diff --git a/media/libmediaplayerservice/MediaPlayerService.cpp b/media/libmediaplayerservice/MediaPlayerService.cpp
index 594e01049157e..a6d8d2c0f0806 100644
--- a/media/libmediaplayerservice/MediaPlayerService.cpp
+++ b/media/libmediaplayerservice/MediaPlayerService.cpp
@@ -747,6 +747,11 @@ player_type getPlayerType(const char* url)
         }
     }
 
+    // Use PV_PLAYER for rtsp for now
+    if (!strncasecmp(url, "rtsp://", 7)) {
+        return PV_PLAYER;
+    }
+
     return getDefaultPlayerType();
 }