diff --git a/libavcodec/libx264.c b/libavcodec/libx264.c
index 35c003050f389c46c6cae16feb8c44687d202a6c..adda8817ece348e29f37dd32507bcc4776156d7b 100644
--- a/libavcodec/libx264.c
+++ b/libavcodec/libx264.c
@@ -148,6 +148,12 @@ static int X264_frame(AVCodecContext *ctx, AVPacket *pkt, const AVFrame *frame,
             x4->params.b_tff = frame->top_field_first;
             x264_encoder_reconfig(x4->enc, &x4->params);
         }
+        if (x4->params.vui.i_sar_height != ctx->sample_aspect_ratio.den ||
+            x4->params.vui.i_sar_width  != ctx->sample_aspect_ratio.num) {
+            x4->params.vui.i_sar_height = ctx->sample_aspect_ratio.den;
+            x4->params.vui.i_sar_width  = ctx->sample_aspect_ratio.num;
+            x264_encoder_reconfig(x4->enc, &x4->params);
+        }
     }
 
     do {