diff --git a/gst/playback/gstplay-enum.c b/gst/playback/gstplay-enum.c
index fcd650f6b1..c0c1fe1f7e 100644
--- a/gst/playback/gstplay-enum.c
+++ b/gst/playback/gstplay-enum.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ register_gst_autoplug_select_result (GType * id)
   static const GEnumValue values[] = {
     {C_ENUM (GST_AUTOPLUG_SELECT_TRY), "GST_AUTOPLUG_SELECT_TRY", "try"},
     {C_ENUM (GST_AUTOPLUG_SELECT_EXPOSE), "GST_AUTOPLUG_SELECT_EXPOSE",
-          "expose"},
+        "expose"},
     {C_ENUM (GST_AUTOPLUG_SELECT_SKIP), "GST_AUTOPLUG_SELECT_SKIP", "skip"},
     {0, NULL, NULL}
   };
@@ -53,12 +53,14 @@ register_gst_play_flags (GType * id)
     {C_FLAGS (GST_PLAY_FLAG_AUDIO), "Render the audio stream", "audio"},
     {C_FLAGS (GST_PLAY_FLAG_TEXT), "Render subtitles", "text"},
     {C_FLAGS (GST_PLAY_FLAG_VIS),
-          "Render visualisation when no video is present", "vis"},
+        "Render visualisation when no video is present", "vis"},
     {C_FLAGS (GST_PLAY_FLAG_SOFT_VOLUME), "Use software volume", "soft-volume"},
     {C_FLAGS (GST_PLAY_FLAG_NATIVE_AUDIO), "Only use native audio formats",
-          "native-audio"},
+        "native-audio"},
     {C_FLAGS (GST_PLAY_FLAG_NATIVE_VIDEO), "Only use native video formats",
-          "native-video"},
+        "native-video"},
+    {C_FLAGS (GST_PLAY_FLAG_DOWNLOAD), "Attempt progressive download buffering",
+        "download"},
     {0, NULL, NULL}
   };
   *id = g_flags_register_static ("GstPlayFlags", values);
diff --git a/gst/playback/gstplay-enum.h b/gst/playback/gstplay-enum.h
index dabde5cc4c..96ff6dffce 100644
--- a/gst/playback/gstplay-enum.h
+++ b/gst/playback/gstplay-enum.h
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ GType gst_autoplug_select_result_get_type (void);
  *   configuration of audioconvert and audioresample.
  * @GST_PLAY_FLAG_NATIVE_VIDEO: only allow native video formats, this omits
  *   configuration of ffmpegcolorspace and videoscale.
+ * @GST_PLAY_FLAG_DOWNLOAD: enable progressice download buffering for selected
+ *   formats.
  *
  * Extra flags to configure the behaviour of the sinks.
  */
@@ -63,7 +65,8 @@ typedef enum {
   GST_PLAY_FLAG_VIS           = (1 << 3),
   GST_PLAY_FLAG_SOFT_VOLUME   = (1 << 4),
   GST_PLAY_FLAG_NATIVE_AUDIO  = (1 << 5),
-  GST_PLAY_FLAG_NATIVE_VIDEO  = (1 << 6)
+  GST_PLAY_FLAG_NATIVE_VIDEO  = (1 << 6),
+  GST_PLAY_FLAG_DOWNLOAD      = (1 << 7)
 } GstPlayFlags;
 
 #define GST_TYPE_PLAY_FLAGS (gst_play_flags_get_type())
diff --git a/gst/playback/gstplaybin2.c b/gst/playback/gstplaybin2.c
index 8631755834..dbe1c508f1 100644
--- a/gst/playback/gstplaybin2.c
+++ b/gst/playback/gstplaybin2.c
@@ -1173,6 +1173,23 @@ gst_play_bin_set_suburi (GstPlayBin * playbin, const gchar * suburi)
   GST_PLAY_BIN_UNLOCK (playbin);
 }
 
+static void
+gst_play_bin_set_flags (GstPlayBin * playbin, GstPlayFlags flags)
+{
+  gst_play_sink_set_flags (playbin->playsink, flags);
+  gst_play_sink_reconfigure (playbin->playsink);
+}
+
+static GstPlayFlags
+gst_play_bin_get_flags (GstPlayBin * playbin)
+{
+  GstPlayFlags flags;
+
+  flags = gst_play_sink_get_flags (playbin->playsink);
+
+  return flags;
+}
+
 /* get the currently playing group or if nothing is playing, the next
  * group. Must be called with the PLAY_BIN_LOCK. */
 static GstSourceGroup *
@@ -1527,8 +1544,7 @@ gst_play_bin_set_property (GObject * object, guint prop_id,
       gst_play_bin_set_suburi (playbin, g_value_get_string (value));
       break;
     case PROP_FLAGS:
-      gst_play_sink_set_flags (playbin->playsink, g_value_get_flags (value));
-      gst_play_sink_reconfigure (playbin->playsink);
+      gst_play_bin_set_flags (playbin, g_value_get_flags (value));
       break;
     case PROP_CURRENT_VIDEO:
       gst_play_bin_set_current_video_stream (playbin, g_value_get_int (value));
@@ -1644,7 +1660,7 @@ gst_play_bin_get_property (GObject * object, guint prop_id, GValue * value,
       break;
     }
     case PROP_FLAGS:
-      g_value_set_flags (value, gst_play_sink_get_flags (playbin->playsink));
+      g_value_set_flags (value, gst_play_bin_get_flags (playbin));
       break;
     case PROP_N_VIDEO:
     {
@@ -2521,6 +2537,10 @@ activate_group (GstPlayBin * playbin, GstSourceGroup * group, GstState target)
   /* configure connection speed */
   g_object_set (uridecodebin, "connection-speed",
       playbin->connection_speed / 1000, NULL);
+  if (gst_play_sink_get_flags (playbin->playsink) & GST_PLAY_FLAG_DOWNLOAD)
+    g_object_set (uridecodebin, "download", TRUE, NULL);
+  else
+    g_object_set (uridecodebin, "download", FALSE, NULL);
   /* configure subtitle encoding */
   g_object_set (uridecodebin, "subtitle-encoding", playbin->encoding, NULL);
   /* configure uri */