diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst-libs/gst/va/gstvadisplay.c b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst-libs/gst/va/gstvadisplay.c
index 134e7f7284..7728ffc453 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst-libs/gst/va/gstvadisplay.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst-libs/gst/va/gstvadisplay.c
@@ -88,6 +88,40 @@ _get_implementation (const char *vendor)
   return GST_VA_IMPLEMENTATION_OTHER;
 }
 
+static char *
+_get_desc (const char *vendor, GstVaImplementation impl)
+{
+  char *end, *start;
+  char desc[1024];
+  size_t size;
+
+  if (impl == GST_VA_IMPLEMENTATION_OTHER)
+    return g_strdup (vendor);
+
+  start = strstr (vendor, "for ");
+  if (!start)
+    return g_strdup (vendor);
+  start += 4;
+
+  switch (impl) {
+    case GST_VA_IMPLEMENTATION_MESA_GALLIUM:
+      end = strchr (start, '(');
+      break;
+    default:
+      end = strstr (start, "- ");
+      break;
+  }
+
+  if (!end)
+    return g_strdup (vendor);
+  end -= 1;
+
+  size = MIN (1024, end - start);
+  memcpy (desc, start, size);
+  desc[size] = '\0';
+  return g_strdup (desc);
+}
+
 static gboolean
 _gst_va_display_filter_driver (GstVaDisplay * self, gpointer foreign_display)
 {
@@ -108,7 +142,7 @@ _gst_va_display_filter_driver (GstVaDisplay * self, gpointer foreign_display)
     priv->foreign = TRUE;
   }
   priv->impl = _get_implementation (vendor);
-  priv->vendor_desc = g_strdup (vendor);
+  priv->vendor_desc = _get_desc (vendor, priv->impl);
 
   return TRUE;
 }
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/va/gstvapluginutils.c b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/va/gstvapluginutils.c
index d47c5b44c9..020d04ce62 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/va/gstvapluginutils.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/va/gstvapluginutils.c
@@ -48,9 +48,7 @@ gst_va_create_feature_name (GstVaDevice * device,
   if (device->index == 0) {
     *type_name = g_strdup (type_name_default);
     *feature_name = g_strdup (feature_name_default);
-#ifdef G_OS_WIN32
     g_object_get (device->display, "description", desc, NULL);
-#endif
     return;
   }
 #ifdef G_OS_WIN32
@@ -62,12 +60,15 @@ gst_va_create_feature_name (GstVaDevice * device,
   *type_name = g_strdup_printf (type_name_templ, basename);
   *feature_name = g_strdup_printf (feature_name_templ, basename);
 
-#ifdef G_OS_WIN32
   g_object_get (device->display, "description", desc, NULL);
-  g_free (basename);
-#else
-  *desc = basename;
+#ifndef G_OS_WIN32
+  {
+    gchar *newdesc = g_strdup_printf ("%s in %s", *desc, basename);
+    g_free (*desc);
+    *desc = newdesc;
+  }
 #endif
+  g_free (basename);
 
   if (*rank > 0)
     *rank -= 1;