diff --git a/src/gst/gstpipewiresink.c b/src/gst/gstpipewiresink.c
index 3e142507d..966b12c7a 100644
--- a/src/gst/gstpipewiresink.c
+++ b/src/gst/gstpipewiresink.c
@@ -255,6 +255,10 @@ pool_activated (GstPipeWirePool *pool, GstPipeWireSink *sink)
 	      SPA_MAX(MIN_BUFFERS, min_buffers),
 	      max_buffers ? max_buffers : INT32_MAX),
       SPA_PARAM_BUFFERS_align,   SPA_POD_Int(16),
+      SPA_PARAM_BUFFERS_dataType, SPA_POD_CHOICE_FLAGS_Int(
+						(1<<SPA_DATA_DmaBuf) |
+						(1<<SPA_DATA_MemFd) |
+						(1<<SPA_DATA_MemPtr)),
       0);
   port_params[0] = spa_pod_builder_pop (&b, &f);
 
diff --git a/src/gst/gstpipewiresrc.c b/src/gst/gstpipewiresrc.c
index 65aba4021..28a0da0bb 100644
--- a/src/gst/gstpipewiresrc.c
+++ b/src/gst/gstpipewiresrc.c
@@ -787,7 +787,11 @@ on_param_changed (void *data, uint32_t id,
         SPA_PARAM_BUFFERS_blocks,  SPA_POD_CHOICE_RANGE_Int(0, 1, INT32_MAX),
         SPA_PARAM_BUFFERS_size,    SPA_POD_CHOICE_RANGE_Int(0, 0, INT32_MAX),
         SPA_PARAM_BUFFERS_stride,  SPA_POD_CHOICE_RANGE_Int(0, 0, INT32_MAX),
-        SPA_PARAM_BUFFERS_align,   SPA_POD_Int(16));
+        SPA_PARAM_BUFFERS_align,   SPA_POD_Int(16),
+        SPA_PARAM_BUFFERS_dataType, SPA_POD_CHOICE_FLAGS_Int(
+						(1<<SPA_DATA_DmaBuf) |
+						(1<<SPA_DATA_MemFd) |
+						(1<<SPA_DATA_MemPtr)));
 
     params[1] = spa_pod_builder_add_object (&b,
         SPA_TYPE_OBJECT_ParamMeta, SPA_PARAM_Meta,