diff --git a/media/extractors/flac/Android.bp b/media/extractors/flac/Android.bp
index 36756115aa..826c1a0ab7 100644
--- a/media/extractors/flac/Android.bp
+++ b/media/extractors/flac/Android.bp
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ cc_library {
     ],
 
     shared_libs: [
+        "libbase",
         "libbinder_ndk",
     ],
 
diff --git a/media/extractors/flac/FLACExtractor.cpp b/media/extractors/flac/FLACExtractor.cpp
index 5329bd112f..0617e88b84 100644
--- a/media/extractors/flac/FLACExtractor.cpp
+++ b/media/extractors/flac/FLACExtractor.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 // libFLAC parser
 #include "FLAC/stream_decoder.h"
 
+#include <android-base/properties.h>
 #include <android/binder_ibinder.h> // for AIBinder_getCallingUid
 #include <audio_utils/primitives.h>
 #include <media/MediaExtractorPluginApi.h>
@@ -47,7 +48,8 @@ namespace android {
 // (Note: duplicated with WAVExtractor.cpp)
 static inline bool shouldExtractorOutputFloat(int bitsPerSample)
 {
-    return bitsPerSample > 16 && AIBinder_getCallingUid() == AID_MEDIA;
+    return bitsPerSample > 16 && AIBinder_getCallingUid() == AID_MEDIA
+                              && android::base::GetBoolProperty("media.extractor.float", true);
 }
 
 class FLACParser;
diff --git a/media/extractors/wav/Android.bp b/media/extractors/wav/Android.bp
index 8ce5c3fa79..5d38a81672 100644
--- a/media/extractors/wav/Android.bp
+++ b/media/extractors/wav/Android.bp
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ cc_library {
     ],
 
     shared_libs: [
+        "libbase",
         "libbinder_ndk",
     ],
 
diff --git a/media/extractors/wav/WAVExtractor.cpp b/media/extractors/wav/WAVExtractor.cpp
index 4fa7f271cf..d19447ae2c 100644
--- a/media/extractors/wav/WAVExtractor.cpp
+++ b/media/extractors/wav/WAVExtractor.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 #include "WAVExtractor.h"
 
+#include <android-base/properties.h>
 #include <android/binder_ibinder.h> // for AIBinder_getCallingUid
 #include <audio_utils/primitives.h>
 #include <media/stagefright/foundation/ADebug.h>
@@ -43,7 +44,8 @@ namespace android {
 // (Note: duplicated with FLACExtractor.cpp)
 static inline bool shouldExtractorOutputFloat(int bitsPerSample)
 {
-    return bitsPerSample > 16 && AIBinder_getCallingUid() == AID_MEDIA;
+    return bitsPerSample > 16 && AIBinder_getCallingUid() == AID_MEDIA
+                              && android::base::GetBoolProperty("media.extractor.float", true);
 }
 
 enum {