diff --git a/libavutil/cpu.c b/libavutil/cpu.c
index 63efb97ffd..1368502245 100644
--- a/libavutil/cpu.c
+++ b/libavutil/cpu.c
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ int av_parse_cpu_caps(unsigned *flags, const char *s)
         { "cmov",     NULL, 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, { .i64 = AV_CPU_FLAG_CMOV     },    .unit = "flags" },
         { "aesni",    NULL, 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, { .i64 = AV_CPU_FLAG_AESNI    },    .unit = "flags" },
         { "avx512"  , NULL, 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, { .i64 = AV_CPU_FLAG_AVX512   },    .unit = "flags" },
+        { "slowgather", NULL, 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, { .i64 = AV_CPU_FLAG_SLOW_GATHER }, .unit = "flags" },
 
 #define CPU_FLAG_P2 AV_CPU_FLAG_CMOV | AV_CPU_FLAG_MMX
 #define CPU_FLAG_P3 CPU_FLAG_P2 | AV_CPU_FLAG_MMX2 | AV_CPU_FLAG_SSE