diff --git a/libavcodec/flacdec.c b/libavcodec/flacdec.c
index d3a8b3327d..781b4fadf1 100644
--- a/libavcodec/flacdec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/flacdec.c
@@ -806,7 +806,9 @@ AVCodec flac_decoder = {
     NULL,
     flac_decode_close,
     flac_decode_frame,
-    CODEC_CAP_DELAY,
+    CODEC_CAP_DELAY | CODEC_CAP_SUBFRAMES, /* FIXME: add a FLAC parser so that
+                                              we will not need to use either
+                                              of these capabilities */
     .flush= flac_flush,
     .long_name= NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL("FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec)"),
 };