diff --git a/video/decode/hw_cuda.c b/video/decode/hw_cuda.c
index d0c7669f25..64ee08d427 100644
--- a/video/decode/hw_cuda.c
+++ b/video/decode/hw_cuda.c
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ typedef void * CUcontext;
 #include "video/fmt-conversion.h"
 #include "video/decode/lavc.h"
 
+#if !NEW_CUDA_HWACCEL
+
 static int probe(struct lavc_ctx *ctx, struct vd_lavc_hwdec *hwdec,
                  const char *codec)
 {
@@ -47,6 +49,8 @@ static int init_decoder(struct lavc_ctx *ctx, int w, int h)
     AVCodecContext *avctx = ctx->avctx;
     struct mp_hwdec_ctx *hwctx = ctx->hwdec_priv;
 
+    MP_VERBOSE(ctx, "Using old cuda API.\n");
+
     if (avctx->hw_frames_ctx) {
         MP_ERR(ctx, "hw_frames_ctx already initialised!\n");
         return -1;
@@ -63,7 +67,8 @@ static int init_decoder(struct lavc_ctx *ctx, int w, int h)
 
     // This is proper use of the hw_frames_ctx API, but it does not work
     // (appaears to work but fails e.g. with 10 bit). The cuvid wrapper
-    // does non-standard things, and it's a messy situation.
+    // does non-standard things, and it's a messy situation. This whole
+    // file is actually used only with older libavcodec versions.
     /*
     hwframe_ctx->width = w;
     hwframe_ctx->height = h;
@@ -92,7 +97,7 @@ static struct mp_image *process_image(struct lavc_ctx *ctx, struct mp_image *img
     return img;
 }
 
-const struct vd_lavc_hwdec mp_vd_lavc_cuda = {
+const struct vd_lavc_hwdec mp_vd_lavc_cuda_old = {
     .type = HWDEC_CUDA,
     .image_format = IMGFMT_CUDA,
     .lavc_suffix = "_cuvid",
@@ -102,3 +107,5 @@ const struct vd_lavc_hwdec mp_vd_lavc_cuda = {
     .init_decoder = init_decoder,
     .process_image = process_image,
 };
+
+#endif
diff --git a/video/decode/lavc.h b/video/decode/lavc.h
index a09929e29b..cc098b998e 100644
--- a/video/decode/lavc.h
+++ b/video/decode/lavc.h
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 
 #include <libavcodec/avcodec.h>
 
+#include "config.h"
+
 #include "demux/stheader.h"
 #include "video/mp_image.h"
 #include "video/mp_image_pool.h"
@@ -139,4 +141,7 @@ int hwdec_setup_hw_frames_ctx(struct lavc_ctx *ctx, AVBufferRef *device_ctx,
 
 const char *hwdec_find_decoder(const char *codec, const char *suffix);
 
+#define NEW_CUDA_HWACCEL \
+    (HAVE_CUDA_HWACCEL && LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_INT >= AV_VERSION_INT(57, 94, 100))
+
 #endif
diff --git a/video/decode/vd_lavc.c b/video/decode/vd_lavc.c
index d15f01768b..fe4409968a 100644
--- a/video/decode/vd_lavc.c
+++ b/video/decode/vd_lavc.c
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ extern const struct vd_lavc_hwdec mp_vd_lavc_dxva2;
 extern const struct vd_lavc_hwdec mp_vd_lavc_dxva2_copy;
 extern const struct vd_lavc_hwdec mp_vd_lavc_d3d11va;
 extern const struct vd_lavc_hwdec mp_vd_lavc_d3d11va_copy;
-extern const struct vd_lavc_hwdec mp_vd_lavc_cuda;
+extern const struct vd_lavc_hwdec mp_vd_lavc_cuda_old;
 
 #if HAVE_RPI
 static const struct vd_lavc_hwdec mp_vd_lavc_rpi = {
@@ -154,6 +154,14 @@ static const struct vd_lavc_hwdec mp_vd_lavc_mediacodec = {
 };
 #endif
 
+#if NEW_CUDA_HWACCEL
+static const struct vd_lavc_hwdec mp_vd_lavc_cuda = {
+    .type = HWDEC_CUDA,
+    .image_format = IMGFMT_CUDA,
+    .lavc_suffix = "_cuvid",
+    .generic_hwaccel = true,
+};
+#endif
 #if HAVE_CUDA_HWACCEL
 static const struct vd_lavc_hwdec mp_vd_lavc_cuda_copy = {
     .type = HWDEC_CUDA_COPY,
@@ -255,7 +263,11 @@ static const struct vd_lavc_hwdec *const hwdec_list[] = {
     &mp_vd_lavc_mediacodec,
 #endif
 #if HAVE_CUDA_HWACCEL
+ #if NEW_CUDA_HWACCEL
     &mp_vd_lavc_cuda,
+ #else
+    &mp_vd_lavc_cuda_old,
+ #endif
     &mp_vd_lavc_cuda_copy,
 #endif
     &mp_vd_lavc_crystalhd,