diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/xmpp/jingle/WebRTCWrapper.java b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/xmpp/jingle/WebRTCWrapper.java
index 6806a8142..4e5fc2641 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/xmpp/jingle/WebRTCWrapper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/xmpp/jingle/WebRTCWrapper.java
@@ -272,6 +272,7 @@ public class WebRTCWrapper {
 
         final PeerConnection.RTCConfiguration rtcConfig = new PeerConnection.RTCConfiguration(iceServers);
         rtcConfig.tcpCandidatePolicy = PeerConnection.TcpCandidatePolicy.DISABLED; //XEP-0176 doesn't support tcp
+        rtcConfig.continualGatheringPolicy = PeerConnection.ContinualGatheringPolicy.GATHER_CONTINUALLY;
         final PeerConnection peerConnection = peerConnectionFactory.createPeerConnection(rtcConfig, peerConnectionObserver);
         if (peerConnection == null) {
             throw new InitializationException("Unable to create PeerConnection");