diff --git a/libavcodec/utvideoenc.c b/libavcodec/utvideoenc.c
index e602d6af3c..0a96fed0ac 100644
--- a/libavcodec/utvideoenc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/utvideoenc.c
@@ -642,6 +642,7 @@ AVCodec ff_utvideo_encoder = {
     .init           = utvideo_encode_init,
     .encode2        = utvideo_encode_frame,
     .close          = utvideo_encode_close,
+    .capabilities   = CODEC_CAP_FRAME_THREADS | CODEC_CAP_INTRA_ONLY,
     .pix_fmts       = (const enum AVPixelFormat[]) {
                           AV_PIX_FMT_RGB24, AV_PIX_FMT_RGBA, AV_PIX_FMT_YUV422P,
                           AV_PIX_FMT_YUV420P, AV_PIX_FMT_NONE