diff --git a/media/webrtc/signaling/src/media-conduit/VideoConduit.cpp b/media/webrtc/signaling/src/media-conduit/VideoConduit.cpp
index 38e935941d98..d79834e15b28 100644
--- a/media/webrtc/signaling/src/media-conduit/VideoConduit.cpp
+++ b/media/webrtc/signaling/src/media-conduit/VideoConduit.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include "YuvStamper.h"
 #include "mozilla/TemplateLib.h"
 #include "mozilla/media/MediaUtils.h"
+#include "mozilla/StaticPrefs_media.h"
 #include "nsComponentManagerUtils.h"
 #include "nsIPrefBranch.h"
 #include "nsIGfxInfo.h"
@@ -1682,6 +1683,13 @@ std::unique_ptr<webrtc::VideoEncoder> WebrtcVideoConduit::CreateEncoder(
   bool enabled = false;
 #endif
 
+  if (StaticPrefs::media_webrtc_platformencoder()) {
+    encoder.reset(MediaDataDecoderCodec::CreateEncoder(aType));
+    if (encoder) {
+      return encoder;
+    }
+  }
+
   switch (aType) {
     case webrtc::VideoCodecType::kVideoCodecH264:
       // get an external encoder
diff --git a/modules/libpref/init/StaticPrefList.yaml b/modules/libpref/init/StaticPrefList.yaml
index 15d935eae4ba..7baa1162ae58 100644
--- a/modules/libpref/init/StaticPrefList.yaml
+++ b/modules/libpref/init/StaticPrefList.yaml
@@ -5727,6 +5727,11 @@
   value: false
   mirror: always
 
+- name: media.webrtc.platformencoder
+  type: bool
+  value: false
+  mirror: always
+
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Prefs starting with "mousewheel."
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------