diff --git a/templates/gstreamer.tmpl b/templates/gstreamer.tmpl
index 209598e1a39..4362e38fb96 100644
--- a/templates/gstreamer.tmpl
+++ b/templates/gstreamer.tmpl
@@ -1,16 +1,12 @@
-# XXX this package is broken -- extension is not autodetected
+# Template file for 'gstreamer'.
 pkgname=gstreamer
 version=0.10.21
 distfiles="
-http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/gstreamer/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
-#extract_sufx=".tar.gz" ## XXX this is ignored
+http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/gstreamer/$pkgname-$version@.tar.bz2"
 build_style=gnu_configure
-#make_cmd="$XBPS_MASTERDIR/bin/gmake" ## XXX why?
-pkgconfig_override="gstreamer-0.10.pc"
 short_desc="Core GStreamer libraries and elements"
 maintainer="pancake <pancake@nopcode.org>"
-checksum=a04b49da2ce4614ff0a2d607cfc018a754571e0881ff3b08b69ee59be0ccf434
-#bz2..checksum=94c185a0452b5fcddb538f6b686ff959b7afca8340c48fdbe47c87a2a459c3d3
+checksum=94c185a0452b5fcddb538f6b686ff959b7afca8340c48fdbe47c87a2a459c3d3
 long_desc="
 GStreamer is a library for constructing of graphs of media-handling components.
 The use cases it covers range from simple Ogg/Vorbis playback, audio/video streaming
@@ -21,4 +17,4 @@ transparently. Developers can add new codecs and filters by writing a simple plu
 with a clean, generic interface."
 
 # Update db modules files once installed.
-#postinstall_helpers="gtk-update-immodules.sh gtk-update-gdkpixbufloaders.sh"
+postinstall_helpers="gtk-update-immodules.sh gtk-update-gdkpixbufloaders.sh"