diff --git a/libavcodec/rawenc.c b/libavcodec/rawenc.c
index 82a543ad46..b7924a97ac 100644
--- a/libavcodec/rawenc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/rawenc.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 
 #include "avcodec.h"
 #include "raw.h"
+#include "libavutil/pixdesc.h"
 #include "libavutil/intreadwrite.h"
 
 static av_cold int raw_init_encoder(AVCodecContext *avctx)
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ static av_cold int raw_init_encoder(AVCodecContext *avctx)
     avctx->coded_frame = (AVFrame *)avctx->priv_data;
     avctx->coded_frame->pict_type = FF_I_TYPE;
     avctx->coded_frame->key_frame = 1;
+    avctx->bits_per_coded_sample = av_get_bits_per_pixel(&av_pix_fmt_descriptors[avctx->pix_fmt]);
     if(!avctx->codec_tag)
         avctx->codec_tag = avcodec_pix_fmt_to_codec_tag(avctx->pix_fmt);
     return 0;