diff --git a/gst/playback/gstplaybin3.c b/gst/playback/gstplaybin3.c
index 5baae3ddb0..51eb1edc9c 100644
--- a/gst/playback/gstplaybin3.c
+++ b/gst/playback/gstplaybin3.c
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ struct _GstPlayBin3Class
 #define DEFAULT_SOURCE            NULL
 #define DEFAULT_FLAGS             GST_PLAY_FLAG_AUDIO | GST_PLAY_FLAG_VIDEO | GST_PLAY_FLAG_TEXT | \
                                   GST_PLAY_FLAG_SOFT_VOLUME | GST_PLAY_FLAG_DEINTERLACE | \
-                                  GST_PLAY_FLAG_SOFT_COLORBALANCE
+                                  GST_PLAY_FLAG_SOFT_COLORBALANCE | GST_PLAY_FLAG_BUFFERING
 #define DEFAULT_CURRENT_VIDEO     -1
 #define DEFAULT_CURRENT_AUDIO     -1
 #define DEFAULT_CURRENT_TEXT      -1
diff --git a/gst/playback/gsturisourcebin.c b/gst/playback/gsturisourcebin.c
index e0fc757c8d..6d80daa377 100644
--- a/gst/playback/gsturisourcebin.c
+++ b/gst/playback/gsturisourcebin.c
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ enum
 #define DEFAULT_BUFFER_DURATION     -1
 #define DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE         -1
 #define DEFAULT_DOWNLOAD            FALSE
-#define DEFAULT_USE_BUFFERING       FALSE
+#define DEFAULT_USE_BUFFERING       TRUE
 #define DEFAULT_RING_BUFFER_MAX_SIZE 0
 
 #define DEFAULT_CAPS (gst_static_caps_get (&default_raw_caps))
@@ -738,6 +738,7 @@ gst_uri_source_bin_init (GstURISourceBin * urisrc)
   urisrc->buffer_duration = DEFAULT_BUFFER_DURATION;
   urisrc->buffer_size = DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE;
   urisrc->download = DEFAULT_DOWNLOAD;
+  urisrc->use_buffering = DEFAULT_USE_BUFFERING;
   urisrc->ring_buffer_max_size = DEFAULT_RING_BUFFER_MAX_SIZE;
   urisrc->last_buffering_pct = -1;