diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ce2824882d..e3417f5406 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+2006-02-14  Tim-Philipp Müller  <tim at centricular dot net>
+
+	* gst/audioconvert/plugin.c: (plugin_init):
+	  Register the GstAudioChannelPosition enum type with the type
+	  system in the plugin_init function, so that it is known before
+	  any element actually makes use of multi-channel stuff. This is
+	  required for example if one wants to be able to deserialise/use
+	  a caps string with channel positions before any pipeline has
+	  been setup and started, like with gst-launch.
+
 2006-02-14  Wim Taymans  <wim@fluendo.com>
 
 	* gst-libs/gst/audio/gstringbuffer.c:
diff --git a/gst/audioconvert/plugin.c b/gst/audioconvert/plugin.c
index 0452ac3d4a..643737a8ad 100644
--- a/gst/audioconvert/plugin.c
+++ b/gst/audioconvert/plugin.c
@@ -25,9 +25,15 @@
 
 #include "plugin.h"
 
+#include <gst/audio/multichannel.h>
+
 static gboolean
 plugin_init (GstPlugin * plugin)
 {
+  /* ensure GstAudioChannelPosition type is registered */
+  if (!gst_audio_channel_position_get_type ())
+    return FALSE;
+
   if (!gst_element_register (plugin, "audioconvert",
           GST_RANK_PRIMARY, gst_audio_convert_get_type ()))
     return FALSE;