diff --git a/media/webrtc/signaling/src/media/VcmSIPCCBinding.cpp b/media/webrtc/signaling/src/media/VcmSIPCCBinding.cpp
index 82b4cef1e251..89ab5b4ea5b3 100644
--- a/media/webrtc/signaling/src/media/VcmSIPCCBinding.cpp
+++ b/media/webrtc/signaling/src/media/VcmSIPCCBinding.cpp
@@ -3443,3 +3443,15 @@ short vcmGetVideoMaxMbps(uint16_t codec,
   }
   return ret;
 }
+
+short vcmGetVideoPreferredCodec(int32_t *preferred_codec) {
+  short ret;
+
+  mozilla::SyncRunnable::DispatchToThread(VcmSIPCCBinding::getMainThread(),
+      WrapRunnableNMRet(&vcmGetVideoPref_m,
+                        (uint16_t)0,
+                        "media.navigator.video.preferred_codec",
+                        preferred_codec,
+                        &ret));
+  return ret;
+}
diff --git a/media/webrtc/signaling/src/sipcc/core/common/prot_configmgr.c b/media/webrtc/signaling/src/sipcc/core/common/prot_configmgr.c
index cf3b2028382e..32ff6005c38e 100755
--- a/media/webrtc/signaling/src/sipcc/core/common/prot_configmgr.c
+++ b/media/webrtc/signaling/src/sipcc/core/common/prot_configmgr.c
@@ -461,6 +461,13 @@ sip_config_get_display_name (line_t line, char *buffer, int buffer_len)
 rtp_ptype
 sip_config_preferred_codec (void)
 {
+#if 1
+  uint32_t codec;
+
+  if(vcmGetVideoPreferredCodec((int32_t *) &codec) == 0) {
+    return (rtp_ptype) codec;
+  }
+#else
     key_table_entry_t cfg_preferred_codec;
 
     config_get_value(CFGID_PREFERRED_CODEC, &cfg_preferred_codec,
@@ -470,6 +477,7 @@ sip_config_preferred_codec (void)
         /* The configuration has preferred codec configured */
         return (cfg_preferred_codec.value);
     }
+#endif
     /* No preferred codec configured */
     return (RTP_NONE);
 }
@@ -656,6 +664,7 @@ sip_config_video_supported_codecs_get (rtp_ptype aSupportedCodecs[],
                           uint16_t supportedCodecsLen, boolean isOffer)
 {
     uint16_t count = 0;
+    rtp_ptype pref_codec;
     int codec_mask;
     int hw_codec_mask = vcmGetVideoCodecList(VCM_DSP_FULLDUPLEX_HW);
     int gmp_codec_mask = vcmGetVideoCodecList(VCM_DSP_FULLDUPLEX_GMP);
@@ -680,6 +689,22 @@ sip_config_video_supported_codecs_get (rtp_ptype aSupportedCodecs[],
     count += sip_config_video_add_codecs(&aSupportedCodecs[count],
                                          supportedCodecsLen, gmp_codec_mask);
 
+    // Now promote the preferred codec if any
+    pref_codec = sip_config_preferred_codec();
+    if (pref_codec != RTP_NONE) {
+      int i,j;
+      for (i = 1; i < count; i++) {
+        if (aSupportedCodecs[i] == pref_codec) {
+          // bump it to the front; bump all the rest down
+          for (j = i; j > 0; j--) {
+            aSupportedCodecs[j] = aSupportedCodecs[j-1];
+          }
+          aSupportedCodecs[0] = pref_codec;
+          return count;
+        }
+      }
+      // preferred not found, oh well
+    }
     return count;
 }
 
diff --git a/media/webrtc/signaling/src/sipcc/include/vcm.h b/media/webrtc/signaling/src/sipcc/include/vcm.h
index ba63badb9396..4b498e22a963 100755
--- a/media/webrtc/signaling/src/sipcc/include/vcm.h
+++ b/media/webrtc/signaling/src/sipcc/include/vcm.h
@@ -1091,6 +1091,8 @@ short vcmGetVideoMaxBr(uint16_t codec, int32_t *max_br);
 
 short vcmGetVideoMaxMbps(uint16_t codec, int32_t *max_mbps);
 
+short vcmGetVideoPreferredCodec(int32_t *preferred_codec);
+
 //Using C++ for gips. This is the end of extern "C" above.
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }