diff --git a/src/dash-adapter.js b/src/dash-adapter.js
index a2891146..1da05c88 100644
--- a/src/dash-adapter.js
+++ b/src/dash-adapter.js
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ export default class DashAdapter extends BaseMediaSourceAdapter {
     }
     if (Utils.Object.hasPropertyPath(config, 'streaming')) {
       adapterConfig.forceBreakStall = Utils.Object.getPropertyPath(config, 'streaming.forceBreakStall');
-      adapterConfig.shakaConfig.streaming.lowLatencyMode = Utils.Object.getPropertyPath(config, 'streaming.lowLatencyMode');
+      adapterConfig.lowLatencyMode = Utils.Object.getPropertyPath(config, 'streaming.lowLatencyMode');
     }
     if (Utils.Object.hasPropertyPath(config, 'sources.options')) {
       const options = config.sources.options;
@@ -755,6 +755,7 @@ export default class DashAdapter extends BaseMediaSourceAdapter {
   }
 
   _onLoadedData(): void {
+    this._setLowLatencyMode();
     const segmentDuration = this.getSegmentDuration();
     this._seekRangeStart = this._shaka.seekRange().start;
     this._startOverTimeout = setTimeout(() => {
@@ -765,6 +766,14 @@ export default class DashAdapter extends BaseMediaSourceAdapter {
     }, (segmentDuration + 1) * 1000);
   }
 
+  _setLowLatencyMode() {
+    this._shaka.configure({
+      streaming: {
+        lowLatencyMode: typeof this._config.lowLatencyMode === 'boolean' ? this._config.lowLatencyMode : this.isLive()
+      }
+    });
+  }
+
   /**
    * Custom parser to retrieve image adaptation sets.
    * @param {ArrayBuffer} manifestBuffer - The array buffer manifest from the response.
diff --git a/test/src/dash-adapter.spec.js b/test/src/dash-adapter.spec.js
index e03e4ee6..4b3de118 100644
--- a/test/src/dash-adapter.spec.js
+++ b/test/src/dash-adapter.spec.js
@@ -213,6 +213,72 @@ describe('DashAdapter: load', () => {
       });
   });
 
+  it('should set streaming.lowLatencyMode config to false on vod by default', done => {
+    try {
+      dashInstance = DashAdapter.createAdapter(video, vodSource, config);
+      video.addEventListener(EventType.LOADED_DATA, () => {
+        dashInstance._shaka.getConfiguration().streaming.lowLatencyMode.should.equal(false);
+        done();
+      });
+
+      dashInstance.load().then(() => {
+        video.play();
+      });
+    } catch (e) {
+      done(e);
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('should set streaming.lowLatencyMode config to true on live by default', done => {
+    try {
+      dashInstance = DashAdapter.createAdapter(video, liveSource, config);
+      video.addEventListener(EventType.LOADED_DATA, () => {
+        dashInstance._shaka.getConfiguration().streaming.lowLatencyMode.should.equal(true);
+        done();
+      });
+
+      dashInstance.load().then(() => {
+        video.play();
+      });
+    } catch (e) {
+      done(e);
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('should take the streaming.lowLatencyMode value from config when configured manually - vod', done => {
+    try {
+      const playerConfig = {...config, streaming: {lowLatencyMode: true}};
+      dashInstance = DashAdapter.createAdapter(video, vodSource, playerConfig);
+      video.addEventListener(EventType.LOADED_DATA, () => {
+        dashInstance._shaka.getConfiguration().streaming.lowLatencyMode.should.equal(true);
+        done();
+      });
+
+      dashInstance.load().then(() => {
+        video.play();
+      });
+    } catch (e) {
+      done(e);
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('should take the streaming.lowLatencyMode value from config when configured manually - live', done => {
+    try {
+      const playerConfig = {...config, streaming: {lowLatencyMode: false}};
+      dashInstance = DashAdapter.createAdapter(video, vodSource, playerConfig);
+      video.addEventListener(EventType.LOADED_DATA, () => {
+        dashInstance._shaka.getConfiguration().streaming.lowLatencyMode.should.equal(false);
+        done();
+      });
+
+      dashInstance.load().then(() => {
+        video.play();
+      });
+    } catch (e) {
+      done(e);
+    }
+  });
+
   it('should load successfully when given a valid video to play', done => {
     dashInstance = DashAdapter.createAdapter(video, vodSource, config);
     dashInstance