diff --git a/tests/fate/hevc.mak b/tests/fate/hevc.mak
index 2e798eca60..5a3c156ee6 100644
--- a/tests/fate/hevc.mak
+++ b/tests/fate/hevc.mak
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ HEVC_SAMPLES_444_12BIT =        \
 
 define FATE_HEVC_TEST
 FATE_HEVC += fate-hevc-conformance-$(1)
-fate-hevc-conformance-$(1): CMD = framecrc -flags unaligned -vsync drop -i $(TARGET_SAMPLES)/hevc-conformance/$(1).bit
+fate-hevc-conformance-$(1): CMD = framecrc -flags unaligned -vsync drop -i $(TARGET_SAMPLES)/hevc-conformance/$(1).bit -pix_fmt yuv420p
 endef
 
 define FATE_HEVC_TEST_10BIT
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ endef
 
 define FATE_HEVC_TEST_444_8BIT
 FATE_HEVC += fate-hevc-conformance-$(1)
-fate-hevc-conformance-$(1): CMD = framecrc -flags unaligned -i $(TARGET_SAMPLES)/hevc-conformance/$(1).bit
+fate-hevc-conformance-$(1): CMD = framecrc -flags unaligned -i $(TARGET_SAMPLES)/hevc-conformance/$(1).bit -pix_fmt yuv444p
 endef
 
 define FATE_HEVC_TEST_444_12BIT