diff --git a/DOCS/man/options.rst b/DOCS/man/options.rst
index 9fcb143ccc..ef914982a7 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/options.rst
+++ b/DOCS/man/options.rst
@@ -2022,6 +2022,12 @@ Demuxer
 ``--demuxer-lavf-format=<name>``
     Force a specific libavformat demuxer.
 
+``--demuxer-lavf-hacks=<yes|no>``
+    By default, some formats will be handled differently from other formats
+    by explicitly checking for them. Most of these compensate for weird or
+    imperfect behavior from libavformat demuxers. Passing ``no`` disables
+    these. For debugging and testing only.
+
 ``--demuxer-lavf-genpts-mode=<no|lavf>``
     Mode for deriving missing packet PTS values from packet DTS. ``lavf``
     enables libavformat's ``genpts`` option. ``no`` disables it. This used
diff --git a/demux/demux_lavf.c b/demux/demux_lavf.c
index dd122f7325..16cff835f8 100644
--- a/demux/demux_lavf.c
+++ b/demux/demux_lavf.c
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ struct demux_lavf_opts {
     char *format;
     char *cryptokey;
     char **avopts;
+    int hacks;
     int genptsmode;
 };
 
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ const struct m_sub_options demux_lavf_conf = {
         OPT_FLAG("allow-mimetype", allow_mimetype, 0),
         OPT_INTRANGE("probescore", probescore, 0, 1, AVPROBE_SCORE_MAX),
         OPT_STRING("cryptokey", cryptokey, 0),
+        OPT_FLAG("hacks", hacks, 0),
         OPT_CHOICE("genpts-mode", genptsmode, 0,
                    ({"lavf", 1}, {"no", 0})),
         OPT_KEYVALUELIST("o", avopts, 0),
@@ -86,6 +88,7 @@ const struct m_sub_options demux_lavf_conf = {
     .size = sizeof(struct demux_lavf_opts),
     .defaults = &(const struct demux_lavf_opts){
         .allow_mimetype = 1,
+        .hacks = 1,
         // AVPROBE_SCORE_MAX/4 + 1 is the "recommended" limit. Below that, the
         // user is supposed to retry with larger probe sizes until a higher
         // value is reached.
@@ -351,6 +354,8 @@ static int lavf_check_file(demuxer_t *demuxer, enum demux_check check)
 
             for (int n = 0; format_hacks[n].ff_name; n++) {
                 const struct format_hack *entry = &format_hacks[n];
+                if (!lavfdopts->hacks)
+                    continue;
                 if (!matches_avinputformat_name(priv, entry->ff_name))
                     continue;
                 if (entry->mime_type && strcasecmp(entry->mime_type, mime_type) != 0)