diff --git a/app/streaming/audio/audio.cpp b/app/streaming/audio/audio.cpp
index b41c60ec..6ccc2f43 100644
--- a/app/streaming/audio/audio.cpp
+++ b/app/streaming/audio/audio.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,22 @@ IAudioRenderer* Session::createAudioRenderer()
 #endif
 }
 
+int Session::getAudioRendererCapabilities()
+{
+    IAudioRenderer* audioRenderer;
+
+    audioRenderer = createAudioRenderer();
+    if (audioRenderer == nullptr) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    int caps = audioRenderer->getCapabilities();
+
+    delete audioRenderer;
+
+    return caps;
+}
+
 bool Session::testAudio(int audioConfiguration)
 {
     IAudioRenderer* audioRenderer;
diff --git a/app/streaming/audio/renderers/renderer.h b/app/streaming/audio/renderers/renderer.h
index 52880c73..1d9901c6 100644
--- a/app/streaming/audio/renderers/renderer.h
+++ b/app/streaming/audio/renderers/renderer.h
@@ -13,4 +13,6 @@ public:
 
     // Return false if an unrecoverable error has occurred and the renderer must be reinitialized
     virtual bool submitAudio(int bytesWritten) = 0;
+
+    virtual int getCapabilities() = 0;
 };
diff --git a/app/streaming/audio/renderers/sdl.h b/app/streaming/audio/renderers/sdl.h
index 0a186096..53716fa7 100644
--- a/app/streaming/audio/renderers/sdl.h
+++ b/app/streaming/audio/renderers/sdl.h
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ public:
 
     virtual bool submitAudio(int bytesWritten);
 
+    virtual int getCapabilities();
+
 private:
     SDL_AudioDeviceID m_AudioDevice;
     void* m_AudioBuffer;
diff --git a/app/streaming/audio/renderers/sdlaud.cpp b/app/streaming/audio/renderers/sdlaud.cpp
index e8ceb828..84d3e096 100644
--- a/app/streaming/audio/renderers/sdlaud.cpp
+++ b/app/streaming/audio/renderers/sdlaud.cpp
@@ -100,3 +100,8 @@ bool SdlAudioRenderer::submitAudio(int bytesWritten)
 
     return true;
 }
+
+int SdlAudioRenderer::getCapabilities()
+{
+    return CAPABILITY_DIRECT_SUBMIT;
+}
diff --git a/app/streaming/audio/renderers/slaud.cpp b/app/streaming/audio/renderers/slaud.cpp
index 27e72866..5e7e1ff4 100644
--- a/app/streaming/audio/renderers/slaud.cpp
+++ b/app/streaming/audio/renderers/slaud.cpp
@@ -90,6 +90,11 @@ bool SLAudioRenderer::submitAudio(int bytesWritten)
     return true;
 }
 
+int SLAudioRenderer::getCapabilities()
+{
+    return CAPABILITY_SLOW_OPUS_DECODER;
+}
+
 void SLAudioRenderer::slLogCallback(void*, ESLAudioLog logLevel, const char *message)
 {
     SDL_LogPriority priority;
diff --git a/app/streaming/audio/renderers/slaud.h b/app/streaming/audio/renderers/slaud.h
index 52bf8d88..4c2829fc 100644
--- a/app/streaming/audio/renderers/slaud.h
+++ b/app/streaming/audio/renderers/slaud.h
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ public:
 
     virtual bool submitAudio(int bytesWritten);
 
+    virtual int getCapabilities();
+
 private:
     static void slLogCallback(void* context, ESLAudioLog logLevel, const char* message);
 
diff --git a/app/streaming/audio/renderers/soundioaudiorenderer.cpp b/app/streaming/audio/renderers/soundioaudiorenderer.cpp
index 2e18ec74..ff479b58 100644
--- a/app/streaming/audio/renderers/soundioaudiorenderer.cpp
+++ b/app/streaming/audio/renderers/soundioaudiorenderer.cpp
@@ -317,6 +317,11 @@ bool SoundIoAudioRenderer::submitAudio(int bytesWritten)
     return true;
 }
 
