diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/sys/osxaudio/gstosxaudioringbuffer.c b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/sys/osxaudio/gstosxaudioringbuffer.c
index 32eb120fd5..5a8e58214d 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/sys/osxaudio/gstosxaudioringbuffer.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/sys/osxaudio/gstosxaudioringbuffer.c
@@ -174,7 +174,8 @@ gst_osx_audio_ring_buffer_acquire (GstAudioRingBuffer * buf,
 {
   gboolean ret = FALSE, is_passthrough = FALSE;
   GstOsxAudioRingBuffer *osxbuf;
-  AudioStreamBasicDescription format;
+  AudioStreamBasicDescription format = { 0 };
+  guint32 frames_per_packet = 0;
 
   osxbuf = GST_OSX_AUDIO_RING_BUFFER (buf);
 
@@ -225,6 +226,8 @@ gst_osx_audio_ring_buffer_acquire (GstAudioRingBuffer * buf,
         (spec->latency_time * GST_AUDIO_INFO_RATE (&spec->info) /
         G_USEC_PER_SEC) * GST_AUDIO_INFO_BPF (&spec->info);
     spec->segtotal = spec->buffer_time / spec->latency_time;
+    frames_per_packet = spec->segsize / GST_AUDIO_INFO_BPF (&spec->info);
+
     is_passthrough = FALSE;
   }
 
@@ -239,7 +242,7 @@ gst_osx_audio_ring_buffer_acquire (GstAudioRingBuffer * buf,
   buf->memory = g_malloc0 (buf->size);
 
   ret = gst_core_audio_initialize (osxbuf->core_audio, format, spec->caps,
-      is_passthrough);
+      frames_per_packet, is_passthrough);
 
   if (!ret) {
     g_free (buf->memory);
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/sys/osxaudio/gstosxcoreaudio.c b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/sys/osxaudio/gstosxcoreaudio.c
index 08a52e4f33..036245c7cf 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/sys/osxaudio/gstosxcoreaudio.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/sys/osxaudio/gstosxcoreaudio.c
@@ -208,22 +208,26 @@ gst_core_audio_get_samples_and_latency (GstCoreAudio * core_audio,
 
 gboolean
 gst_core_audio_initialize (GstCoreAudio * core_audio,
-    AudioStreamBasicDescription format, GstCaps * caps, gboolean is_passthrough)
+    AudioStreamBasicDescription format, GstCaps * caps,
+    guint32 frames_per_packet, gboolean is_passthrough)
 {
-  guint32 frame_size;
-
   GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (core_audio,
       "Initializing: passthrough:%d caps:%" GST_PTR_FORMAT, is_passthrough,
       caps);
 
   if (!gst_core_audio_initialize_impl (core_audio, format, caps,
-          is_passthrough, &frame_size)) {
+          is_passthrough, &frames_per_packet)) {
     return FALSE;
   }
 
   if (core_audio->is_src) {
     /* create AudioBufferList needed for recording */
-    core_audio->recBufferSize = frame_size * format.mBytesPerFrame;
+    core_audio->recBufferSize = frames_per_packet * format.mBytesPerFrame;
+
+    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (core_audio,
+        "Allocating record buffers %u bytes %u frames",
+        core_audio->recBufferSize, frames_per_packet);
+
     core_audio->recBufferList =
         buffer_list_alloc (format.mChannelsPerFrame, core_audio->recBufferSize,
         /* Currently always TRUE (i.e. interleaved) */
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/sys/osxaudio/gstosxcoreaudio.h b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/sys/osxaudio/gstosxcoreaudio.h
index 4319434d49..3416db6539 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/sys/osxaudio/gstosxcoreaudio.h
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/sys/osxaudio/gstosxcoreaudio.h
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ gboolean gst_core_audio_close                                (GstCoreAudio *core
 gboolean gst_core_audio_initialize                           (GstCoreAudio *core_audio,
                                                               AudioStreamBasicDescription format,
                                                               GstCaps *caps,
+                                                              guint32 frames_per_packet,
                                                               gboolean is_passthrough);
 
 void gst_core_audio_uninitialize                             (GstCoreAudio *core_audio);
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/sys/osxaudio/gstosxcoreaudiohal.c b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/sys/osxaudio/gstosxcoreaudiohal.c
index 7e41f59aac..31ebe60709 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/sys/osxaudio/gstosxcoreaudiohal.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/sys/osxaudio/gstosxcoreaudiohal.c
@@ -1174,6 +1174,24 @@ gst_core_audio_initialize_impl (GstCoreAudio * core_audio,
 
     if (core_audio->is_src) {
       propertySize = sizeof (*frame_size);
+
+      // Attempt to configure the requested frame size if smaller than the device's
+      // This will apparently modify the size for all audio devices in the current process so should
+      // be done conservatively
+      if (frame_size != 0) {
+        guint32 cur_frame_size;
+        status = AudioUnitGetProperty (core_audio->audiounit, kAudioDevicePropertyBufferFrameSize, kAudioUnitScope_Global, 0,   /* N/A for global */
+            &cur_frame_size, &propertySize);
+        if (!status && *frame_size < cur_frame_size) {
+          status = AudioUnitSetProperty (core_audio->audiounit, kAudioDevicePropertyBufferFrameSize, kAudioUnitScope_Global, 0, /* N/A for global */
+              frame_size, propertySize);
+          if (status) {
+            GST_WARNING_OBJECT (core_audio->osxbuf,
+                "Failed to set desired frame size of %u: %d", *frame_size,
+                (int) status);
+          }
+        }
+      }
       status = AudioUnitGetProperty (core_audio->audiounit, kAudioDevicePropertyBufferFrameSize, kAudioUnitScope_Global, 0,     /* N/A for global */
           frame_size, &propertySize);