diff --git a/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/DefaultDecoderFactory.java b/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/DefaultDecoderFactory.java
index 277f00e261..ce0fbcfc76 100644
--- a/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/DefaultDecoderFactory.java
+++ b/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/DefaultDecoderFactory.java
@@ -22,11 +22,13 @@ import static androidx.media3.common.util.Util.SDK_INT;
 import android.annotation.SuppressLint;
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.media.MediaFormat;
+import android.util.Pair;
 import android.view.Surface;
 import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
 import androidx.media3.common.Format;
 import androidx.media3.common.MimeTypes;
 import androidx.media3.common.util.MediaFormatUtil;
+import androidx.media3.exoplayer.mediacodec.MediaCodecUtil;
 import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.RequiresNonNull;
 
 /** A default implementation of {@link Codec.DecoderFactory}. */
@@ -90,6 +92,13 @@ import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.RequiresNonNull;
           MediaFormat.KEY_COLOR_TRANSFER_REQUEST, MediaFormat.COLOR_TRANSFER_SDR_VIDEO);
     }
 
+    @Nullable
+    Pair<Integer, Integer> codecProfileAndLevel = MediaCodecUtil.getCodecProfileAndLevel(format);
+    if (codecProfileAndLevel != null) {
+      MediaFormatUtil.maybeSetInteger(
+          mediaFormat, MediaFormat.KEY_PROFILE, codecProfileAndLevel.first);
+    }
+
     @Nullable
     String mediaCodecName = EncoderUtil.findCodecForFormat(mediaFormat, /* isDecoder= */ true);
     if (mediaCodecName == null) {