diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/encoding/gstencodebasebin.c b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/encoding/gstencodebasebin.c
index a6d6b24261..b504ca831b 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/encoding/gstencodebasebin.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/encoding/gstencodebasebin.c
@@ -1594,7 +1594,19 @@ _create_stream_group (GstEncodeBaseBin * ebin, GstEncodingProfile * sprof,
     tosync = g_list_append (tosync, sgroup->timestamper);
     if (G_UNLIKELY (!gst_element_link (sgroup->timestamper, last)))
       goto parser_link_failure;
+
     last = sgroup->timestamper;
+    if (sgroup->parser) {
+      GstElement *p1 =
+          gst_element_factory_make (GST_OBJECT_NAME (gst_element_get_factory
+              (sgroup->parser)), NULL);
+
+      gst_bin_add (GST_BIN (ebin), p1);
+      if (G_UNLIKELY (!gst_element_link (p1, last)))
+        goto parser_link_failure;
+
+      last = p1;
+    }
   }
 
   /* Stream combiner */