diff --git a/daemon/src/media/media_codec.cpp b/daemon/src/media/media_codec.cpp
index f870bc94073719d1c1d8969de46441fc620c597b..a5a0790a0d39c1fc2c1418499ff926ed02407488 100644
--- a/daemon/src/media/media_codec.cpp
+++ b/daemon/src/media/media_codec.cpp
@@ -116,10 +116,12 @@ SystemVideoCodecInfo::SystemVideoCodecInfo(unsigned m_avcodecId,
                                            const std::string m_name,
                                            std::string m_libName,
                                            CodecType m_type,
+                                           unsigned m_bitrate,
                                            unsigned m_payloadType,
                                            unsigned m_frameRate,
                                            unsigned m_profileId)
-    : SystemCodecInfo(m_avcodecId, m_name, m_libName, MEDIA_VIDEO, m_type, m_payloadType)
+    : SystemCodecInfo(m_avcodecId, m_name, m_libName, MEDIA_VIDEO,
+                      m_type, m_bitrate, m_payloadType)
     , frameRate(m_frameRate), profileId(m_profileId)
 {}
 
diff --git a/daemon/src/media/media_codec.h b/daemon/src/media/media_codec.h
index 5b2de4e6c317ac6db832d3b6d69bf3f1d772b6cf..181d0bf2bda7adcc5049f30604fc25bacdab44ca 100644
--- a/daemon/src/media/media_codec.h
+++ b/daemon/src/media/media_codec.h
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ struct SystemVideoCodecInfo : SystemCodecInfo
 {
     SystemVideoCodecInfo(unsigned avcodecId, const std::string name,
                          std::string libName, CodecType type = CODEC_NONE,
+                         unsigned bitrate = 0,
                          unsigned payloadType = 0, unsigned frameRate = 0,
                          unsigned profileId = 0);
 
diff --git a/daemon/src/media/media_encoder.cpp b/daemon/src/media/media_encoder.cpp
index d473ee6a2751134576d9e226448af9ea3dbf185e..0bd8a0a4a8656c778366e7a11ef137735cd14c63 100644
--- a/daemon/src/media/media_encoder.cpp
+++ b/daemon/src/media/media_encoder.cpp
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ void MediaEncoder::setDeviceOptions(const DeviceParams& args)
 void MediaEncoder::setOptions(const MediaDescription& args)
 {
     av_dict_set(&options_, "payload_type", ring::to_string(args.payload_type).c_str(), 0);
-    av_dict_set(&options_, "bitrate", ring::to_string(args.bitrate).c_str(), 0);
+    av_dict_set(&options_, "bitrate", ring::to_string(args.codec->bitrate).c_str(), 0);
 
     auto accountAudioCodec = std::static_pointer_cast<AccountAudioCodecInfo>(args.codec);
     if (accountAudioCodec->audioformat.sample_rate)
diff --git a/daemon/src/media/system_codec_container.cpp b/daemon/src/media/system_codec_container.cpp
index d266d1601ec5b71d1e7fc0c05af03c35f866ffe4..66d41336cafeb5551a7743012fe998ddff9ad85c 100644
--- a/daemon/src/media/system_codec_container.cpp
+++ b/daemon/src/media/system_codec_container.cpp
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ namespace ring {
 
 decltype(getGlobalInstance<SystemCodecContainer>)& getSystemCodecContainer = getGlobalInstance<SystemCodecContainer>;
 
+constexpr static auto DEFAULT_VIDEO_BITRATE = 400;
+
 SystemCodecContainer::SystemCodecContainer()
 {
     initCodecConfig();
@@ -58,19 +60,23 @@ SystemCodecContainer::initCodecConfig()
         /* Define supported video codec*/
         std::make_shared<SystemVideoCodecInfo>(AV_CODEC_ID_H264,
                                                "H264", "libx264",
-                                               CODEC_ENCODER_DECODER),
+                                               CODEC_ENCODER_DECODER,
+                                               DEFAULT_VIDEO_BITRATE),
 
         std::make_shared<SystemVideoCodecInfo>(AV_CODEC_ID_H263,
                                                "H263", "h263",
-                                               CODEC_ENCODER_DECODER),
+                                               CODEC_ENCODER_DECODER,
+                                               DEFAULT_VIDEO_BITRATE),
 
         std::make_shared<SystemVideoCodecInfo>(AV_CODEC_ID_VP8,
                                                "VP8", "libvpx",
-                                               CODEC_ENCODER_DECODER),
+                                               CODEC_ENCODER_DECODER,
+                                               DEFAULT_VIDEO_BITRATE),
 
         std::make_shared<SystemVideoCodecInfo>(AV_CODEC_ID_MPEG4,
                                                "MP4V-ES", "mpeg4",
-                                               CODEC_ENCODER_DECODER),
+                                               CODEC_ENCODER_DECODER,
+                                               DEFAULT_VIDEO_BITRATE),
 #endif
         /* Define supported audio codec*/
         std::make_shared<SystemAudioCodecInfo>(AV_CODEC_ID_PCM_ALAW,