diff --git a/gst/rtsp-server/rtsp-client.c b/gst/rtsp-server/rtsp-client.c
index c78aeddc9b..c04eec56e4 100644
--- a/gst/rtsp-server/rtsp-client.c
+++ b/gst/rtsp-server/rtsp-client.c
@@ -912,7 +912,7 @@ handle_blocksize (GstRTSPMedia * media, GstRTSPMessage * request)
     } else {
       if (blocksize > G_MAXUINT)
         blocksize = G_MAXUINT;
-      gst_rtsp_media_handle_mtu (media, (guint) blocksize);
+      gst_rtsp_media_set_mtu (media, blocksize);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/gst/rtsp-server/rtsp-media-mapping.h b/gst/rtsp-server/rtsp-media-mapping.h
index 19f1acf67f..1f3e120245 100644
--- a/gst/rtsp-server/rtsp-media-mapping.h
+++ b/gst/rtsp-server/rtsp-media-mapping.h
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ typedef struct _GstRTSPMediaMappingClass GstRTSPMediaMappingClass;
 
 /**
  * GstRTSPMediaMapping:
+ * @parent: parent GObject
  * @mappings: the mountpoint to media mappings
  *
  * Creates a #GstRTSPMediaFactory object for a given url.
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ struct _GstRTSPMediaMapping {
 
 /**
  * GstRTSPMediaMappingClass:
+ * @parent_class: parent GObject class
  * @find_factory: Create or return a previously cached #GstRTSPMediaFactory object
  *        for the given url. the default implementation will use the mappings
  *        added with gst_rtsp_media_mapping_add_factory().
diff --git a/gst/rtsp-server/rtsp-media.c b/gst/rtsp-server/rtsp-media.c
index 7987a97f3e..65c470cc31 100644
--- a/gst/rtsp-server/rtsp-media.c
+++ b/gst/rtsp-server/rtsp-media.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #define DEFAULT_EOS_SHUTDOWN    FALSE
 #define DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE     0x80000
 #define DEFAULT_MULTICAST_GROUP "224.2.0.1"
+#define DEFAULT_MTU             0
 
 /* define to dump received RTCP packets */
 #undef DUMP_STATS
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ enum
   PROP_EOS_SHUTDOWN,
   PROP_BUFFER_SIZE,
   PROP_MULTICAST_GROUP,
+  PROP_MTU,
   PROP_LAST
 };
 
@@ -71,7 +73,6 @@ static gboolean default_handle_message (GstRTSPMedia * media,
 static void finish_unprepare (GstRTSPMedia * media);
 static gboolean default_unprepare (GstRTSPMedia * media);
 static void unlock_streams (GstRTSPMedia * media);
-static void default_handle_mtu (GstRTSPMedia * media, guint mtu);
 
 static guint gst_rtsp_media_signals[SIGNAL_LAST] = { 0 };
 
@@ -118,6 +119,12 @@ gst_rtsp_media_class_init (GstRTSPMediaClass * klass)
           "The Multicast group to send media to",
           DEFAULT_MULTICAST_GROUP, G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
 
+  g_object_class_install_property (gobject_class, PROP_MTU,
+      g_param_spec_uint ("mtu", "MTU",
+          "The MTU for the payloaders (0 = default)",
+          0, G_MAXUINT, DEFAULT_MTU,
+          G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
+
   gst_rtsp_media_signals[SIGNAL_PREPARED] =
       g_signal_new ("prepared", G_TYPE_FROM_CLASS (klass), G_SIGNAL_RUN_LAST,
       G_STRUCT_OFFSET (GstRTSPMediaClass, prepared), NULL, NULL,
@@ -142,7 +149,6 @@ gst_rtsp_media_class_init (GstRTSPMediaClass * klass)
 
   klass->handle_message = default_handle_message;
   klass->unprepare = default_unprepare;
-  klass->handle_mtu = default_handle_mtu;
 }
 
 static void
@@ -211,6 +217,9 @@ gst_rtsp_media_get_property (GObject * object, guint propid,
     case PROP_MULTICAST_GROUP:
       g_value_take_string (value, gst_rtsp_media_get_multicast_group (media));
       break;
+    case PROP_MTU:
+      g_value_set_uint (value, gst_rtsp_media_get_mtu (media));
+      break;
     default:
       G_OBJECT_WARN_INVALID_PROPERTY_ID (object, propid, pspec);
   }
@@ -241,6 +250,9 @@ gst_rtsp_media_set_property (GObject * object, guint propid,
     case PROP_MULTICAST_GROUP:
       gst_rtsp_media_set_multicast_group (media, g_value_get_string (value));
       break;
+    case PROP_MTU:
+      gst_rtsp_media_set_mtu (media, g_value_get_uint (value));
+      break;
     default:
       G_OBJECT_WARN_INVALID_PROPERTY_ID (object, propid, pspec);
   }
@@ -570,6 +582,46 @@ gst_rtsp_media_get_auth (GstRTSPMedia * media)
   return result;
 }
 
