diff --git a/gst/typefind/gsttypefindfunctions.c b/gst/typefind/gsttypefindfunctions.c
index 640f769dd8..66a5275d64 100644
--- a/gst/typefind/gsttypefindfunctions.c
+++ b/gst/typefind/gsttypefindfunctions.c
@@ -2126,7 +2126,8 @@ mpeg4_video_type_find (GstTypeFind * tf, gpointer unused)
 
 /*** video/x-h264 H264 elementary video stream ***/
 
-static GstStaticCaps h264_video_caps = GST_STATIC_CAPS ("video/x-h264");
+static GstStaticCaps h264_video_caps =
+GST_STATIC_CAPS ("video/x-h264,stream-format=byte-stream");
 
 #define H264_VIDEO_CAPS gst_static_caps_get(&h264_video_caps)