diff --git a/libavfilter/avfilter.c b/libavfilter/avfilter.c
index fa320a72ff..d185b19ba8 100644
--- a/libavfilter/avfilter.c
+++ b/libavfilter/avfilter.c
@@ -277,6 +277,7 @@ void avfilter_init(void)
     avfilter_register(&vf_passthrough);
     avfilter_register(&vf_rgb2bgr);
     avfilter_register(&vf_slicify);
+    avfilter_register(&vf_split);
     avfilter_register(&vf_vflip);
 }