0.dll", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
+		static extern bool gst_init_check(IntPtr argc, IntPtr argv, out IntPtr error);
+
+		public static bool InitCheck() {
+			IntPtr error = IntPtr.Zero;
+			bool ret = gst_init_check (IntPtr.Zero, IntPtr.Zero, out error);
+			if (error != IntPtr.Zero) throw new GLib.GException (error);
+			return ret;
+		}
+
+		public static bool InitCheck(ref string[] argv) {
+			int cnt_argv = argv == null ? 0 : argv.Length;
+			IntPtr[] native_argv = new IntPtr [cnt_argv];
+			for (int i = 0; i < cnt_argv; i++)
+				native_argv [i] = GLib.Marshaller.StringToPtrGStrdup(argv[i]);
+			IntPtr error = IntPtr.Zero;
+			bool ret = gst_init_check(ref cnt_argv, ref native_argv, out error);
+			if (error != IntPtr.Zero) throw new GLib.GException (error);
+			return ret;
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/sources/gstreamer-sharp.metadata b/sources/gstreamer-sharp.metadata
index 1163607787..17aa8e9a35 100644
--- a/sources/gstreamer-sharp.metadata
+++ b/sources/gstreamer-sharp.metadata
@@ -70,9 +70,7 @@ Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
 	<!-- Maybe some problems with the name -->
 	<remove-node path="/api/namespace/interface[@cname='GstURIHandler']/class_struct/method[@vm='get_type']" name="vm"/>
 	<remove-node path="/api/namespace/interface[@cname='GstURIHandler']/virtual_method[@cname='get_type']" name="hidden"/>
-	<!-- gapi cannot handle count parameters properly -->
-	<attr path="/api/namespace/object[@cname='GstGlobal']/method[@cname='gst_init']/parameters/parameter[@name='argc']" name="name">n_argc</attr>
-	<attr path="/api/namespace/object[@cname='GstGlobal']/method[@cname='gst_init_check']/parameters/parameter[@name='argc']" name="name">n_argc</attr>
+
 	<!-- calling oldobj.Handle should fix this -->
 	<remove-attr path="/api/namespace/object[@cname='GstObject']/method[@cname='gst_object_replace']/parameters/parameter[@name='oldobj']" name="pass_as"/>
 	<!-- Some glue problems -->
@@ -123,6 +121,9 @@ Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
 	<attr path="/api/namespace/boxed[@cname='GstMessage']/method[@cname='gst_message_parse_error']" name="hidden">true</attr>
 	<attr path="/api/namespace/boxed[@cname='GstMessage']/method[@cname='gst_message_get_stream_status_object']" name="hidden">true</attr>
 	<attr path="/api/namespace/boxed[@cname='GstMessage']/method[@cname='gst_message_set_stream_status_object']" name="hidden">true</attr>
+	<attr path="/api/namespace/object[@cname='GstGlobal']/method[@cname='gst_init']" name="hidden">true</attr>
+	<attr path="/api/namespace/object[@cname='GstGlobal']/method[@cname='gst_init_check']" name="hidden">true</attr>
+
 
 	<!-- GstVideo -->
 	<attr path="/api/namespace/boxed[@cname='GstVideoCodecState']/field[@cname='padding']" name="type">gpointer</attr>