diff --git a/doc/codecs.texi b/doc/codecs.texi
index 4105e09998e533078084202a2fc752bcf33bca34..47a37f8fa328fbf999702043b0159d6cc73cc05f 100644
--- a/doc/codecs.texi
+++ b/doc/codecs.texi
@@ -863,6 +863,14 @@ Possible values:
 
 @item mpeg2_aac_he
 
+@item mpeg4_sp
+
+@item mpeg4_core
+
+@item mpeg4_main
+
+@item mpeg4_asp
+
 @item dts
 
 @item dts_es
diff --git a/libavcodec/options_table.h b/libavcodec/options_table.h
index 1d5b07884a28d42ddc16b05fbd990d18b9a18ede..6d6efb9044df1bd422dc8bbf9b0e9cf3d6db09e5 100644
--- a/libavcodec/options_table.h
+++ b/libavcodec/options_table.h
@@ -361,6 +361,10 @@ static const AVOption avcodec_options[] = {
 {"dts_96_24", NULL, 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 = FF_PROFILE_DTS_96_24 }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, A|E, "profile"},
 {"dts_hd_hra", NULL, 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 = FF_PROFILE_DTS_HD_HRA }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, A|E, "profile"},
 {"dts_hd_ma", NULL, 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 = FF_PROFILE_DTS_HD_MA }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, A|E, "profile"},
+{"mpeg4_sp",   NULL, 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 = FF_PROFILE_MPEG4_SIMPLE }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, V|E, "profile"},
+{"mpeg4_core", NULL, 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 = FF_PROFILE_MPEG4_CORE }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, V|E, "profile"},
+{"mpeg4_main", NULL, 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 = FF_PROFILE_MPEG4_MAIN }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, V|E, "profile"},
+{"mpeg4_asp",  NULL, 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 = FF_PROFILE_MPEG4_ADVANCED_SIMPLE }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, V|E, "profile"},
 {"level", NULL, OFFSET(level), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64 = FF_LEVEL_UNKNOWN }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, V|A|E, "level"},
 {"unknown", NULL, 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 = FF_LEVEL_UNKNOWN }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, V|A|E, "level"},
 {"lowres", "decode at 1= 1/2, 2=1/4, 3=1/8 resolutions", OFFSET(lowres), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64 = 0 }, 0, INT_MAX, V|A|D},