diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/gstvaapiencoder_objects.h b/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/gstvaapiencoder_objects.h
index a4179ff06d..f537ae5b14 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/gstvaapiencoder_objects.h
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/gstvaapiencoder_objects.h
@@ -223,8 +223,9 @@ gst_vaapi_enc_huffman_table_new (GstVaapiEncoder * encoder, guint8 * data,
 
 typedef enum
 {
-  GST_VAAPI_ENC_PICTURE_FLAG_IDR    = (GST_VAAPI_CODEC_OBJECT_FLAG_LAST << 0),
-  GST_VAAPI_ENC_PICTURE_FLAG_LAST   = (GST_VAAPI_CODEC_OBJECT_FLAG_LAST << 1),
+  GST_VAAPI_ENC_PICTURE_FLAG_IDR          = (GST_VAAPI_CODEC_OBJECT_FLAG_LAST << 0),
+  GST_VAAPI_ENC_PICTURE_FLAG_REFERENCE    = (GST_VAAPI_CODEC_OBJECT_FLAG_LAST << 1),
+  GST_VAAPI_ENC_PICTURE_FLAG_LAST         = (GST_VAAPI_CODEC_OBJECT_FLAG_LAST << 2),
 } GstVaapiEncPictureFlags;
 
 #define GST_VAAPI_ENC_PICTURE_FLAGS         GST_VAAPI_MINI_OBJECT_FLAGS
@@ -235,6 +236,9 @@ typedef enum
 #define GST_VAAPI_ENC_PICTURE_IS_IDR(picture) \
     GST_VAAPI_ENC_PICTURE_FLAG_IS_SET(picture, GST_VAAPI_ENC_PICTURE_FLAG_IDR)
 
+#define GST_VAAPI_ENC_PICTURE_IS_REFRENCE(picture) \
+    GST_VAAPI_ENC_PICTURE_FLAG_IS_SET(picture, GST_VAAPI_ENC_PICTURE_FLAG_REFERENCE)
+
 /**
  * GstVaapiEncPicture:
  *