diff --git a/libavcodec/atrac3.c b/libavcodec/atrac3.c
index b5bf061f68..bbe562cfb3 100644
--- a/libavcodec/atrac3.c
+++ b/libavcodec/atrac3.c
@@ -1047,5 +1047,6 @@ AVCodec ff_atrac3_decoder =
     .init = atrac3_decode_init,
     .close = atrac3_decode_close,
     .decode = atrac3_decode_frame,
+    .capabilities = CODEC_CAP_SUBFRAMES,
     .long_name = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL("Atrac 3 (Adaptive TRansform Acoustic Coding 3)"),
 };