diff --git a/src/examples/video-src.c b/src/examples/video-src.c
index e440d5f9c..d4430bda3 100644
--- a/src/examples/video-src.c
+++ b/src/examples/video-src.c
@@ -216,7 +216,8 @@ static void on_state_changed(void *_data, enum pw_remote_state old, enum pw_remo
 		printf("remote state: \"%s\"\n",
 		       pw_remote_state_as_string(state));
 
-		data->stream = pw_stream_new(remote, "video-src", NULL);
+		data->stream = pw_stream_new(remote, "video-src",
+				pw_properties_new("node.driver", "true", NULL));
 
 		params[0] = spa_pod_builder_object(&b,
 			data->t->param.idEnumFormat, data->t->spa_format,