diff --git a/server/src/domain/media/media.service.spec.ts b/server/src/domain/media/media.service.spec.ts
index 7f56501011..d76a793178 100644
--- a/server/src/domain/media/media.service.spec.ts
+++ b/server/src/domain/media/media.service.spec.ts
@@ -1094,6 +1094,7 @@ describe(MediaService.name, () => {
             '-fps_mode passthrough',
             '-map 0:0',
             '-map 0:1',
+            '-tag:v hvc1',
             '-v verbose',
             '-vf scale=-2:720,format=yuv420p',
             '-preset ultrafast',
@@ -1127,6 +1128,7 @@ describe(MediaService.name, () => {
             '-fps_mode passthrough',
             '-map 0:0',
             '-map 0:1',
+            '-tag:v hvc1',
             '-v verbose',
             '-vf scale=-2:720,format=yuv420p',
             '-preset ultrafast',
@@ -1673,6 +1675,7 @@ describe(MediaService.name, () => {
             '-map 0:0',
             '-map 0:1',
             '-g 256',
+            '-tag:v hvc1',
             '-v verbose',
             '-level 153',
             '-rc_mode 3',
diff --git a/server/src/domain/media/media.util.ts b/server/src/domain/media/media.util.ts
index 606cb3f1a1..6741be5df4 100644
--- a/server/src/domain/media/media.util.ts
+++ b/server/src/domain/media/media.util.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ class BaseConfig implements VideoCodecSWConfig {
       // explicitly selects the video stream instead of leaving it up to FFmpeg
       `-map 0:${videoStream.index}`,
     ];
+
     if (audioStream) {
       options.push(`-map 0:${audioStream.index}`);
     }
@@ -56,6 +57,11 @@ class BaseConfig implements VideoCodecSWConfig {
     if (this.getGopSize() > 0) {
       options.push(`-g ${this.getGopSize()}`);
     }
+
+    if (this.config.targetVideoCodec === VideoCodec.HEVC) {
+      options.push('-tag:v hvc1');
+    }
+
     return options;
   }