diff --git a/ffserver.c b/ffserver.c
index 152dd37618..2f1b0b5459 100644
--- a/ffserver.c
+++ b/ffserver.c
@@ -1179,6 +1179,13 @@ void add_codec(FFStream *stream, AVCodecContext *av)
             av->width = 160;
             av->height = 128;
         }
+        av->bit_rate_tolerance= 128000;
+        av->qmin= 5;
+        av->qmax= 31;
+        av->qcompress= 0.5;
+        av->qblur= 0.5;
+        av->max_qdiff= 3;
+
         break;
     }