diff --git a/libavcodec/hevc.c b/libavcodec/hevc.c
index 0b784b593f..d59b4e48fe 100644
--- a/libavcodec/hevc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/hevc.c
@@ -3114,5 +3114,5 @@ AVCodec ff_hevc_decoder = {
     .flush                 = hevc_decode_flush,
     .update_thread_context = hevc_update_thread_context,
     .init_thread_copy      = hevc_init_thread_copy,
-    .capabilities   = CODEC_CAP_DR1 | CODEC_CAP_DELAY | CODEC_CAP_FRAME_THREADS,
+    .capabilities   = CODEC_CAP_DR1 | CODEC_CAP_DELAY | CODEC_CAP_FRAME_THREADS | CODEC_CAP_EXPERIMENTAL,
 };