diff --git a/libavcodec/options.c b/libavcodec/options.c
index 57e0804ce5..e4bc8a6226 100644
--- a/libavcodec/options.c
+++ b/libavcodec/options.c
@@ -435,6 +435,7 @@ static const AVOption options[]={
 {"thread_type", "select multithreading type", OFFSET(thread_type), FF_OPT_TYPE_INT, FF_THREAD_SLICE|FF_THREAD_FRAME, 0, INT_MAX, V|E|D, "thread_type"},
 {"slice", NULL, 0, FF_OPT_TYPE_CONST, FF_THREAD_SLICE, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, V|E|D, "thread_type"},
 {"frame", NULL, 0, FF_OPT_TYPE_CONST, FF_THREAD_FRAME, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, V|E|D, "thread_type"},
+{"vbv_delay", "initial buffer fill time in periods of 27Mhz clock", 0, FF_OPT_TYPE_INT64, 0, 0, INT64_MAX},
 {NULL},
 };