diff --git a/src/modules/video_coding/codecs/vp8/main/source/vp8.cc b/src/modules/video_coding/codecs/vp8/main/source/vp8.cc
index 3de5a46184..1f95100e64 100644
--- a/src/modules/video_coding/codecs/vp8/main/source/vp8.cc
+++ b/src/modules/video_coding/codecs/vp8/main/source/vp8.cc
@@ -612,7 +612,8 @@ int VP8Decoder::InitDecode(const VideoCodec* inst, int number_of_cores) {
 
   vpx_codec_flags_t flags = 0;
 #if WEBRTC_LIBVPX_VERSION >= 971
-  flags = VPX_CODEC_USE_ERROR_CONCEALMENT | VPX_CODEC_USE_POSTPROC;
+  flags = VPX_CODEC_USE_ERROR_CONCEALMENT | VPX_CODEC_USE_POSTPROC |
+      VP8_DEMACROBLOCK | VP8_DEBLOCK;
 #ifdef INDEPENDENT_PARTITIONS
   flags |= VPX_CODEC_USE_INPUT_PARTITION;
 #endif