diff --git a/playbooks/roles/jitsi-meet/templates/meet-env.j2 b/playbooks/roles/jitsi-meet/templates/meet-env.j2
index 83b6e6b126..33a8524d58 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/jitsi-meet/templates/meet-env.j2
+++ b/playbooks/roles/jitsi-meet/templates/meet-env.j2
@@ -138,8 +138,10 @@ ETHERPAD_URL_BASE=https://etherpad.opendev.org
 # Advanced configuration options (you generally don't need to change these)
 #
 
-# Needed to make newer jitsi meet happy. We may be able to switch this to 1
-ENABLE_XMPP_WEBSOCKET=0
+# This is used for signaling between desktop clients and the prosody server
+# instead of BOSH. The mobile clients continue to use BOSH. Supposedly this
+# should improve performance.
+ENABLE_XMPP_WEBSOCKET=1
 
 # Internal XMPP domain.
 XMPP_DOMAIN=localhost