diff --git a/gst/playback/gstplaybin2.c b/gst/playback/gstplaybin2.c
index 91ad4e41ee..738a372f6a 100644
--- a/gst/playback/gstplaybin2.c
+++ b/gst/playback/gstplaybin2.c
@@ -470,7 +470,8 @@ struct _GstPlayBinClass
 #define DEFAULT_SUBURI            NULL
 #define DEFAULT_SOURCE            NULL
 #define DEFAULT_FLAGS             GST_PLAY_FLAG_AUDIO | GST_PLAY_FLAG_VIDEO | GST_PLAY_FLAG_TEXT | \
-                                  GST_PLAY_FLAG_SOFT_VOLUME | GST_PLAY_FLAG_SOFT_COLORBALANCE
+                                  GST_PLAY_FLAG_SOFT_VOLUME | GST_PLAY_FLAG_DEINTERLACE | \
+                                  GST_PLAY_FLAG_SOFT_COLORBALANCE
 #define DEFAULT_N_VIDEO           0
 #define DEFAULT_CURRENT_VIDEO     -1
 #define DEFAULT_N_AUDIO           0