diff --git a/src/liowebrtc.js b/src/liowebrtc.js
index 157abdd24c9f0eec7ae8147f61c64d15e22578f3..9b24ba57255b700f5f5c0d4053dba695063baee6 100644
--- a/src/liowebrtc.js
+++ b/src/liowebrtc.js
@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ class LioWebRTC extends WildEmitter {
       this.config[o] = options[o];
     });
 
+    if (this.config.dataOnly) {
+      this.config.media.video = false;
+      this.config.media.audio = false;
+    }
+
       // attach detected support for convenience
     this.capabilities = webrtcSupport;