diff --git a/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 b/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
index 3f0a1e7e80..43d76888ee 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
+++ b/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
@@ -4892,6 +4892,22 @@ Tip: a more positive bias (-32 \- -16 instead of -64) seems to improve the PSNR
 .B nr=<0\-100000>
 noise reduction, 0 is disabled
 .TP
+.B qns=<0\-3>
+quantizer noise shaping, reduces ringing artefacts, larger values are slower
+but may not result in better quality
+.PD 0
+.RSs
+.IPs 0
+disabled (default)
+.IPs 1
+only lower the absolute value of coefficients
+.IPs 2
+only change coefficients before the last non zero coefficient + 1
+.IPs 3
+try all
+.RE
+.PD 1
+.TP
 .B inter_matrix=<comma separated matrix>
 Use custom inter matrix. It needs a comma separated string of 64 integers.
 .TP
diff --git a/libmpcodecs/ve_lavc.c b/libmpcodecs/ve_lavc.c
index 9a81428b45..57cb7b9a51 100644
--- a/libmpcodecs/ve_lavc.c
+++ b/libmpcodecs/ve_lavc.c
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ static char *lavc_param_inter_matrix = NULL;
 static int lavc_param_cbp= 0;
 static int lavc_param_mv0= 0;
 static int lavc_param_noise_reduction= 0;
+static int lavc_param_qns= 0;
 static int lavc_param_qp_rd= 0;
 static int lavc_param_inter_threshold= 0;
 static int lavc_param_sc_threshold= 0;
@@ -286,6 +287,7 @@ m_option_t lavcopts_conf[]={
 	{"inter_threshold", &lavc_param_inter_threshold, CONF_TYPE_INT, CONF_RANGE, -1000000, 1000000, NULL},
 	{"sc_threshold", &lavc_param_sc_threshold, CONF_TYPE_INT, CONF_RANGE, -1000000, 1000000, NULL},
 	{"top", &lavc_param_top, CONF_TYPE_INT, CONF_RANGE, -1, 1, NULL},
+        {"qns", &lavc_param_qns, CONF_TYPE_INT, CONF_RANGE, 0, 1000000, NULL},
 	{NULL, NULL, 0, 0, 0, 0, NULL}
 };
 #endif
@@ -402,6 +404,9 @@ static int config(struct vf_instance_s* vf,
 #if LIBAVCODEC_BUILD >= 4690
     lavc_venc_context->noise_reduction= lavc_param_noise_reduction;
 #endif
+#if LIBAVCODEC_BUILD >= 4700
+    lavc_venc_context->quantizer_noise_shaping= lavc_param_qns;
+#endif
 #if LIBAVCODEC_BUILD >= 4693
     lavc_venc_context->inter_threshold= lavc_param_inter_threshold;
 #endif