diff --git a/gst/app/meson.build b/gst/app/meson.build
index 6e3098e824..2bf4c1059e 100644
--- a/gst/app/meson.build
+++ b/gst/app/meson.build
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-adder = library('gstapp',
+gstapp_plugin = library('gstapp',
   'gstapp.c',
   c_args: gst_plugins_base_args,
   include_directories: [configinc],
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ adder = library('gstapp',
   install : true,
   install_dir : plugins_install_dir,
 )
-pkgconfig.generate(adder, install_dir : plugins_pkgconfig_install_dir)
+pkgconfig.generate(gstapp_plugin, install_dir : plugins_pkgconfig_install_dir)