diff --git a/libavfilter/vf_blackdetect.c b/libavfilter/vf_blackdetect.c
index 90a28a9428..94af61346a 100644
--- a/libavfilter/vf_blackdetect.c
+++ b/libavfilter/vf_blackdetect.c
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ static int request_frame(AVFilterLink *outlink)
     return ret;
 }
 
+// TODO: document metadata
 static int filter_frame(AVFilterLink *inlink, AVFrame *picref)
 {
     AVFilterContext *ctx = inlink->dst;
@@ -161,12 +162,16 @@ static int filter_frame(AVFilterLink *inlink, AVFrame *picref)
             /* black starts here */
             blackdetect->black_started = 1;
             blackdetect->black_start = picref->pts;
+            av_dict_set(avpriv_frame_get_metadatap(picref), "lavfi.black_start",
+                av_ts2timestr(blackdetect->black_start, &inlink->time_base), 0);
         }
     } else if (blackdetect->black_started) {
         /* black ends here */
         blackdetect->black_started = 0;
         blackdetect->black_end = picref->pts;
         check_black_end(ctx);
+        av_dict_set(avpriv_frame_get_metadatap(picref), "lavfi.black_end",
+            av_ts2timestr(blackdetect->black_end, &inlink->time_base), 0);
     }
 
     blackdetect->last_picref_pts = picref->pts;