diff --git a/libavfilter/avf_showspectrum.c b/libavfilter/avf_showspectrum.c
index 4a4b4f4c7aa56eb221879f5a182bd67db7a9de24..e3ae6ea045777e4f4809e98005ecdbf8c0fe8e4b 100644
--- a/libavfilter/avf_showspectrum.c
+++ b/libavfilter/avf_showspectrum.c
@@ -246,6 +246,8 @@ static int config_output(AVFilterLink *outlink)
     if (s->xpos >= outlink->w)
         s->xpos = 0;
 
+    outlink->frame_rate = av_make_q(inlink->sample_rate, win_size);
+
     s->combine_buffer =
         av_realloc_f(s->combine_buffer, outlink->h * 3,
                      sizeof(*s->combine_buffer));