diff --git a/media/libmediatranscoding/transcoder/NdkCommon.cpp b/media/libmediatranscoding/transcoder/NdkCommon.cpp
index 67a8e10..d8cf1c8 100644
--- a/media/libmediatranscoding/transcoder/NdkCommon.cpp
+++ b/media/libmediatranscoding/transcoder/NdkCommon.cpp
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 const char* AMEDIA_MIMETYPE_VIDEO_H263 = "video/3gpp";
 
 /* TODO(b/153592281) */
+const char* TBD_AMEDIACODEC_PARAMETER_KEY_ALLOW_FRAME_DROP = "allow-frame-drop";
 const char* TBD_AMEDIACODEC_PARAMETER_KEY_REQUEST_SYNC_FRAME = "request-sync";
 const char* TBD_AMEDIACODEC_PARAMETER_KEY_VIDEO_BITRATE = "video-bitrate";
 const char* TBD_AMEDIACODEC_PARAMETER_KEY_MAX_B_FRAMES = "max-bframes";
diff --git a/media/libmediatranscoding/transcoder/VideoTrackTranscoder.cpp b/media/libmediatranscoding/transcoder/VideoTrackTranscoder.cpp
index d2a7154..e5c065b 100644
--- a/media/libmediatranscoding/transcoder/VideoTrackTranscoder.cpp
+++ b/media/libmediatranscoding/transcoder/VideoTrackTranscoder.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #define LOG_TAG "VideoTrackTranscoder"
 
 #include <android-base/logging.h>
+#include <media/NdkCommon.h>
 #include <media/VideoTrackTranscoder.h>
 #include <utils/AndroidThreads.h>
 
@@ -233,7 +234,17 @@
         return AMEDIA_ERROR_UNSUPPORTED;
     }
 
-    status = AMediaCodec_configure(mDecoder, mSourceFormat.get(), mSurface, NULL /* crypto */,
+    auto decoderFormat = std::shared_ptr<AMediaFormat>(AMediaFormat_new(), &AMediaFormat_delete);
+    if (!decoderFormat ||
+        AMediaFormat_copy(decoderFormat.get(), mSourceFormat.get()) != AMEDIA_OK) {
+        LOG(ERROR) << "Unable to copy source format";
+        return AMEDIA_ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER;
+    }
+
+    // Prevent decoder from overwriting frames that the encoder has not yet consumed.
+    AMediaFormat_setInt32(decoderFormat.get(), TBD_AMEDIACODEC_PARAMETER_KEY_ALLOW_FRAME_DROP, 0);
+
+    status = AMediaCodec_configure(mDecoder, decoderFormat.get(), mSurface, NULL /* crypto */,
                                    0 /* flags */);
     if (status != AMEDIA_OK) {
         LOG(ERROR) << "Unable to configure video decoder: " << status;
diff --git a/media/libmediatranscoding/transcoder/include/media/NdkCommon.h b/media/libmediatranscoding/transcoder/include/media/NdkCommon.h
index dcba812..044d024 100644
--- a/media/libmediatranscoding/transcoder/include/media/NdkCommon.h
+++ b/media/libmediatranscoding/transcoder/include/media/NdkCommon.h
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 static constexpr int COLOR_FormatSurface = 0x7f000789;
 
 // constants not defined in NDK
+extern const char* TBD_AMEDIACODEC_PARAMETER_KEY_ALLOW_FRAME_DROP;
 extern const char* TBD_AMEDIACODEC_PARAMETER_KEY_REQUEST_SYNC_FRAME;
 extern const char* TBD_AMEDIACODEC_PARAMETER_KEY_VIDEO_BITRATE;
 extern const char* TBD_AMEDIACODEC_PARAMETER_KEY_MAX_B_FRAMES;