diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 7ca1d9160a..f79018d700 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 2005-11-21  Andy Wingo  <wingo@pobox.com>
 
+	* gst/playback/gstplaybin.c (gen_audio_element) 
+	(gen_video_element): Use the new MISSING_PLUGIN core error
+	category.
+
 	* ext/vorbis/vorbisdec.c (vorbis_dec_sink_event): 
 	* gst/videorate/gstvideorate.c (gst_videorate_event):
 	* ext/theora/theoradec.c (theora_dec_sink_event): 
diff --git a/gst/playback/gstplaybin.c b/gst/playback/gstplaybin.c
index 28c2e229f0..1e119f42a1 100644
--- a/gst/playback/gstplaybin.c
+++ b/gst/playback/gstplaybin.c
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ gen_video_element (GstPlayBin * play_bin)
     /* FIXME: this warrants adding a CORE error category for missing
      * elements/plugins */
     if (sink == NULL) {
-      GST_ELEMENT_ERROR (play_bin, CORE, FAILED,
+      GST_ELEMENT_ERROR (play_bin, CORE, MISSING_PLUGIN,
           (_("Both autovideosink and xvimagesink elements are missing.")),
           (NULL));
       return NULL;
@@ -536,10 +536,8 @@ gen_audio_element (GstPlayBin * play_bin)
     if (sink == NULL) {
       sink = gst_element_factory_make ("alsasink", "audiosink");
     }
-    /* FIXME: this warrants adding a CORE error category for missing
-     * elements/plugins */
     if (sink == NULL) {
-      GST_ELEMENT_ERROR (play_bin, CORE, FAILED,
+      GST_ELEMENT_ERROR (play_bin, CORE, MISSING_PLUGIN,
           (_("Both autoaudiosink and alsasink elements are missing.")), (NULL));
       return NULL;
     }