diff --git a/static/js/jquery/jquery.videosupport.js b/static/js/jquery/jquery.videosupport.js
index 4cf7320f7..d54dffa5e 100644
--- a/static/js/jquery/jquery.videosupport.js
+++ b/static/js/jquery/jquery.videosupport.js
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ jQuery.support.video = function() {
             video.webm = false;
         }
         video.h264 = !!(v.canPlayType && v.canPlayType('video/mp4; codecs="avc1.42E01E, mp4a.40.2"').replace(/no/, ''));
+        if(jQuery.browser.chrome && video.webm)
+            video.h264 = false;
         video.mp4 = video.h264;
         video.ogg = !!(v.canPlayType && v.canPlayType('video/ogg; codecs="theora, vorbis"').replace(/no/, ''));
         video.ogv = video.ogg;