+/**
+ * gst_rtsp_media_set_mtu:
+ * @media: a #GstRTSPMedia
+ * @mtu: a new MTU
+ *
+ * Set maximum size of one RTP packet on the payloaders.
+ * The @mtu will be set on all streams.
+ */
+void
+gst_rtsp_media_set_mtu (GstRTSPMedia * media, guint mtu)
+{
+  gint i;
+
+  g_return_if_fail (GST_IS_RTSP_MEDIA (media));
+
+  media->mtu = mtu;
+  for (i = 0; i < media->streams->len; i++) {
+    GstRTSPStream *stream;
+
+    GST_INFO ("Setting mtu %u for stream %d", mtu, i);
+
+    stream = g_ptr_array_index (media->streams, i);
+    gst_rtsp_stream_set_mtu (stream, mtu);
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * gst_rtsp_media_get_mtu:
+ * @media: a #GstRTSPMedia
+ *
+ * Get the configured MTU.
+ */
+guint
+gst_rtsp_media_get_mtu (GstRTSPMedia * media)
+{
+  g_return_val_if_fail (GST_IS_RTSP_MEDIA (media), 0);
+
+  return media->mtu;
+}
+
 /**
  * gst_rtsp_media_collect_streams:
  * @media: a #GstRTSPMedia
@@ -663,6 +715,8 @@ gst_rtsp_media_create_stream (GstRTSPMedia * media, GstElement * payloader,
   g_free (name);
 
   stream = gst_rtsp_stream_new (idx, payloader, srcpad);
+  if (media->mtu)
+    gst_rtsp_stream_set_mtu (stream, media->mtu);
 
   g_ptr_array_add (media->streams, stream);
 
@@ -1394,37 +1448,3 @@ gst_rtsp_media_set_state (GstRTSPMedia * media, GstState state,
 
   return TRUE;
 }
-
-static void
-default_handle_mtu (GstRTSPMedia * media, guint mtu)
-{
-  gint i;
-
-  for (i = 0; i < media->streams->len; i++) {
-    GstRTSPStream *stream;
-
-    GST_INFO ("Setting mtu %d for stream %d", mtu, i);
-
-    stream = g_ptr_array_index (media->streams, i);
-
-    g_object_set (G_OBJECT (stream->payloader), "mtu", mtu, NULL);
-  }
-}
-
-/**
- * gst_rtsp_media_handle_mtu:
- * @media: a #GstRTSPMedia
- * @mtu: the mtu
- *
- * Set maximum size of one RTP packet on the payloaders.
- */
-void
-gst_rtsp_media_handle_mtu (GstRTSPMedia * media, guint mtu)
-{
-  GstRTSPMediaClass *klass;
-
-  klass = GST_RTSP_MEDIA_GET_CLASS (media);
-
-  if (klass->handle_mtu)
-    klass->handle_mtu (media, mtu);
-}
diff --git a/gst/rtsp-server/rtsp-media.h b/gst/rtsp-server/rtsp-media.h
index 16b2cceab2..88c5d81f36 100644
--- a/gst/rtsp-server/rtsp-media.h
+++ b/gst/rtsp-server/rtsp-media.h
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ struct _GstRTSPMedia {
   guint              buffer_size;
   GstRTSPAuth       *auth;
   gchar             *multicast_group;
+  guint              mtu;
 
   GstElement        *element;
   GPtrArray         *streams;
@@ -155,7 +156,6 @@ struct _GstRTSPMediaClass {
   /* vmethods */
   gboolean        (*handle_message)  (GstRTSPMedia *media, GstMessage *message);
   gboolean        (*unprepare)       (GstRTSPMedia *media);
-  void            (*handle_mtu)      (GstRTSPMedia *media, guint mtu);
 
   /* signals */
   gboolean        (*prepared)        (GstRTSPMedia *media);
@@ -190,6 +190,9 @@ guint                 gst_rtsp_media_get_buffer_size  (GstRTSPMedia *media);
 void                  gst_rtsp_media_set_multicast_group (GstRTSPMedia *media, const gchar * mc);
 gchar *               gst_rtsp_media_get_multicast_group (GstRTSPMedia *media);
 
