diff --git a/libavutil/cpu.c b/libavutil/cpu.c
index cd81a30f71..e14b413725 100644
--- a/libavutil/cpu.c
+++ b/libavutil/cpu.c
@@ -136,6 +136,23 @@ int av_parse_cpu_caps(unsigned *flags, const char *s)
         { "3dnow"   , NULL, 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, { .i64 = AV_CPU_FLAG_3DNOW    },    .unit = "flags" },
         { "3dnowext", NULL, 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, { .i64 = AV_CPU_FLAG_3DNOWEXT },    .unit = "flags" },
         { "cmov",     NULL, 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, { .i64 = AV_CPU_FLAG_CMOV     },    .unit = "flags" },
+
+#define CPU_FLAG_P2 AV_CPU_FLAG_CMOV | AV_CPU_FLAG_MMX
+#define CPU_FLAG_P3 CPU_FLAG_P2 | AV_CPU_FLAG_MMX2 | AV_CPU_FLAG_SSE
+#define CPU_FLAG_P4 CPU_FLAG_P3| AV_CPU_FLAG_SSE2
+        { "pentium2", NULL, 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, { .i64 = CPU_FLAG_P2          },    .unit = "flags" },
+        { "pentium3", NULL, 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, { .i64 = CPU_FLAG_P3          },    .unit = "flags" },
+        { "pentium4", NULL, 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, { .i64 = CPU_FLAG_P4          },    .unit = "flags" },
+
+#define CPU_FLAG_K62 AV_CPU_FLAG_MMX | AV_CPU_FLAG_3DNOW
+#define CPU_FLAG_ATHLON   CPU_FLAG_K62 | AV_CPU_FLAG_CMOV | AV_CPU_FLAG_3DNOWEXT | AV_CPU_FLAG_MMX2
+#define CPU_FLAG_ATHLONXP CPU_FLAG_ATHLON | AV_CPU_FLAG_SSE
+#define CPU_FLAG_K8  CPU_FLAG_ATHLONXP | AV_CPU_FLAG_SSE2
+        { "k6",       NULL, 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, { .i64 = AV_CPU_FLAG_MMX      },    .unit = "flags" },
+        { "k62",      NULL, 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, { .i64 = CPU_FLAG_K62         },    .unit = "flags" },
+        { "athlon",   NULL, 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, { .i64 = CPU_FLAG_ATHLON      },    .unit = "flags" },
+        { "athlonxp", NULL, 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, { .i64 = CPU_FLAG_ATHLONXP    },    .unit = "flags" },
+        { "k8",       NULL, 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, { .i64 = CPU_FLAG_K8          },    .unit = "flags" },
 #elif ARCH_ARM
         { "armv5te",  NULL, 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, { .i64 = AV_CPU_FLAG_ARMV5TE  },    .unit = "flags" },
         { "armv6",    NULL, 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, { .i64 = AV_CPU_FLAG_ARMV6    },    .unit = "flags" },