diff --git a/app/src/gecko/java/org/mozilla/tv/firefox/webrender/WebRenderComponents.kt b/app/src/gecko/java/org/mozilla/tv/firefox/webrender/WebRenderComponents.kt
index c4bb88271a..fae2b6ecf7 100644
--- a/app/src/gecko/java/org/mozilla/tv/firefox/webrender/WebRenderComponents.kt
+++ b/app/src/gecko/java/org/mozilla/tv/firefox/webrender/WebRenderComponents.kt
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ class WebRenderComponents(applicationContext: Context, systemUserAgent: String)
                 runtimeSettingsBuilder.extras(extras)
             }
         }
+        runtimeSettingsBuilder.autoplayDefault(GeckoRuntimeSettings.AUTOPLAY_DEFAULT_ALLOWED)
 
         val runtime = GeckoRuntime.create(applicationContext,
                 runtimeSettingsBuilder.build())