diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 42e8ce1dc2..a1ec04d74d 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ option('quartz-backend', type: 'boolean', value: true,
   description : 'Enable the macOS gdk backend (only when building on macOS)')
 
 # Media backends
-option('nomedia', type: 'boolean', value: true,
+option('nomedia', type: 'boolean', value: false,
   description : 'Set to confirm that no media backend should be enabled')
 option('ffmpeg', type: 'boolean', value: false,
   description : 'Enable ffmpeg media backend')
-option('gstreamer', type: 'boolean', value: false,
+option('gstreamer', type: 'boolean', value: true,
   description : 'Enable GStreamer media backend')
 
 # Optional dependencies