diff --git a/gst/Makefile.am b/gst/Makefile.am
index 09bdfc3e48..fbe0a9ad36 100644
--- a/gst/Makefile.am
+++ b/gst/Makefile.am
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ pyexec_LTLIBRARIES = _gstreamermodule.la
 _gstreamermodule_la_SOURCES = gstreamermodule.c gstreamer-fixes.c gstreamer-fixes.h
 _gstreamermodule_la_CFLAGS = $(GST_CFLAGS)
 _gstreamermodule_la_LIBADD = $(GST_LIBS)
-_gstreamermodule_la_LDFLAGS = -module -avoid-version -export-symbols-regex initgstreamer
+_gstreamermodule_la_LDFLAGS = -module -avoid-version -export-symbols-regex init_gstreamer
 nodist__gstreamermodule_la_SOURCES = gstreamer.c
 CLEANFILES = gstreamer.c gstreamer-base.defs gstreamer.defs
 EXTRA_DIST = gstreamer-extra.defs $(OVERRIDES) gstreamer-arg-types.py
diff --git a/gstreamer/Makefile.am b/gstreamer/Makefile.am
index 09bdfc3e48..fbe0a9ad36 100644
--- a/gstreamer/Makefile.am
+++ b/gstreamer/Makefile.am
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ pyexec_LTLIBRARIES = _gstreamermodule.la
 _gstreamermodule_la_SOURCES = gstreamermodule.c gstreamer-fixes.c gstreamer-fixes.h
 _gstreamermodule_la_CFLAGS = $(GST_CFLAGS)
 _gstreamermodule_la_LIBADD = $(GST_LIBS)
-_gstreamermodule_la_LDFLAGS = -module -avoid-version -export-symbols-regex initgstreamer
+_gstreamermodule_la_LDFLAGS = -module -avoid-version -export-symbols-regex init_gstreamer
 nodist__gstreamermodule_la_SOURCES = gstreamer.c
 CLEANFILES = gstreamer.c gstreamer-base.defs gstreamer.defs
 EXTRA_DIST = gstreamer-extra.defs $(OVERRIDES) gstreamer-arg-types.py