diff --git a/libavutil/vulkan.c b/libavutil/vulkan.c
index d5299ffb06..a04dfbfadf 100644
--- a/libavutil/vulkan.c
+++ b/libavutil/vulkan.c
@@ -255,6 +255,7 @@ void ff_vk_exec_pool_free(FFVulkanContext *s, FFVkExecPool *pool)
         ff_vk_exec_discard_deps(s, e);
 
         av_free(e->frame_deps);
+        av_free(e->sw_frame_deps);
         av_free(e->buf_deps);
         av_free(e->queue_family_dst);
         av_free(e->layout_dst);
@@ -551,6 +552,10 @@ void ff_vk_exec_discard_deps(FFVulkanContext *s, FFVkExecContext *e)
         av_buffer_unref(&e->buf_deps[j]);
     e->nb_buf_deps = 0;
 
+    for (int j = 0; j < e->nb_sw_frame_deps; j++)
+        av_frame_free(&e->sw_frame_deps[j]);
+    e->nb_sw_frame_deps = 0;
+
     for (int j = 0; j < e->nb_frame_deps; j++) {
         AVFrame *f = e->frame_deps[j];
         if (e->frame_locked[j]) {
@@ -595,6 +600,27 @@ int ff_vk_exec_add_dep_buf(FFVulkanContext *s, FFVkExecContext *e,
     return 0;
 }
 
+int ff_vk_exec_add_dep_sw_frame(FFVulkanContext *s, FFVkExecContext *e,
+                                AVFrame *f)
+{
+    AVFrame **dst = av_fast_realloc(e->sw_frame_deps, &e->sw_frame_deps_alloc_size,
+                                    (e->nb_sw_frame_deps + 1) * sizeof(*dst));
+    if (!dst) {
+        ff_vk_exec_discard_deps(s, e);
+        return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
+    }
+
+    e->sw_frame_deps = dst;
+
+    e->sw_frame_deps[e->nb_sw_frame_deps] = av_frame_clone(f);
+    if (!e->sw_frame_deps[e->nb_sw_frame_deps]) {
+        ff_vk_exec_discard_deps(s, e);
+        return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
 #define ARR_REALLOC(str, arr, alloc_s, cnt)                               \
     do {                                                                  \
         arr = av_fast_realloc(str->arr, alloc_s, (cnt + 1)*sizeof(*arr)); \
diff --git a/libavutil/vulkan.h b/libavutil/vulkan.h
index 4394894baa..9b46a279ca 100644
--- a/libavutil/vulkan.h
+++ b/libavutil/vulkan.h
@@ -134,6 +134,11 @@ typedef struct FFVkExecContext {
     unsigned int frame_deps_alloc_size;
     int nb_frame_deps;
 
+    /* Software frame dependencies */
+    AVFrame **sw_frame_deps;
+    unsigned int sw_frame_deps_alloc_size;
+    int nb_sw_frame_deps;
+
     VkSemaphoreSubmitInfo *sem_wait;
     unsigned int sem_wait_alloc;
     int sem_wait_cnt;
@@ -441,6 +446,8 @@ int ff_vk_exec_add_dep_bool_sem(FFVulkanContext *s, FFVkExecContext *e,
 int ff_vk_exec_add_dep_frame(FFVulkanContext *s, FFVkExecContext *e, AVFrame *f,
                              VkPipelineStageFlagBits2 wait_stage,
                              VkPipelineStageFlagBits2 signal_stage);
+int ff_vk_exec_add_dep_sw_frame(FFVulkanContext *s, FFVkExecContext *e,
+                                AVFrame *f);
 void ff_vk_exec_update_frame(FFVulkanContext *s, FFVkExecContext *e, AVFrame *f,
                              VkImageMemoryBarrier2 *bar, uint32_t *nb_img_bar);
 int ff_vk_exec_mirror_sem_value(FFVulkanContext *s, FFVkExecContext *e,