diff --git a/gst/playback/gstplaybin2.c b/gst/playback/gstplaybin2.c
index d5e7d36221..00743948a0 100644
--- a/gst/playback/gstplaybin2.c
+++ b/gst/playback/gstplaybin2.c
@@ -1303,7 +1303,8 @@ gst_play_bin_init (GstPlayBin * playbin)
 
   /* add sink */
   playbin->playsink =
-      g_object_new (GST_TYPE_PLAY_SINK, "name", "playsink", NULL);
+      g_object_new (GST_TYPE_PLAY_SINK, "name", "playsink", "send-event-mode",
+      1, NULL);
   gst_bin_add (GST_BIN_CAST (playbin), GST_ELEMENT_CAST (playbin->playsink));
   gst_play_sink_set_flags (playbin->playsink, DEFAULT_FLAGS);
   /* Connect to notify::volume and notify::mute signals for proxying */