diff --git a/libavcodec/options.c b/libavcodec/options.c
index ef711bf394..0bcdf2a42c 100644
--- a/libavcodec/options.c
+++ b/libavcodec/options.c
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ static const AVOption options[]={
 {"pbias", "inter quant bias", OFFSET(inter_quant_bias), FF_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.dbl = FF_DEFAULT_QUANT_BIAS }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, V|E},
 {"color_table_id", NULL, OFFSET(color_table_id), FF_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.dbl = DEFAULT }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX},
 {"internal_buffer_count", NULL, OFFSET(internal_buffer_count), FF_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.dbl = DEFAULT }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX},
-{"global_quality", NULL, OFFSET(global_quality), FF_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.dbl = DEFAULT }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX},
+{"global_quality", NULL, OFFSET(global_quality), FF_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.dbl = DEFAULT }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, V|A|E},
 {"coder", NULL, OFFSET(coder_type), FF_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.dbl = DEFAULT }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, V|E, "coder"},
 {"vlc", "variable length coder / huffman coder", 0, FF_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.dbl = FF_CODER_TYPE_VLC }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, V|E, "coder"},
 {"ac", "arithmetic coder", 0, FF_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.dbl = FF_CODER_TYPE_AC }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, V|E, "coder"},