diff --git a/extensions/vp9/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/ext/vp9/LibvpxVideoRenderer.java b/extensions/vp9/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/ext/vp9/LibvpxVideoRenderer.java
index e64a128a86..be4e358073 100644
--- a/extensions/vp9/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/ext/vp9/LibvpxVideoRenderer.java
+++ b/extensions/vp9/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/ext/vp9/LibvpxVideoRenderer.java
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ public class LibvpxVideoRenderer extends BaseRenderer {
   /** The default input buffer size. */
   private static final int DEFAULT_INPUT_BUFFER_SIZE = 768 * 1024; // Value based on cs/SoftVpx.cpp.
 
+  private final boolean enableRowMultiThreadMode;
   private final boolean disableLoopFilter;
   private final long allowedJoiningTimeMs;
   private final int maxDroppedFramesToNotify;
@@ -218,6 +219,7 @@ public class LibvpxVideoRenderer extends BaseRenderer {
         drmSessionManager,
         playClearSamplesWithoutKeys,
         disableLoopFilter,
+        /* enableRowMultiThreadMode= */ false,
         getRuntime().availableProcessors());
   }
 
@@ -237,6 +239,7 @@ public class LibvpxVideoRenderer extends BaseRenderer {
    *     permitted to play clear regions of encrypted media files before {@code drmSessionManager}
    *     has obtained the keys necessary to decrypt encrypted regions of the media.
    * @param disableLoopFilter Disable the libvpx in-loop smoothing filter.
+   * @param enableRowMultiThreadMode Whether row multi threading decoding is enabled.
    * @param threads Number of threads libvpx will use to decode.
    */
   public LibvpxVideoRenderer(
@@ -247,6 +250,7 @@ public class LibvpxVideoRenderer extends BaseRenderer {
       DrmSessionManager<ExoMediaCrypto> drmSessionManager,
       boolean playClearSamplesWithoutKeys,
       boolean disableLoopFilter,
+      boolean enableRowMultiThreadMode,
       int threads) {
     super(C.TRACK_TYPE_VIDEO);
     this.disableLoopFilter = disableLoopFilter;
@@ -254,6 +258,7 @@ public class LibvpxVideoRenderer extends BaseRenderer {
     this.maxDroppedFramesToNotify = maxDroppedFramesToNotify;
     this.drmSessionManager = drmSessionManager;
     this.playClearSamplesWithoutKeys = playClearSamplesWithoutKeys;
+    this.enableRowMultiThreadMode = enableRowMultiThreadMode;
     this.threads = threads;
     joiningDeadlineMs = C.TIME_UNSET;
     clearReportedVideoSize();
@@ -762,6 +767,7 @@ public class LibvpxVideoRenderer extends BaseRenderer {
               initialInputBufferSize,
               mediaCrypto,
               disableLoopFilter,
+              enableRowMultiThreadMode,
               threads);
       decoder.setOutputMode(outputMode);
       TraceUtil.endSection();
diff --git a/extensions/vp9/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/ext/vp9/VpxDecoder.java b/extensions/vp9/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/ext/vp9/VpxDecoder.java
index 33064af178..57e5481b55 100644
--- a/extensions/vp9/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/ext/vp9/VpxDecoder.java
+++ b/extensions/vp9/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/ext/vp9/VpxDecoder.java
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
    * @param exoMediaCrypto The {@link ExoMediaCrypto} object required for decoding encrypted
    *     content. Maybe null and can be ignored if decoder does not handle encrypted content.
    * @param disableLoopFilter Disable the libvpx in-loop smoothing filter.
+   * @param enableRowMultiThreadMode Whether row multi threading decoding is enabled.
    * @param threads Number of threads libvpx will use to decode.
    * @throws VpxDecoderException Thrown if an exception occurs when initializing the decoder.
    */
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
       int initialInputBufferSize,
       ExoMediaCrypto exoMediaCrypto,
       boolean disableLoopFilter,
+      boolean enableRowMultiThreadMode,
       int threads)
       throws VpxDecoderException {
     super(new VpxInputBuffer[numInputBuffers], new VpxOutputBuffer[numOutputBuffers]);
@@ -70,7 +72,7 @@ import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
     if (exoMediaCrypto != null && !VpxLibrary.vpxIsSecureDecodeSupported()) {
       throw new VpxDecoderException("Vpx decoder does not support secure decode.");
     }
-    vpxDecContext = vpxInit(disableLoopFilter, threads);
+    vpxDecContext = vpxInit(disableLoopFilter, enableRowMultiThreadMode, threads);
     if (vpxDecContext == 0) {
       throw new VpxDecoderException("Failed to initialize decoder");
     }
@@ -167,7 +169,8 @@ import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
     }
   }
 
-  private native long vpxInit(boolean disableLoopFilter, int threads);
+  private native long vpxInit(
+      boolean disableLoopFilter, boolean enableRowMultiThreadMode, int threads);
 
   private native long vpxClose(long context);
   private native long vpxDecode(long context, ByteBuffer encoded, int length);
diff --git a/extensions/vp9/src/main/jni/vpx_jni.cc b/extensions/vp9/src/main/jni/vpx_jni.cc
index 6ff86af355..8036e78cbe 100644
--- a/extensions/vp9/src/main/jni/vpx_jni.cc
+++ b/extensions/vp9/src/main/jni/vpx_jni.cc
@@ -433,7 +433,8 @@ int vpx_release_frame_buffer(void* priv, vpx_codec_frame_buffer_t* fb) {
   return buffer_manager->release(*(int*)fb->priv);
 }
 
-DECODER_FUNC(jlong, vpxInit, jboolean disableLoopFilter, jint threads) {
+DECODER_FUNC(jlong, vpxInit, jboolean disableLoopFilter,
+             jboolean enableRowMultiThreadMode, jint threads) {
   JniCtx* context = new JniCtx();
   context->decoder = new vpx_codec_ctx_t();
   vpx_codec_dec_cfg_t cfg = {0, 0, 0};
@@ -446,6 +447,13 @@ DECODER_FUNC(jlong, vpxInit, jboolean disableLoopFilter, jint threads) {
     errorCode = err;
     return 0;
   }
+#ifdef VPX_CTRL_VP9_DECODE_SET_ROW_MT
+  err = vpx_codec_control_(context->decoder, VP9D_SET_ROW_MT,
+                           enableRowMultiThreadMode);
+  if (err) {
+    LOGE("ERROR: Failed to enable row multi thread mode, error = %d.", err);
+  }
+#endif
   if (disableLoopFilter) {
     // TODO(b/71930387): Use vpx_codec_control(), not vpx_codec_control_().
     err = vpx_codec_control_(context->decoder, VP9_SET_SKIP_LOOP_FILTER, true);