diff --git a/src/examples/export-sink.c b/src/examples/export-sink.c
index c8900599d..42f790273 100644
--- a/src/examples/export-sink.c
+++ b/src/examples/export-sink.c
@@ -466,6 +466,7 @@ static void make_node(struct data *data)
 	props = pw_properties_new(PW_KEY_NODE_AUTOCONNECT, "1", NULL);
 	if (data->path)
 		pw_properties_set(props, PW_KEY_NODE_TARGET, data->path);
+	pw_properties_set(props, PW_KEY_MEDIA_CLASS, "Stream/Input/Video");
 	pw_properties_set(props, PW_KEY_MEDIA_TYPE, "Video");
 	pw_properties_set(props, PW_KEY_MEDIA_CATEGORY, "Capture");
 	pw_properties_set(props, PW_KEY_MEDIA_ROLE, "Camera");
diff --git a/src/pipewire/impl-node.c b/src/pipewire/impl-node.c
index c692662c8..220f3e44e 100644
--- a/src/pipewire/impl-node.c
+++ b/src/pipewire/impl-node.c
@@ -555,6 +555,8 @@ int pw_impl_node_register(struct pw_impl_node *this,
 		PW_KEY_NODE_NICK,
 		PW_KEY_NODE_SESSION,
 		PW_KEY_MEDIA_CLASS,
+		PW_KEY_MEDIA_TYPE,
+		PW_KEY_MEDIA_CATEGORY,
 		PW_KEY_MEDIA_ROLE,
 		NULL
 	};