diff --git a/gst/vaapi/gstvaapipluginutil.c b/gst/vaapi/gstvaapipluginutil.c
index b11901f824..e9ff8b6e93 100644
--- a/gst/vaapi/gstvaapipluginutil.c
+++ b/gst/vaapi/gstvaapipluginutil.c
@@ -540,6 +540,7 @@ gst_vaapi_find_preferred_caps_feature (GstPad * pad, GstCaps * allowed_caps,
   guint i, j, num_structures;
   GstCaps *out_caps, *caps = NULL;
   static const guint feature_list[] = { GST_VAAPI_CAPS_FEATURE_VAAPI_SURFACE,
+    GST_VAAPI_CAPS_FEATURE_DMABUF,
     GST_VAAPI_CAPS_FEATURE_GL_TEXTURE_UPLOAD_META,
     GST_VAAPI_CAPS_FEATURE_SYSTEM_MEMORY,
   };
@@ -627,6 +628,9 @@ gst_vaapi_caps_feature_to_string (GstVaapiCapsFeature feature)
     case GST_VAAPI_CAPS_FEATURE_GL_TEXTURE_UPLOAD_META:
       str = GST_CAPS_FEATURE_META_GST_VIDEO_GL_TEXTURE_UPLOAD_META;
       break;
+    case GST_VAAPI_CAPS_FEATURE_DMABUF:
+      str = GST_CAPS_FEATURE_MEMORY_DMABUF;
+      break;
     case GST_VAAPI_CAPS_FEATURE_VAAPI_SURFACE:
       str = GST_CAPS_FEATURE_MEMORY_VAAPI_SURFACE;
       break;
diff --git a/gst/vaapi/gstvaapipluginutil.h b/gst/vaapi/gstvaapipluginutil.h
index 61a833558a..19053df0ce 100644
--- a/gst/vaapi/gstvaapipluginutil.h
+++ b/gst/vaapi/gstvaapipluginutil.h
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ typedef enum
   GST_VAAPI_CAPS_FEATURE_NOT_NEGOTIATED,
   GST_VAAPI_CAPS_FEATURE_SYSTEM_MEMORY,
   GST_VAAPI_CAPS_FEATURE_GL_TEXTURE_UPLOAD_META,
+  GST_VAAPI_CAPS_FEATURE_DMABUF,
   GST_VAAPI_CAPS_FEATURE_VAAPI_SURFACE,
 } GstVaapiCapsFeature;
 
@@ -110,6 +111,10 @@ gst_vaapi_caps_feature_contains (const GstCaps * caps,
     GST_VIDEO_CAPS_MAKE_WITH_FEATURES(					\
         GST_CAPS_FEATURE_META_GST_VIDEO_GL_TEXTURE_UPLOAD_META, "{ RGBA, BGRA }")
 
+#define GST_VAAPI_MAKE_DMABUF_CAPS					\
+    GST_VIDEO_CAPS_MAKE_WITH_FEATURES(					\
+        GST_CAPS_FEATURE_MEMORY_DMABUF, "{ NV12, I420, YV12 }")
+
 G_GNUC_INTERNAL
 gboolean
 gst_caps_set_interlaced (GstCaps * caps, GstVideoInfo * vip);