--- a/src/plugins/gstreamer_extractor.c
+++ b/src/plugins/gstreamer_extractor.c
@@ -2215,6 +2215,7 @@ void __attribute__ ((constructor))
 gstreamer_init ()
 {
   gst_init (NULL, NULL);
+  @load_gst_plugins@
   g_log_set_default_handler (&log_handler, NULL);
   g_log_set_handler (NULL, G_LOG_LEVEL_MASK | G_LOG_FLAG_FATAL | G_LOG_FLAG_RECURSION,
                     &log_handler, NULL);