diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst-libs/gst/webrtc/nice/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst-libs/gst/webrtc/nice/meson.build
index 2b1586bbb6..6f9c94a0f2 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst-libs/gst/webrtc/nice/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst-libs/gst/webrtc/nice/meson.build
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ deps = [gstwebrtc_dep, libnice_dep]
 if libnice_dep.found()
   libnice_version = libnice_dep.version()
   libnice_c_args = []
+  if libnice_version.version_compare('> 0.1.21.1')
+    libnice_c_args += '-DHAVE_LIBNICE_CONSENT_FIX'
+  endif
   libgstwebrtcnice = library('gstwebrtcnice-' + api_version,
     libgstwebrtcnice_sources, libgstwebrtcnice_headers,
     c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args + ['-DGST_USE_UNSTABLE_API', '-DBUILDING_GST_WEBRTCNICE', '-DG_LOG_DOMAIN="GStreamer-webrtcnice"'] + libnice_c_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst-libs/gst/webrtc/nice/nice.c b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst-libs/gst/webrtc/nice/nice.c
index 1779f1fb13..ce15cb6cf0 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst-libs/gst/webrtc/nice/nice.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst-libs/gst/webrtc/nice/nice.c
@@ -1627,7 +1627,11 @@ gst_webrtc_nice_constructed (GObject * object)
 
   options |= NICE_AGENT_OPTION_ICE_TRICKLE;
   options |= NICE_AGENT_OPTION_REGULAR_NOMINATION;
+
+/*  https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/libnice/libnice/-/merge_requests/257 */
+#if HAVE_LIBNICE_CONSENT_FIX
   options |= NICE_AGENT_OPTION_CONSENT_FRESHNESS;
+#endif
 
   ice->priv->nice_agent = nice_agent_new_full (ice->priv->main_context,
       NICE_COMPATIBILITY_RFC5245, options);