diff --git a/pkg/config/base.go b/pkg/config/base.go
index b602c132..9677f47c 100644
--- a/pkg/config/base.go
+++ b/pkg/config/base.go
@@ -36,12 +36,13 @@ type BaseConfig struct {
 	WsUrl     string             `yaml:"ws_url"`     // (env LIVEKIT_WS_URL)
 
 	// optional
-	Logging              *logger.Config `yaml:"logging"`                // logging config
-	TemplateBase         string         `yaml:"template_base"`          // custom template base url
-	ClusterID            string         `yaml:"cluster_id"`             // cluster this instance belongs to
-	EnableChromeSandbox  bool           `yaml:"enable_chrome_sandbox"`  // enable Chrome sandbox, requires extra docker configuration
-	MaxUploadQueue       int            `yaml:"max_upload_queue"`       // maximum upload queue size, in minutes
-	DisallowLocalStorage bool           `yaml:"disallow_local_storage"` // require an upload config for all requests
+	Logging                      *logger.Config `yaml:"logging"`                          // logging config
+	TemplateBase                 string         `yaml:"template_base"`                    // custom template base url
+	ClusterID                    string         `yaml:"cluster_id"`                       // cluster this instance belongs to
+	EnableChromeSandbox          bool           `yaml:"enable_chrome_sandbox"`            // enable Chrome sandbox, requires extra docker configuration
+	MaxUploadQueue               int            `yaml:"max_upload_queue"`                 // maximum upload queue size, in minutes
+	DisallowLocalStorage         bool           `yaml:"disallow_local_storage"`           // require an upload config for all requests
+	EnableRoomCompositeSDKSource bool           `yaml:"enable_room_composite_sdk_source"` // attempt to render supported audio only room composite use cases using the SDK source instead of Chrome
 
 	SessionLimits `yaml:"session_limits"` // session duration limits
 	StorageConfig *StorageConfig          `yaml:"storage,omitempty"` // storage config
diff --git a/pkg/config/pipeline.go b/pkg/config/pipeline.go
index e3270a2e..6ff276db 100644
--- a/pkg/config/pipeline.go
+++ b/pkg/config/pipeline.go
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ func (p *PipelineConfig) Update(request *rpc.StartEgressRequest) error {
 		}
 		egress.RedactEncodedOutputs(clone)
 
-		p.SourceType = getRoomCompositeRequestType(req.RoomComposite)
+		p.SourceType = p.getRoomCompositeRequestType(req.RoomComposite)
 		p.AwaitStartSignal = true
 
 		p.Info.RoomName = req.RoomComposite.RoomName
@@ -561,6 +561,24 @@ func (p *PipelineConfig) updateOutputType(compatibleAudioCodecs map[types.MimeTy
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (p *PipelineConfig) getRoomCompositeRequestType(req *livekit.RoomCompositeEgressRequest) types.SourceType {
+	// Test for possible chrome-less room composition for audio only
+	if !p.EnableRoomCompositeSDKSource {
+		return types.SourceTypeWeb
+	}
+	if req.Layout != "" {
+		return types.SourceTypeWeb
+	}
+	if !req.AudioOnly {
+		return types.SourceTypeWeb
+	}
+	if req.CustomBaseUrl != "" {
+		return types.SourceTypeWeb
+	}
+
+	return types.SourceTypeSDK
+}
+
 // used for sdk input source
 func (p *PipelineConfig) UpdateInfoFromSDK(identifier string, replacements map[string]string, w, h uint32) error {
 	for egressType, c := range p.Outputs {
@@ -625,18 +643,3 @@ func stringReplace(s string, replacements map[string]string) string {
 	}
 	return s
 }
-
-func getRoomCompositeRequestType(req *livekit.RoomCompositeEgressRequest) types.SourceType {
-	// Test for possible chrome-less room composition for audio only
-	if req.Layout != "" {
-		return types.SourceTypeWeb
-	}
-	if !req.AudioOnly {
-		return types.SourceTypeWeb
-	}
-	if req.CustomBaseUrl != "" {
-		return types.SourceTypeWeb
-	}
-
-	return types.SourceTypeSDK
-}