diff --git a/sys/dvb/gstdvbsrc.c b/sys/dvb/gstdvbsrc.c
index 48d037bb03..057cb4d0d1 100644
--- a/sys/dvb/gstdvbsrc.c
+++ b/sys/dvb/gstdvbsrc.c
@@ -473,6 +473,7 @@ gst_dvbsrc_init (GstDvbSrc * object)
   gst_base_src_set_live (GST_BASE_SRC (object), TRUE);
   /* And we wanted timestamped output */
   gst_base_src_set_do_timestamp (GST_BASE_SRC (object), TRUE);
+  gst_base_src_set_format (GST_BASE_SRC (object), GST_FORMAT_TIME);
 
   object->fd_frontend = -1;
   object->fd_dvr = -1;