diff --git a/sys/ximage/ximagesink.c b/sys/ximage/ximagesink.c
index 4724bddde0..9a70ac7cd4 100644
--- a/sys/ximage/ximagesink.c
+++ b/sys/ximage/ximagesink.c
@@ -1890,7 +1890,7 @@ gst_ximagesink_init (GstXImageSink * ximagesink)
   ximagesink->pool = NULL;
 
   ximagesink->synchronous = FALSE;
-  ximagesink->keep_aspect = FALSE;
+  ximagesink->keep_aspect = TRUE;
   ximagesink->handle_events = TRUE;
   ximagesink->handle_expose = TRUE;
 }
diff --git a/sys/xvimage/xvimagesink.c b/sys/xvimage/xvimagesink.c
index cc1c23b9a9..2acecec340 100644
--- a/sys/xvimage/xvimagesink.c
+++ b/sys/xvimage/xvimagesink.c
@@ -2775,7 +2775,7 @@ gst_xvimagesink_init (GstXvImageSink * xvimagesink)
   xvimagesink->synchronous = FALSE;
   xvimagesink->double_buffer = TRUE;
   xvimagesink->running = FALSE;
-  xvimagesink->keep_aspect = FALSE;
+  xvimagesink->keep_aspect = TRUE;
   xvimagesink->handle_events = TRUE;
   xvimagesink->par = NULL;
   xvimagesink->handle_expose = TRUE;