diff --git a/doc/filters.texi b/doc/filters.texi
index d3543b39c0..58a690309a 100644
--- a/doc/filters.texi
+++ b/doc/filters.texi
@@ -205,6 +205,13 @@ adding/dropping samples.
 @item max_comp
 Maximum compensation in samples per second.
 
+@item first_pts
+Assume the first pts should be this value.
+This allows for padding/trimming at the start of stream. By default, no
+assumption is made about the first frame's expected pts, so no padding or
+trimming is done. For example, this could be set to 0 to pad the beginning with
+silence if an audio stream starts after the video stream.
+
 @end table
 
 @section channelsplit
diff --git a/libavfilter/af_asyncts.c b/libavfilter/af_asyncts.c
index 4052fbdce7..5a12a6f6da 100644
--- a/libavfilter/af_asyncts.c
+++ b/libavfilter/af_asyncts.c
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ static const AVOption options[] = {
     { "min_delta",  "Minimum difference between timestamps and audio data "
                     "(in seconds) to trigger padding/trimmin the data.",        OFFSET(min_delta_sec), AV_OPT_TYPE_FLOAT, { 0.1 }, 0, INT_MAX, A },
     { "max_comp",   "Maximum compensation in samples per second.",              OFFSET(max_comp),      AV_OPT_TYPE_INT,   { 500 }, 0, INT_MAX, A },
+    { "first_pts",  "Assume the first pts should be this value.",               OFFSET(pts),           AV_OPT_TYPE_INT64, { AV_NOPTS_VALUE }, INT64_MIN, INT64_MAX, A },
     { NULL },
 };
 
@@ -73,8 +74,6 @@ static int init(AVFilterContext *ctx, const char *args)
     }
     av_opt_free(s);
 
-    s->pts = AV_NOPTS_VALUE;
-
     return 0;
 }