diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/pulseaudio-modules-bt/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/pulseaudio-modules-bt/default.nix
index 8a0762d5176..f63b828a0a8 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/pulseaudio-modules-bt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/pulseaudio-modules-bt/default.nix
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   patches = [
     ./fix-install-path.patch
+    ./fix-aac-defaults.patch
   ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/pulseaudio-modules-bt/fix-aac-defaults.patch b/pkgs/applications/audio/pulseaudio-modules-bt/fix-aac-defaults.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c94c5dd61f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/pulseaudio-modules-bt/fix-aac-defaults.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+diff --git a/src/modules/bluetooth/a2dp/a2dp_aac.c b/src/modules/bluetooth/a2dp/a2dp_aac.c
+index 394a7a0..cf5abaf 100644
+--- a/src/modules/bluetooth/a2dp/a2dp_aac.c
++++ b/src/modules/bluetooth/a2dp/a2dp_aac.c
+@@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ pa_aac_encoder_init(pa_a2dp_source_read_cb_t read_cb, pa_a2dp_source_read_buf_fr
+     info->read_pcm = read_cb;
+     info->read_buf_free = free_cb;
+     info->aacenc_handle_opened = false;
+-    info->aac_enc_bitrate_mode = 5;
+-    info->aac_afterburner = false;
++    info->aac_enc_bitrate_mode = 0;
++    info->aac_afterburner = true;
+     info->force_pa_fmt = PA_SAMPLE_INVALID;
+     return true;
+ }