diff --git a/DOCS/man/options.rst b/DOCS/man/options.rst
index 15b960f4c2..80a02c9d03 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/options.rst
+++ b/DOCS/man/options.rst
@@ -3460,6 +3460,10 @@ Screenshot
 ``--screenshot-webp-quality=<0-100>``
     Set the WebP quality level. Higher means better quality. The default is 75.
 
+``--screenshot-webp-compression=<0-6>``
+    Set the WebP compression level. Higher means better compression, but takes
+    more CPU time. Note that this also affects the screenshot quality when used
+    with lossy WebP files. The default is 4.
 
 Software Scaler
 ---------------
diff --git a/DOCS/man/vo.rst b/DOCS/man/vo.rst
index 7ffcf47443..ecdea1b94f 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/vo.rst
+++ b/DOCS/man/vo.rst
@@ -431,6 +431,8 @@ Available video output drivers are:
         Enable writing lossless WebP files (default: no)
     ``--vo-image-webp-quality=<0-100>``
         WebP quality (default: 75)
+    ``--vo-image-webp-compression=<0-6>``
+        WebP compression factor (default: 4)
     ``--vo-image-outdir=<dirname>``
         Specify the directory to save the image files to (default: ``./``).
 
diff --git a/video/image_writer.c b/video/image_writer.c
index 29cdac10c1..e66543a772 100644
--- a/video/image_writer.c
+++ b/video/image_writer.c
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ const struct image_writer_opts image_writer_opts_defaults = {
     .jpeg_source_chroma = 1,
     .webp_lossless = 0,
     .webp_quality = 75,
+    .webp_compression = 4,
     .tag_csp = 0,
 };
 
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ const struct m_option image_writer_opts[] = {
     OPT_INTRANGE("png-filter", png_filter, 0, 0, 5),
     OPT_FLAG("webp-lossless", webp_lossless, 0),
     OPT_INTRANGE("webp-quality", webp_quality, 0, 0, 100),
+    OPT_INTRANGE("webp-compression", webp_compression, 0, 0, 6),
     OPT_FLAG("high-bit-depth", high_bit_depth, 0),
     OPT_FLAG("tag-colorspace", tag_csp, 0),
     {0},
@@ -135,6 +137,7 @@ static bool write_lavc(struct image_writer_ctx *ctx, mp_image_t *image, FILE *fp
         av_opt_set_int(avctx, "pred", ctx->opts->png_filter,
                        AV_OPT_SEARCH_CHILDREN);
     } else if (codec->id == AV_CODEC_ID_WEBP) {
+        avctx->compression_level = ctx->opts->webp_compression;
         av_opt_set_int(avctx, "lossless", ctx->opts->webp_lossless,
                        AV_OPT_SEARCH_CHILDREN);
         av_opt_set_int(avctx, "quality", ctx->opts->webp_quality,
diff --git a/video/image_writer.h b/video/image_writer.h
index e9564e06de..d178d7398b 100644
--- a/video/image_writer.h
+++ b/video/image_writer.h
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ struct image_writer_opts {
     int jpeg_source_chroma;
     int webp_lossless;
     int webp_quality;
+    int webp_compression;
     int tag_csp;
 };