diff --git a/libavformat/http.c b/libavformat/http.c
index c5b5c53814..9be1181f30 100644
--- a/libavformat/http.c
+++ b/libavformat/http.c
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ static const AVOption options[] = {
 {"multiple_requests", "use persistent connections", OFFSET(multiple_requests), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64 = 0}, 0, 1, D|E },
 {"post_data", "set custom HTTP post data", OFFSET(post_data), AV_OPT_TYPE_BINARY, .flags = D|E },
 {"mime_type", "set MIME type", OFFSET(mime_type), AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, {0}, 0, 0, 0 },
-{"cookies", "set cookies to be sent in applicable future requests, use newline delimited Set-Cookie HTTP field value syntax", OFFSET(cookies), AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, {0}, 0, 0, 0 },
+{"cookies", "set cookies to be sent in applicable future requests, use newline delimited Set-Cookie HTTP field value syntax", OFFSET(cookies), AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, {0}, 0, 0, D },
 {"icy", "request ICY metadata", OFFSET(icy), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64 = 0}, 0, 1, D },
 {"icy_metadata_headers", "return ICY metadata headers", OFFSET(icy_metadata_headers), AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, {0}, 0, 0, 0 },
 {"icy_metadata_packet", "return current ICY metadata packet", OFFSET(icy_metadata_packet), AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, {0}, 0, 0, 0 },