diff --git a/sflphone-common/src/audio/codecs/speexcodec_nb.cpp b/sflphone-common/src/audio/codecs/speexcodec_nb.cpp
index a2603fc8271e1430ca664edce67d07e3205b3ad4..9099dca71fbc7a69d71982394794c59f1d95492e 100644
--- a/sflphone-common/src/audio/codecs/speexcodec_nb.cpp
+++ b/sflphone-common/src/audio/codecs/speexcodec_nb.cpp
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class Speex : public AudioCodec
             _clockRate = 8000;
             _frameSize = 160; // samples, 20 ms at 8kHz
             _channel = 1;
-            _bitrate = 0;
+            _bitrate = 24;
             _bandwidth = 0;
             initSpeex();
         }
diff --git a/sflphone-common/src/audio/codecs/speexcodec_wb.cpp b/sflphone-common/src/audio/codecs/speexcodec_wb.cpp
index 9d3b618674d016fdd939b08e30e833aa70d47bf0..28e099791f511dd838fdedc5c37dd4e4f20d4265 100644
--- a/sflphone-common/src/audio/codecs/speexcodec_wb.cpp
+++ b/sflphone-common/src/audio/codecs/speexcodec_wb.cpp
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class Speex : public AudioCodec
             _clockRate = 16000;
             _frameSize = 320; // 20 ms at 16 kHz
             _channel = 1;
-            _bitrate = 0;
+            _bitrate = 42;
             _bandwidth = 0;
             initSpeex();
         }