--- a/media/ffmpeg/ffmpeg_common.cc
+++ b/media/ffmpeg/ffmpeg_common.cc
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
 const char* GetAllowedVideoDecoders() {
   // This should match the configured lists in //third_party/ffmpeg.
 #if BUILDFLAG(USE_PROPRIETARY_CODECS) && BUILDFLAG(ENABLE_FFMPEG_VIDEO_DECODERS)
-  return "h264";
+  return "h264,hevc";
 #else
   return "";
 #endif
--- a/media/base/supported_types.cc
+++ b/media/base/supported_types.cc
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@
     case VideoCodec::kVP9:
       return IsDecoderVp9ProfileSupported(type);
     case VideoCodec::kHEVC:
-      return IsDecoderHevcProfileSupported(type);
+      return IsDecoderBuiltInVideoCodec(type.codec);
     case VideoCodec::kDolbyVision:
       return IsDecoderDolbyVisionProfileSupported(type);
     case VideoCodec::kUnknown:
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@
 
 bool IsDecoderBuiltInVideoCodec(VideoCodec codec) {
 #if BUILDFLAG(ENABLE_FFMPEG_VIDEO_DECODERS) && BUILDFLAG(USE_PROPRIETARY_CODECS)
-  if (codec == VideoCodec::kH264) {
+  if (codec == VideoCodec::kH264 || codec == VideoCodec::kHEVC) {
     return true;
   }
 #endif  // BUILDFLAG(ENABLE_FFMPEG_VIDEO_DECODERS) &&
--- a/media/filters/ffmpeg_video_decoder.cc
+++ b/media/filters/ffmpeg_video_decoder.cc
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@
     case VideoCodec::kUnknown:
     case VideoCodec::kVC1:
     case VideoCodec::kMPEG2:
-    case VideoCodec::kHEVC:
     case VideoCodec::kVP9:
     case VideoCodec::kAV1:
     case VideoCodec::kDolbyVision:
@@ -91,7 +90,8 @@
     case VideoCodec::kVP8:
       // We do not compile ffmpeg with support for any of these codecs.
       NOTREACHED();
-
+      
+    case VideoCodec::kHEVC:
     case VideoCodec::kH264:
       // Normalize to three threads for 1080p content, then scale linearly
       // with number of pixels.
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
 // static
 bool FFmpegVideoDecoder::IsCodecSupported(VideoCodec codec) {
   // We only build support for H.264.
-  return codec == VideoCodec::kH264 && IsDecoderBuiltInVideoCodec(codec);
+  return (codec == VideoCodec::kH264 || codec == VideoCodec::kHEVC) && IsDecoderBuiltInVideoCodec(codec);
 }
 
 FFmpegVideoDecoder::FFmpegVideoDecoder(MediaLog* media_log)