diff --git a/libavfilter/vf_scale.c b/libavfilter/vf_scale.c
index f77884c27a..2a3d00808d 100644
--- a/libavfilter/vf_scale.c
+++ b/libavfilter/vf_scale.c
@@ -450,6 +450,9 @@ static int filter_frame(AVFilterLink *link, AVFrame *in)
     char buf[32];
     int in_range;
 
+    if (av_frame_get_colorspace(in) == AVCOL_SPC_YCGCO)
+        av_log(link->dst, AV_LOG_WARNING, "Detected unsupported YCgCo colorspace.\n");
+
     if(   in->width  != link->w
        || in->height != link->h
        || in->format != link->format) {