diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 315738ee..a7e0561f 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -120,12 +120,13 @@ setting the ``LIBCAMERA_LOG_LEVELS`` environment variable:
 Using GStreamer plugin
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-To use GStreamer plugin from source tree, set the following environment so that
-GStreamer can find it. This isn't necessary when libcamera is installed.
+To use GStreamer plugin from source tree, use meson ``devenv`` command.
+This will create a new shell instance with ``GST_PLUGIN_PATH`` environment set
+accordingly.
 
 .. code::
 
-  export GST_PLUGIN_PATH=$(pwd)/build/src/gstreamer
+  meson devenv -C build
 
 The debugging tool ``gst-launch-1.0`` can be used to construct a pipeline and
 test it. The following pipeline will stream from the camera named "Camera 1"
diff --git a/src/gstreamer/meson.build b/src/gstreamer/meson.build
index 20784b71..1536fd23 100644
--- a/src/gstreamer/meson.build
+++ b/src/gstreamer/meson.build
@@ -46,3 +46,14 @@ libcamera_gst = shared_library('gstlibcamera',
     install : true,
     install_dir : '@0@/gstreamer-1.0'.format(get_option('libdir')),
 )
+
+# Makes the plugin visible to GStreamer inside meson devenv
+fs = import('fs')
+gst_plugin_path = fs.parent(libcamera_gst.full_path())
+
+gst_env = environment()
+gst_env.prepend('GST_PLUGIN_PATH', gst_plugin_path)
+# Avoid polluting the system registry
+gst_env.set('GST_REGISTRY', gst_plugin_path / 'registry.data')
+
+meson.add_devenv(gst_env)