diff --git a/ext/openmpt/gstopenmptdec.c b/ext/openmpt/gstopenmptdec.c
index 9c84113158..70e2dae4b8 100644
--- a/ext/openmpt/gstopenmptdec.c
+++ b/ext/openmpt/gstopenmptdec.c
@@ -95,7 +95,8 @@ static GstStaticPadTemplate src_template = GST_STATIC_PAD_TEMPLATE ("src",
 
 G_DEFINE_TYPE (GstOpenMptDec, gst_openmpt_dec,
     GST_TYPE_NONSTREAM_AUDIO_DECODER);
-
+GST_ELEMENT_REGISTER_DEFINE (openmptdec, "openmptdec", GST_RANK_PRIMARY + 2,
+    gst_openmpt_dec_get_type ());
 
 
 static void gst_openmpt_dec_finalize (GObject * object);
diff --git a/ext/openmpt/gstopenmptdec.h b/ext/openmpt/gstopenmptdec.h
index 93e283f4f0..e5fc5b50e6 100644
--- a/ext/openmpt/gstopenmptdec.h
+++ b/ext/openmpt/gstopenmptdec.h
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ struct _GstOpenMptDecClass
 
 GType gst_openmpt_dec_get_type (void);
 
+GST_ELEMENT_REGISTER_DECLARE (openmptdec);
 
 G_END_DECLS
 
diff --git a/ext/openmpt/plugin.c b/ext/openmpt/plugin.c
index 6487fa2b61..b775960788 100644
--- a/ext/openmpt/plugin.c
+++ b/ext/openmpt/plugin.c
@@ -29,11 +29,7 @@
 static gboolean
 plugin_init (GstPlugin * plugin)
 {
-  gboolean ret = TRUE;
-  ret = ret
-      && gst_element_register (plugin, "openmptdec", GST_RANK_PRIMARY + 2,
-      gst_openmpt_dec_get_type ());
-  return ret;
+  return GST_ELEMENT_REGISTER (openmptdec, plugin);
 }