diff --git a/mpp/codec/mpp_dec.cpp b/mpp/codec/mpp_dec.cpp
index d1fcba90..ae01b26f 100644
--- a/mpp/codec/mpp_dec.cpp
+++ b/mpp/codec/mpp_dec.cpp
@@ -423,6 +423,14 @@ MPP_RET mpp_dec_proc_cfg(MppDecImpl *dec, MpiCmd cmd, void *param)
 
         dec_dbg_func("set dec cfg\n");
     } break;
+    case MPP_DEC_GET_CFG: {
+        MppDecCfgImpl *dec_cfg = (MppDecCfgImpl *)param;
+
+        if (dec_cfg)
+            memcpy(&dec_cfg->cfg, &dec->cfg, sizeof(dec->cfg));
+
+        dec_dbg_func("get dec cfg\n");
+    } break;
     default : {
     } break;
     }
diff --git a/mpp/mpp.cpp b/mpp/mpp.cpp
index f3c18eab..7070f4ee 100644
--- a/mpp/mpp.cpp
+++ b/mpp/mpp.cpp
@@ -962,6 +962,16 @@ MPP_RET Mpp::control_dec(MpiCmd cmd, MppParam param)
             ret = mpp_dec_set_cfg(&mDecInitcfg, &dec_cfg->cfg);
         }
     } break;
+    case MPP_DEC_GET_CFG : {
+        if (mDec)
+            ret = mpp_dec_control(mDec, cmd, param);
+        else if (param) {
+            MppDecCfgImpl *dec_cfg = (MppDecCfgImpl *)param;
+
+            memcpy(&dec_cfg->cfg, &mDecInitcfg, sizeof(dec_cfg->cfg));
+            ret = MPP_OK;
+        }
+    } break;
     default : {
     } break;
     }
diff --git a/test/mpi_dec_test.c b/test/mpi_dec_test.c
index 2e37fc5e..90a4aebc 100644
--- a/test/mpi_dec_test.c
+++ b/test/mpi_dec_test.c
@@ -630,6 +630,13 @@ int dec_decode(MpiDecTestCmd *cmd)
 
     mpp_dec_cfg_init(&cfg);
 
+    /* get default config from decoder context */
+    ret = mpi->control(ctx, MPP_DEC_GET_CFG, cfg);
+    if (ret) {
+        mpp_err("%p failed to get decoder cfg ret %d\n", ctx, ret);
+        goto MPP_TEST_OUT;
+    }
+
     /*
      * split_parse is to enable mpp internal frame spliter when the input
      * packet is not aplited into frames.