diff --git a/morituri/common/gstreamer.py b/morituri/common/gstreamer.py
index fd5c38a9..694a8d25 100644
--- a/morituri/common/gstreamer.py
+++ b/morituri/common/gstreamer.py
@@ -31,8 +31,10 @@
 def removeAudioParsers():
     log.debug('gstreamer', 'Removing buggy audioparsers plugin if needed')
 
-    import gst
-    registry = gst.registry_get_default()
+    import gi
+    gi.require_version('Gst', '1.0')
+    from gi.repository import Gst
+    registry = Gst.Registry.get()
 
     plugin = registry.find_plugin("audioparsersbad")
     if plugin:
@@ -54,16 +56,22 @@ def removeAudioParsers():
         registry.remove_plugin(plugin)
 
 def gstreamerVersion():
-    import gst
-    return _versionify(gst.version())
+    import gi
+    gi.require_version('Gst', '1.0')
+    from gi.repository import Gst
+    return _versionify(Gst.version())
 
-def gstPythonVersion():
-    import gst
-    return _versionify(gst.pygst_version)
+def pyGIVersion():
+    import gi
+    gi.require_version('Gst', '1.0')
+    from gi.repository import Gst
+    return _versionify(gi.version_info)
 
 _VERSION_RE = re.compile(
     "Version:\s*(?P<version>[\d.]+)")
 
+# FIXME: gstreamer 1.x should have fix this bug
+# FIXME: find a less hackish way in gstreamer 1.x to make this work
 def elementFactoryVersion(name):
     # surprisingly, there is no python way to get from an element factory
     # to its plugin and its version directly; you can only compare
diff --git a/morituri/result/result.py b/morituri/result/result.py
index 7d257074..c9abad53 100644
--- a/morituri/result/result.py
+++ b/morituri/result/result.py
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ class RipResult:
     cdparanoiaDefeatsCache = None
 
     gstreamerVersion = None
-    gstPythonVersion = None
+    pyGIVersion = None
     encoderVersion = None
 
     profileName = None
diff --git a/morituri/rip/cd.py b/morituri/rip/cd.py
index c787d3fe..9bc63966 100644
--- a/morituri/rip/cd.py
+++ b/morituri/rip/cd.py
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ def doCommand(self):
         self.program.result.profilePipeline = profile.pipeline
         elementFactory = profile.pipeline.split(' ')[0]
         self.program.result.gstreamerVersion = gstreamer.gstreamerVersion()
-        self.program.result.gstPythonVersion = gstreamer.gstPythonVersion()
+        self.program.result.PYGIVersion = gstreamer.PYGIVersion()
         self.program.result.encoderVersion = gstreamer.elementFactoryVersion(
             elementFactory)
 
diff --git a/morituri/test/test_common_gstreamer.py b/morituri/test/test_common_gstreamer.py
index 94de5c41..ff4fcf2e 100644
--- a/morituri/test/test_common_gstreamer.py
+++ b/morituri/test/test_common_gstreamer.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ def testGStreamer(self):
         self.failUnless(version.startswith('0.'))
 
     def testGSTPython(self):
-        version = gstreamer.gstPythonVersion()
+        version = gstreamer.pyGIVersion()
         self.failUnless(version.startswith('0.'))
 
     def testFlacEnc(self):