diff --git a/pkg/rtc/participant.go b/pkg/rtc/participant.go
index 55fd04df4..8e64941af 100644
--- a/pkg/rtc/participant.go
+++ b/pkg/rtc/participant.go
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ type ParticipantParams struct {
 	AdaptiveStream               bool
 	AllowTCPFallback             bool
 	TCPFallbackRTTThreshold      int
+	AllowUDPUnstableFallback     bool
 	TURNSEnabled                 bool
 	GetParticipantInfo           func(pID livekit.ParticipantID) *livekit.ParticipantInfo
 	ReconnectOnPublicationError  bool
@@ -977,20 +978,21 @@ func (p *ParticipantImpl) setupTransportManager() error {
 		SID:      p.params.SID,
 		// primary connection does not change, canSubscribe can change if permission was updated
 		// after the participant has joined
-		SubscriberAsPrimary:     p.ProtocolVersion().SubscriberAsPrimary() && p.CanSubscribe(),
-		Config:                  p.params.Config,
-		ProtocolVersion:         p.params.ProtocolVersion,
-		Telemetry:               p.params.Telemetry,
-		CongestionControlConfig: p.params.CongestionControlConfig,
-		EnabledCodecs:           p.params.EnabledCodecs,
-		SimTracks:               p.params.SimTracks,
-		ClientConf:              p.params.ClientConf,
-		ClientInfo:              p.params.ClientInfo,
-		Migration:               p.params.Migration,
-		AllowTCPFallback:        p.params.AllowTCPFallback,
-		TCPFallbackRTTThreshold: p.params.TCPFallbackRTTThreshold,
-		TURNSEnabled:            p.params.TURNSEnabled,
-		Logger:                  p.params.Logger,
+		SubscriberAsPrimary:      p.ProtocolVersion().SubscriberAsPrimary() && p.CanSubscribe(),
+		Config:                   p.params.Config,
+		ProtocolVersion:          p.params.ProtocolVersion,
+		Telemetry:                p.params.Telemetry,
+		CongestionControlConfig:  p.params.CongestionControlConfig,
+		EnabledCodecs:            p.params.EnabledCodecs,
+		SimTracks:                p.params.SimTracks,
+		ClientConf:               p.params.ClientConf,
+		ClientInfo:               p.params.ClientInfo,
+		Migration:                p.params.Migration,
+		AllowTCPFallback:         p.params.AllowTCPFallback,
+		TCPFallbackRTTThreshold:  p.params.TCPFallbackRTTThreshold,
+		AllowUDPUnstableFallback: p.params.AllowUDPUnstableFallback,
+		TURNSEnabled:             p.params.TURNSEnabled,
+		Logger:                   p.params.Logger,
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/pkg/rtc/transportmanager.go b/pkg/rtc/transportmanager.go
index c7dfcc57d..de7c0a32b 100644
--- a/pkg/rtc/transportmanager.go
+++ b/pkg/rtc/transportmanager.go
@@ -34,22 +34,23 @@ const (
 )
 
 type TransportManagerParams struct {
-	Identity                livekit.ParticipantIdentity
-	SID                     livekit.ParticipantID
-	SubscriberAsPrimary     bool
-	Config                  *WebRTCConfig
-	ProtocolVersion         types.ProtocolVersion
-	Telemetry               telemetry.TelemetryService
-	CongestionControlConfig config.CongestionControlConfig
-	EnabledCodecs           []*livekit.Codec
-	SimTracks               map[uint32]SimulcastTrackInfo
-	ClientConf              *livekit.ClientConfiguration
-	ClientInfo              ClientInfo
-	Migration               bool
-	AllowTCPFallback        bool
-	TCPFallbackRTTThreshold int
-	TURNSEnabled            bool
-	Logger                  logger.Logger
+	Identity                 livekit.ParticipantIdentity
+	SID                      livekit.ParticipantID
+	SubscriberAsPrimary      bool
+	Config                   *WebRTCConfig
+	ProtocolVersion          types.ProtocolVersion
+	Telemetry                telemetry.TelemetryService
+	CongestionControlConfig  config.CongestionControlConfig
+	EnabledCodecs            []*livekit.Codec
+	SimTracks                map[uint32]SimulcastTrackInfo
+	ClientConf               *livekit.ClientConfiguration
+	ClientInfo               ClientInfo
+	Migration                bool
+	AllowTCPFallback         bool
+	TCPFallbackRTTThreshold  int
+	AllowUDPUnstableFallback bool
+	TURNSEnabled             bool
+	Logger                   logger.Logger
 }
 
 type TransportManager struct {
@@ -710,7 +711,7 @@ func (t *TransportManager) OnReceiverReport(dt *sfu.DownTrack, report *rtcp.Rece
 }
 
 func (t *TransportManager) onMediaLossUpdate(loss uint8) {
-	if t.params.TCPFallbackRTTThreshold == 0 {
+	if t.params.TCPFallbackRTTThreshold == 0 || !t.params.AllowUDPUnstableFallback {
 		return
 	}
 	t.lock.Lock()