diff --git a/libavfilter/vf_rotate.c b/libavfilter/vf_rotate.c
index 371ff7f722..378be44ae9 100644
--- a/libavfilter/vf_rotate.c
+++ b/libavfilter/vf_rotate.c
@@ -94,10 +94,11 @@ typedef struct ThreadData {
 
 #define OFFSET(x) offsetof(RotContext, 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 rotate_options[] = {
-    { "angle",     "set angle (in radians)",       OFFSET(angle_expr_str), AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, {.str="0"}, CHAR_MIN, CHAR_MAX, .flags=FLAGS },
-    { "a",         "set angle (in radians)",       OFFSET(angle_expr_str), AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, {.str="0"}, CHAR_MIN, CHAR_MAX, .flags=FLAGS },
+    { "angle",     "set angle (in radians)",       OFFSET(angle_expr_str), AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, {.str="0"}, CHAR_MIN, CHAR_MAX, .flags=TFLAGS },
+    { "a",         "set angle (in radians)",       OFFSET(angle_expr_str), AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, {.str="0"}, CHAR_MIN, CHAR_MAX, .flags=TFLAGS },
     { "out_w",     "set output width expression",  OFFSET(outw_expr_str), AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, {.str="iw"}, CHAR_MIN, CHAR_MAX, .flags=FLAGS },
     { "ow",        "set output width expression",  OFFSET(outw_expr_str), AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, {.str="iw"}, CHAR_MIN, CHAR_MAX, .flags=FLAGS },
     { "out_h",     "set output height expression", OFFSET(outh_expr_str), AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, {.str="ih"}, CHAR_MIN, CHAR_MAX, .flags=FLAGS },