diff --git a/ffserver.c b/ffserver.c
index 5d48310bea..c5397b1834 100644
--- a/ffserver.c
+++ b/ffserver.c
@@ -1546,6 +1546,10 @@ int parse_ffconfig(const char *filename)
             if (stream) {
                 video_enc.gop_size = 1;
             }
+        } else if (!strcasecmp(cmd, "VideoHighQuality")) {
+            if (stream) {
+                video_enc.flags |= CODEC_FLAG_HQ;
+            }
         } else if (!strcasecmp(cmd, "NoVideo")) {
             video_id = CODEC_ID_NONE;
         } else if (!strcasecmp(cmd, "NoAudio")) {