diff --git a/libavfilter/vf_crop.c b/libavfilter/vf_crop.c
index 9bf4077c5d..8dbf1b52d8 100644
--- a/libavfilter/vf_crop.c
+++ b/libavfilter/vf_crop.c
@@ -370,14 +370,15 @@ static int process_command(AVFilterContext *ctx, const char *cmd, const char *ar
 
 #define OFFSET(x) offsetof(CropContext, x)
 #define FLAGS AV_OPT_FLAG_FILTERING_PARAM|AV_OPT_FLAG_VIDEO_PARAM
+#define TFLAGS AV_OPT_FLAG_FILTERING_PARAM|AV_OPT_FLAG_VIDEO_PARAM|AV_OPT_FLAG_RUNTIME_PARAM
 
 static const AVOption crop_options[] = {
-    { "out_w",       "set the width crop area expression",   OFFSET(w_expr), AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, {.str = "iw"}, CHAR_MIN, CHAR_MAX, FLAGS },
-    { "w",           "set the width crop area expression",   OFFSET(w_expr), AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, {.str = "iw"}, CHAR_MIN, CHAR_MAX, FLAGS },
-    { "out_h",       "set the height crop area expression",  OFFSET(h_expr), AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, {.str = "ih"}, CHAR_MIN, CHAR_MAX, FLAGS },
-    { "h",           "set the height crop area expression",  OFFSET(h_expr), AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, {.str = "ih"}, CHAR_MIN, CHAR_MAX, FLAGS },
-    { "x",           "set the x crop area expression",       OFFSET(x_expr), AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, {.str = "(in_w-out_w)/2"}, CHAR_MIN, CHAR_MAX, FLAGS },
-    { "y",           "set the y crop area expression",       OFFSET(y_expr), AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, {.str = "(in_h-out_h)/2"}, CHAR_MIN, CHAR_MAX, FLAGS },
+    { "out_w",       "set the width crop area expression",   OFFSET(w_expr), AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, {.str = "iw"}, CHAR_MIN, CHAR_MAX, TFLAGS },
+    { "w",           "set the width crop area expression",   OFFSET(w_expr), AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, {.str = "iw"}, CHAR_MIN, CHAR_MAX, TFLAGS },
+    { "out_h",       "set the height crop area expression",  OFFSET(h_expr), AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, {.str = "ih"}, CHAR_MIN, CHAR_MAX, TFLAGS },
+    { "h",           "set the height crop area expression",  OFFSET(h_expr), AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, {.str = "ih"}, CHAR_MIN, CHAR_MAX, TFLAGS },
+    { "x",           "set the x crop area expression",       OFFSET(x_expr), AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, {.str = "(in_w-out_w)/2"}, CHAR_MIN, CHAR_MAX, TFLAGS },
+    { "y",           "set the y crop area expression",       OFFSET(y_expr), AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, {.str = "(in_h-out_h)/2"}, CHAR_MIN, CHAR_MAX, TFLAGS },
     { "keep_aspect", "keep aspect ratio",                    OFFSET(keep_aspect), AV_OPT_TYPE_BOOL, {.i64=0}, 0, 1, FLAGS },
     { "exact",       "do exact cropping",                    OFFSET(exact),  AV_OPT_TYPE_BOOL, {.i64=0}, 0, 1, FLAGS },
     { NULL }