diff --git a/libavcodec/qsvenc.c b/libavcodec/qsvenc.c
index 0d2e223fb4..afb953eb11 100644
--- a/libavcodec/qsvenc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/qsvenc.c
@@ -595,6 +595,7 @@ FF_ENABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS
             if (q->recovery_point_sei >= 0)
                 q->extco.RecoveryPointSEI = q->recovery_point_sei ? MFX_CODINGOPTION_ON : MFX_CODINGOPTION_OFF;
             q->extco.MaxDecFrameBuffering = q->max_dec_frame_buffering;
+            q->extco.AUDelimiter          = q->aud ? MFX_CODINGOPTION_ON : MFX_CODINGOPTION_OFF;
         }
 
         q->extparam_internal[q->nb_extparam_internal++] = (mfxExtBuffer *)&q->extco;
diff --git a/libavcodec/qsvenc.h b/libavcodec/qsvenc.h
index fb5fd68edc..080f6f08d3 100644
--- a/libavcodec/qsvenc.h
+++ b/libavcodec/qsvenc.h
@@ -138,6 +138,8 @@ typedef struct QSVEncContext {
     int max_frame_size;
     int max_slice_size;
 
+    int aud;
+
     int single_sei_nal_unit;
     int max_dec_frame_buffering;
     int trellis;
diff --git a/libavcodec/qsvenc_h264.c b/libavcodec/qsvenc_h264.c
index e01a2a3369..0fe29c2730 100644
--- a/libavcodec/qsvenc_h264.c
+++ b/libavcodec/qsvenc_h264.c
@@ -142,6 +142,9 @@ static const AVOption options[] = {
     { "high"    , NULL, 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, { .i64 = MFX_PROFILE_AVC_HIGH     }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX,     VE, "profile" },
 
     { "a53cc" , "Use A53 Closed Captions (if available)", OFFSET(qsv.a53_cc), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64 = 1}, 0, 1, VE},
+
+    { "aud", "Insert the Access Unit Delimiter NAL", OFFSET(qsv.aud), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, { .i64 = 0 }, 0, 1, VE},
+
     { NULL },
 };