+void                  gst_rtsp_media_set_mtu          (GstRTSPMedia *media, guint mtu);
+guint                 gst_rtsp_media_get_mtu          (GstRTSPMedia *media);
+
 
 /* prepare the media for playback */
 gboolean              gst_rtsp_media_prepare          (GstRTSPMedia *media);
@@ -212,8 +215,6 @@ gchar *               gst_rtsp_media_get_range_string (GstRTSPMedia *media, gboo
 gboolean              gst_rtsp_media_set_state        (GstRTSPMedia *media, GstState state,
                                                        GPtrArray *transports);
 
-void                  gst_rtsp_media_handle_mtu       (GstRTSPMedia *media, guint mtu);
-
 G_END_DECLS
 
 #endif /* __GST_RTSP_MEDIA_H__ */
diff --git a/gst/rtsp-server/rtsp-server.h b/gst/rtsp-server/rtsp-server.h
index 5220ce111b..83277e0d09 100644
--- a/gst/rtsp-server/rtsp-server.h
+++ b/gst/rtsp-server/rtsp-server.h
@@ -120,7 +120,9 @@ GstRTSPMediaMapping * gst_rtsp_server_get_media_mapping    (GstRTSPServer *serve
 void                  gst_rtsp_server_set_auth             (GstRTSPServer *server, GstRTSPAuth *auth);
 GstRTSPAuth *         gst_rtsp_server_get_auth             (GstRTSPServer *server);
 
-gboolean              gst_rtsp_server_transfer_connection  (GstRTSPServer * server, GSocket *socket, const gchar * ip, gint port, const gchar *initial_buffer);
+gboolean              gst_rtsp_server_transfer_connection  (GstRTSPServer * server, GSocket *socket,
+                                                            const gchar * ip, gint port,
+                                                            const gchar *initial_buffer);
 
 gboolean              gst_rtsp_server_io_func              (GSocket *socket, GIOCondition condition,
                                                             GstRTSPServer *server);
diff --git a/gst/rtsp-server/rtsp-stream.c b/gst/rtsp-server/rtsp-stream.c
index 9f5bd1e77a..13360bfe93 100644
--- a/gst/rtsp-server/rtsp-stream.c
+++ b/gst/rtsp-server/rtsp-stream.c
@@ -123,6 +123,41 @@ gst_rtsp_stream_new (guint idx, GstElement * payloader, GstPad * srcpad)
   return stream;
 }
 
+/**
+ * gst_rtsp_stream_set_mtu:
+ * @stream: a #GstRTSPStream
+ * @mtu: a new MTU
+ *
+ * Configure the mtu in the payloader of @stream to @mtu.
+ */
+void
+gst_rtsp_stream_set_mtu (GstRTSPStream * stream, guint mtu)
+{
+  g_return_if_fail (GST_IS_RTSP_STREAM (stream));
+
+  g_object_set (G_OBJECT (stream->payloader), "mtu", mtu, NULL);
+}
+
+/**
+ * gst_rtsp_stream_get_mtu:
+ * @stream: a #GstRTSPStream
+ *
+ * Get the configured MTU in the payloader of @stream.
+ *
+ * Returns: the MTU of the payloader.
+ */
+guint
+gst_rtsp_stream_get_mtu (GstRTSPStream * stream)
+{
+  guint mtu;
+
+  g_return_val_if_fail (GST_IS_RTSP_STREAM (stream), 0);
+
+  g_object_get (G_OBJECT (stream->payloader), "mtu", &mtu, NULL);
+
+  return mtu;
+}
+
 static gboolean
 alloc_ports (GstRTSPStream * stream)
 {
diff --git a/gst/rtsp-server/rtsp-stream.h b/gst/rtsp-server/rtsp-stream.h
index 29a813b09d..98403139f6 100644
--- a/gst/rtsp-server/rtsp-stream.h
+++ b/gst/rtsp-server/rtsp-stream.h
@@ -119,6 +119,9 @@ GType             gst_rtsp_stream_get_type         (void);
 GstRTSPStream *   gst_rtsp_stream_new              (guint idx, GstElement *payloader,
                                                     GstPad *srcpad);
 
+void              gst_rtsp_stream_set_mtu          (GstRTSPStream * stream, guint mtu);
+guint             gst_rtsp_stream_get_mtu          (GstRTSPStream * stream);
+
 gboolean          gst_rtsp_stream_join_bin         (GstRTSPStream * stream,
                                                     GstBin *bin, GstElement *rtpbin);
 gboolean          gst_rtsp_stream_leave_bin        (GstRTSPStream * stream,