diff --git a/test/encoder_settings.cc b/test/encoder_settings.cc
index 09cefc8d77..6058aa9ed4 100644
--- a/test/encoder_settings.cc
+++ b/test/encoder_settings.cc
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ void FillEncoderConfiguration(VideoCodecType codec_type,
   configuration->video_stream_factory =
       rtc::make_ref_counted<DefaultVideoStreamFactory>();
   configuration->max_bitrate_bps = 0;
+  configuration->frame_drop_enabled = true;
   configuration->simulcast_layers = std::vector<VideoStream>(num_streams);
   for (size_t i = 0; i < num_streams; ++i) {
     configuration->max_bitrate_bps +=
diff --git a/video/video_quality_test.cc b/video/video_quality_test.cc
index 4501096379..b8a44e27ab 100644
--- a/video/video_quality_test.cc
+++ b/video/video_quality_test.cc
@@ -807,6 +807,9 @@ void VideoQualityTest::SetupVideo(Transport* send_transport,
 
     video_encoder_configs_[video_idx].spatial_layers =
         params_.ss[video_idx].spatial_layers;
+
+    video_encoder_configs_[video_idx].frame_drop_enabled = true;
+
     decode_all_receive_streams = params_.ss[video_idx].selected_stream ==
                                  params_.ss[video_idx].streams.size();
     absl::optional<int> decode_sub_stream;