diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index df041eb7f7..a50603a443 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-02-18  Thomas Vander Stichele  <thomas at apestaart dot org>
+
+	* ext/gdk_pixbuf/gstgdkpixbuf.c: (plugin_init):
+          set up debug category
+
 2004-02-18  Julien MOUTTE <julien@moutte.net>
 
 	* sys/ximage/ximagesink.c: (gst_ximagesink_renegotiate_size),
diff --git a/ext/gdk_pixbuf/gstgdkpixbuf.c b/ext/gdk_pixbuf/gstgdkpixbuf.c
index fe40b925c0..efe2f20b50 100644
--- a/ext/gdk_pixbuf/gstgdkpixbuf.c
+++ b/ext/gdk_pixbuf/gstgdkpixbuf.c
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@
 
 #include "gstgdkpixbuf.h"
 
+GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_STATIC (gst_gdk_pixbuf_debug);
+#define GST_CAT_DEFAULT gst_gdk_pixbuf_debug
+
 static GstElementDetails plugin_details = {
   "GdkPixbuf image decoder",
   "Codec/Decoder/Image",
@@ -445,7 +448,9 @@ static gboolean
 plugin_init (GstPlugin *plugin)
 {
   GstCaps *caps;
-  
+
+  GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_INIT (gst_gdk_pixbuf_debug, "gdkpixbuf", 0, "gdk pixbuf loader");
+
   if (!gst_element_register (plugin, "gdkpixbufdec", GST_RANK_NONE, GST_TYPE_GDK_PIXBUF))
     return FALSE;