diff --git a/src/devices/point-to-point/point-to-point-channel.cc b/src/devices/point-to-point/point-to-point-channel.cc
index af0871223..9503ae11a 100644
--- a/src/devices/point-to-point/point-to-point-channel.cc
+++ b/src/devices/point-to-point/point-to-point-channel.cc
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ NS_LOG_COMPONENT_DEFINE ("PointToPointChannel");
 
 namespace ns3 {
 
+NS_OBJECT_ENSURE_REGISTERED (PointToPointChannel);
+
 TypeId 
 PointToPointChannel::GetTypeId (void)
 {