diff --git a/frigate/ffmpeg_presets.py b/frigate/ffmpeg_presets.py
index 1e3ffb510..a9bd3059e 100644
--- a/frigate/ffmpeg_presets.py
+++ b/frigate/ffmpeg_presets.py
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ PRESETS_HW_ACCEL_SCALE = {
 PRESETS_HW_ACCEL_ENCODE = {
     "preset-rpi-32-h264": "ffmpeg -hide_banner {0} -c:v h264_v4l2m2m -g 50 -bf 0 {1}",
     "preset-rpi-64-h264": "ffmpeg -hide_banner {0} -c:v h264_v4l2m2m -g 50 -bf 0 {1}",
+    "preset-vaapi": "ffmpeg -hide_banner -hwaccel vaapi -hwaccel_output_format vaapi {0} -c:v h264_vaapi -g 50 -bf 0 -profile:v high -level:v 4.1 -sei:v 0 -an -vf format=vaapi|nv12,hwupload {1}",
     "preset-intel-qsv-h264": "ffmpeg -hide_banner {0} -c:v h264_qsv -g 50 -bf 0 -profile:v high -level:v 4.1 -async_depth:v 1 {1}",
     "preset-intel-qsv-h265": "ffmpeg -hide_banner {0} -c:v h264_qsv -g 50 -bf 0 -profile:v high -level:v 4.1 -async_depth:v 1 {1}",
     "preset-nvidia-h264": "ffmpeg -hide_banner {0} -c:v h264_nvenc -g 50 -profile:v high -level:v auto -preset:v p2 -tune:v ll {1}",