diff --git a/libavdevice/alsa-audio-enc.c b/libavdevice/alsa-audio-enc.c
index a53c1763d5..22a1ea7ff6 100644
--- a/libavdevice/alsa-audio-enc.c
+++ b/libavdevice/alsa-audio-enc.c
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ static av_cold int audio_write_header(AVFormatContext *s1)
                st->codec->sample_rate, sample_rate);
         goto fail;
     }
+    av_set_pts_info(st, 64, 1, sample_rate);
 
     return res;