diff --git a/data/com.github.rafostar.Clapper.gschema.xml b/data/com.github.rafostar.Clapper.gschema.xml
index 0854adef..2d5fe6e1 100644
--- a/data/com.github.rafostar.Clapper.gschema.xml
+++ b/data/com.github.rafostar.Clapper.gschema.xml
@@ -99,6 +99,12 @@
       <summary>Set PlayFlags for playbin</summary>
     </key>
 
+    <!-- YouTube -->
+    <key name="yt-adaptive-enabled" type="b">
+      <default>false</default>
+      <summary>Enable to use adaptive streaming</summary>
+    </key>
+
     <!-- Other -->
     <key name="window-size" type="s">
       <default>'[800, 490]'</default>
diff --git a/src/youtube.js b/src/youtube.js
index c84b2010..325e9262 100644
--- a/src/youtube.js
+++ b/src/youtube.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ const Misc = imports.src.misc;
 const YTDL = imports.src.assets['node-ytdl-core'];
 
 const debug = Debug.ytDebug;
+const { settings } = Misc;
 
 const InitAsyncState = {
     NONE: 0,
@@ -358,7 +359,7 @@ var YouTubeClient = GObject.registerClass({
             return null;
 
         /* TODO: Options in prefs to set preferred video formats and adaptive streaming */
-        const isAdaptiveEnabled = false;
+        const isAdaptiveEnabled = settings.get_boolean('yt-adaptive-enabled');
         const allowedFormats = {
             video: [
                 133,