diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 497dd471e4..5b0a680565 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -136,9 +136,19 @@ cdata.set('PACKAGE_VERSION', '"@0@"'.format(gst_version))
 cdata.set('GST_LICENSE', '"LGPL"')
 cdata.set('PACKAGE', '"gst-plugins-good"')
 cdata.set('GETTEXT_PACKAGE', '"gst-plugins-good-1.0"')
-cdata.set('PACKAGE_NAME', '"GStreamer Good Plug-ins"')
-cdata.set('GST_PACKAGE_NAME', '"GStreamer Good Plug-ins"')
-cdata.set('GST_PACKAGE_ORIGIN', '"Unknown package origin"') # FIXME: make configurable
+
+# GStreamer package name and origin url
+gst_package_name = get_option('with-package-name')
+if gst_package_name == ''
+  if gst_version_nano == 0
+    cdata.set_quoted('GST_PACKAGE_NAME', 'GStreamer Good Plug-ins source release')
+  elif gst_version_nano == 1
+    cdata.set_quoted('GST_PACKAGE_NAME', 'GStreamer Good Plug-ins git')
+  else
+    cdata.set_quoted('GST_PACKAGE_NAME', 'GStreamer Good Plug-ins prerelease')
+  endif
+endif
+cdata.set_quoted('GST_PACKAGE_ORIGIN', get_option('with-package-origin'))
 
 # Mandatory GST deps
 gst_dep = dependency('gstreamer-1.0', version : gst_req,
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index c8117cccb7..dccf42ef10 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -4,3 +4,7 @@ option('v4l2-probe', type : 'boolean', value : true)
 option('with-libv4l2', type : 'boolean', value : true)
 # Whether to use orc or not (auto will autodetect, yes will error out if not found)
 option('use_orc', type : 'combo', choices : ['yes', 'no', 'auto'], value : 'auto')
+option('with-package-name', type : 'string',
+       description : 'package name to use in plugins')
+option('with-package-origin', type : 'string', value : 'Unknown package origin',
+       description : 'package origin URL to use in plugins')
diff --git a/tests/check/elements/autodetect.c b/tests/check/elements/autodetect.c
index eb36977690..4e0f1c7bae 100644
--- a/tests/check/elements/autodetect.c
+++ b/tests/check/elements/autodetect.c
@@ -212,8 +212,7 @@ autodetect_suite (void)
       "autodetect-test",
       "autodetect test elements",
       plugin_init,
-      VERSION, "LGPL", PACKAGE, PACKAGE_NAME,
-      "http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org");
+      VERSION, "LGPL", PACKAGE, GST_PACKAGE_NAME, GST_PACKAGE_ORIGIN);
 
   suite_add_tcase (s, tc_chain);
   tcase_add_test (tc_chain, test_autovideosink_plugs_best);