diff --git a/server/dcc.cpp b/server/dcc.cpp
index 61017492..4276a084 100644
--- a/server/dcc.cpp
+++ b/server/dcc.cpp
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ void dcc_create_surface(DisplayChannelClient *dcc, RedSurface *surface)
 
     display = DCC_TO_DC(dcc);
     flags = is_primary_surface(display, surface) ? SPICE_SURFACE_FLAGS_PRIMARY : 0;
-
+    flags |= is_stream(display) ? SPICE_SURFACE_FLAGS_STREAMING_MODE : 0;
     /* don't send redundant create surface commands to client */
     if (display->get_during_target_migrate() ||
         dcc->priv->surface_client_created[surface_id]) {
diff --git a/server/display-channel-private.h b/server/display-channel-private.h
index e0693f54..81c70dcf 100644
--- a/server/display-channel-private.h
+++ b/server/display-channel-private.h
@@ -338,6 +338,10 @@ static inline bool is_primary_surface(DisplayChannel *display, const RedSurface
     return surface->id == 0;
 }
 
+static inline bool is_stream(DisplayChannel *display) {
+    return display->priv->gl_draw_stream;
+}
+
 static inline void region_add_clip_rects(QRegion *rgn, SpiceClipRects *data)
 {
     int i;