+int SoundIoAudioRenderer::getCapabilities()
+{
+    return CAPABILITY_DIRECT_SUBMIT;
+}
+
 void SoundIoAudioRenderer::sioErrorCallback(SoundIoOutStream* stream, int err)
 {
     auto me = reinterpret_cast<SoundIoAudioRenderer*>(stream->userdata);
diff --git a/app/streaming/audio/renderers/soundioaudiorenderer.h b/app/streaming/audio/renderers/soundioaudiorenderer.h
index ad29bb04..cc8c7b5e 100644
--- a/app/streaming/audio/renderers/soundioaudiorenderer.h
+++ b/app/streaming/audio/renderers/soundioaudiorenderer.h
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ public:
 
     virtual bool submitAudio(int bytesWritten);
 
+    virtual int getCapabilities();
+
 private:
     int scoreChannelLayout(const struct SoundIoChannelLayout* layout, const OPUS_MULTISTREAM_CONFIGURATION* opusConfig);
 
diff --git a/app/streaming/session.cpp b/app/streaming/session.cpp
index 0915cb94..20ca983b 100644
--- a/app/streaming/session.cpp
+++ b/app/streaming/session.cpp
@@ -43,22 +43,6 @@ CONNECTION_LISTENER_CALLBACKS Session::k_ConnCallbacks = {
     Session::clConnectionStatusUpdate
 };
 
-AUDIO_RENDERER_CALLBACKS Session::k_AudioCallbacks = {
-    Session::arInit,
-    nullptr,
-    nullptr,
-    Session::arCleanup,
-    Session::arDecodeAndPlaySample,
-#ifndef STEAM_LINK
-    CAPABILITY_DIRECT_SUBMIT
-#else
-    // We cannot use direct submit for Steam Link because the
-    // SLAudio renderer needs to look at the audio backlog to
-    // cap latency since playback is a blocking operation.
-    CAPABILITY_SLOW_OPUS_DECODER
-#endif
-};
-
 Session* Session::s_ActiveSession;
 QSemaphore Session::s_ActiveSessionSemaphore(1);
 
@@ -365,6 +349,12 @@ bool Session::initialize()
                 "Encoder configured for %d slices per frame",
                 slices);
 
+    LiInitializeAudioCallbacks(&m_AudioCallbacks);
+    m_AudioCallbacks.init = arInit;
+    m_AudioCallbacks.cleanup = arCleanup;
+    m_AudioCallbacks.decodeAndPlaySample = arDecodeAndPlaySample;
+    m_AudioCallbacks.capabilities = getAudioRendererCapabilities();
+
     LiInitializeStreamConfiguration(&m_StreamConfig);
     m_StreamConfig.width = m_Preferences->width;
     m_StreamConfig.height = m_Preferences->height;
@@ -948,7 +938,7 @@ void Session::exec(int displayOriginX, int displayOriginY)
 
     int err = LiStartConnection(&hostInfo, &m_StreamConfig, &k_ConnCallbacks,
                                 &m_VideoCallbacks,
-                                m_AudioDisabled ? nullptr : &k_AudioCallbacks,
+                                m_AudioDisabled ? nullptr : &m_AudioCallbacks,
                                 NULL, 0, NULL, 0);
     if (err != 0) {
         // We already displayed an error dialog in the stage failure
diff --git a/app/streaming/session.h b/app/streaming/session.h
index 16805c56..4392d47c 100644
--- a/app/streaming/session.h
+++ b/app/streaming/session.h
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ private:
 
     bool testAudio(int audioConfiguration);
 
+    int getAudioRendererCapabilities();
+
     void getWindowDimensions(int& x, int& y,
                              int& width, int& height);
 
@@ -129,6 +131,7 @@ private:
     StreamingPreferences* m_Preferences;
     STREAM_CONFIGURATION m_StreamConfig;
     DECODER_RENDERER_CALLBACKS m_VideoCallbacks;
+    AUDIO_RENDERER_CALLBACKS m_AudioCallbacks;
     NvComputer* m_Computer;
     NvApp m_App;
     SDL_Window* m_Window;
@@ -158,7 +161,6 @@ private:
 
     Overlay::OverlayManager m_OverlayManager;
 
-    static AUDIO_RENDERER_CALLBACKS k_AudioCallbacks;
     static CONNECTION_LISTENER_CALLBACKS k_ConnCallbacks;
     static Session* s_ActiveSession;
     static QSemaphore s_ActiveSessionSemaphore;