diff --git a/spa/plugins/audioconvert/channelmix.c b/spa/plugins/audioconvert/channelmix.c
index 55250faa9..b40dc85af 100644
--- a/spa/plugins/audioconvert/channelmix.c
+++ b/spa/plugins/audioconvert/channelmix.c
@@ -1181,6 +1181,7 @@ impl_init(const struct spa_handle_factory *factory,
 {
 	struct impl *this;
 	struct port *port;
+	const char *str;
 
 	spa_return_val_if_fail(factory != NULL, -EINVAL);
 	spa_return_val_if_fail(handle != NULL, -EINVAL);
@@ -1198,6 +1199,15 @@ impl_init(const struct spa_handle_factory *factory,
 
 	spa_hook_list_init(&this->hooks);
 
+	if (info != NULL) {
+		if ((str = spa_dict_lookup(info, "channelmix.normalize")) != NULL &&
+		    (strcmp(str, "true") == 0 || atoi(str) != 0))
+			this->mix.options |= CHANNELMIX_OPTION_NORMALIZE;
+		if ((str = spa_dict_lookup(info, "channelmix.mix-lfe")) != NULL &&
+		    (strcmp(str, "true") == 0 || atoi(str) != 0))
+			this->mix.options |= CHANNELMIX_OPTION_MIX_LFE;
+	}
+
 	this->node.iface = SPA_INTERFACE_INIT(
 			SPA_TYPE_INTERFACE_Node,
 			SPA_VERSION_NODE,
diff --git a/src/pipewire/stream.c b/src/pipewire/stream.c
index b1b530035..022eb0aa3 100644
--- a/src/pipewire/stream.c
+++ b/src/pipewire/stream.c
@@ -1534,6 +1534,7 @@ pw_stream_connect(struct pw_stream *stream,
 	if ((str = pw_properties_get(props, PW_KEY_STREAM_MONITOR)) &&
 	    pw_properties_parse_bool(str)) {
 		pw_properties_set(props, "resample.peaks", "true");
+		pw_properties_set(props, "channelmix.normalize", "true");
 	}
 
 	follower = pw_context_create_node(impl->context, pw_properties_copy(props), 0);