diff --git a/dom/html/HTMLMediaElement.cpp b/dom/html/HTMLMediaElement.cpp
index fbbe40db25e7..6dc50d4feeb6 100644
--- a/dom/html/HTMLMediaElement.cpp
+++ b/dom/html/HTMLMediaElement.cpp
@@ -7699,6 +7699,16 @@ void HTMLMediaElement::StartListeningMediaControlEventIfNeeded() {
     return;
   }
 
+  // In order to filter out notification-ish sound, we use this pref to set the
+  // eligible media duration to prevent showing media control for those short
+  // sound.
+  if (Duration() <
+      StaticPrefs::media_mediacontrol_eligible_media_duration_s()) {
+    MEDIACONTROL_LOG("Not listening because media's duration %f is too short.",
+                     Duration());
+    return;
+  }
+
   // As we would like to start listening to media control event again so we
   // should clear the timer, which is used to stop listening to the event.
   ClearStopMediaControlTimerIfNeeded();
diff --git a/modules/libpref/init/StaticPrefList.yaml b/modules/libpref/init/StaticPrefList.yaml
index 229b9b0f9aeb..cb42ffbf5c5e 100644
--- a/modules/libpref/init/StaticPrefList.yaml
+++ b/modules/libpref/init/StaticPrefList.yaml
@@ -6888,6 +6888,13 @@
   value: 60000
   mirror: always
 
+# We would only use media control to control media which duration is longer
+# than this value.
+- name: media.mediacontrol.eligible.media.duration.s
+  type: AtomicFloat
+  value: 3.0f
+  mirror: always
+
 - name: media.webrtc.platformencoder
   type: bool
 #if defined(MOZ_WIDGET_ANDROID)