diff --git a/react/features/base/config/reducer.ts b/react/features/base/config/reducer.ts
index 0188656a3..d8a95f2e6 100644
--- a/react/features/base/config/reducer.ts
+++ b/react/features/base/config/reducer.ts
@@ -54,7 +54,10 @@ const INITIAL_RN_STATE: IConfig = {
     },
 
     videoQuality: {
-        preferredCodec: 'VP8'
+        // FIXME: Mobile codecs should probably be configurable separately, rather
+        // than requiring this override here...
+        enforcePreferredCodec: true,
+        preferredCodec: 'vp8'
     }
 };