diff --git a/src/AddIns/Uno.UI.MediaPlayer.Skia.Gtk/GTKMediaPlayer.cs b/src/AddIns/Uno.UI.MediaPlayer.Skia.Gtk/GTKMediaPlayer.cs
index 1e8879f06271b362e47b38abd88d5de103edffc8..15c2e6825a28cc89285b7fbff1b338db61ebf1bf 100644
--- a/src/AddIns/Uno.UI.MediaPlayer.Skia.Gtk/GTKMediaPlayer.cs
+++ b/src/AddIns/Uno.UI.MediaPlayer.Skia.Gtk/GTKMediaPlayer.cs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ using Windows.Media.Core;
 
 namespace Uno.UI.Media;
 
-public partial class GtkMediaPlayer : Border
+public partial class GtkMediaPlayer : FrameworkElement
 {
 	private LibVLC? _libvlc;
 	private LibVLCSharp.Shared.MediaPlayer? _mediaPlayer;
diff --git a/src/AddIns/Uno.UI.MediaPlayer.Skia.Gtk/GTKMediaPlayer.events.cs b/src/AddIns/Uno.UI.MediaPlayer.Skia.Gtk/GTKMediaPlayer.events.cs
index dab54849307a17d7f201bdd6da9b470483a9f9f4..089d3534aa1b2ff290954d89d3a3ed98524fed05 100644
--- a/src/AddIns/Uno.UI.MediaPlayer.Skia.Gtk/GTKMediaPlayer.events.cs
+++ b/src/AddIns/Uno.UI.MediaPlayer.Skia.Gtk/GTKMediaPlayer.events.cs
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ public partial class GtkMediaPlayer
 			_mediaPlayer.Stopped += OnMediaPlayerStopped;
 
 			_videoContainer.Content = _videoView;
-
-			Child = _videoContainer;
+			AddChild(_videoContainer);
+			//Child = _videoContainer;
 
 			UpdateVideoStretch();
 			if (this.Log().IsEnabled(Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.LogLevel.Debug))