diff --git a/plugins/obs-ffmpeg/data/locale/en-US.ini b/plugins/obs-ffmpeg/data/locale/en-US.ini
index 959d7512522caa6265da90bf7ab27709651f90e8..7dff1cef16e1beeab6243c078ebd42550fedefbd 100644
--- a/plugins/obs-ffmpeg/data/locale/en-US.ini
+++ b/plugins/obs-ffmpeg/data/locale/en-US.ini
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ RateControl="Rate Control"
 KeyframeIntervalSec="Keyframe Interval (seconds, 0=auto)"
 Lossless="Lossless"
 
+BFrames="B-frames"
+
 NVENC.Use2Pass="Use Two-Pass Encoding"
 NVENC.Preset.default="Default"
 NVENC.Preset.hq="High Quality"
diff --git a/plugins/obs-ffmpeg/obs-ffmpeg-nvenc.c b/plugins/obs-ffmpeg/obs-ffmpeg-nvenc.c
index a1d673f96690ef13944446e2090c53ddee39fb6e..4b693c02caacf784823eaa78e01c42ab378856f4 100644
--- a/plugins/obs-ffmpeg/obs-ffmpeg-nvenc.c
+++ b/plugins/obs-ffmpeg/obs-ffmpeg-nvenc.c
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ static bool nvenc_update(void *data, obs_data_t *settings)
 	bool twopass = obs_data_get_bool(settings, "2pass");
 	int gpu = (int)obs_data_get_int(settings, "gpu");
 	bool cbr_override = obs_data_get_bool(settings, "cbr");
+	int bf = (int)obs_data_get_int(settings, "bf");
 
 	video_t *video = obs_encoder_video(enc->encoder);
 	const struct video_output_info *voi = video_output_get_info(video);
@@ -198,6 +199,7 @@ static bool nvenc_update(void *data, obs_data_t *settings)
 		AVCOL_SPC_BT709 : AVCOL_SPC_BT470BG;
 	enc->context->color_range = info.range == VIDEO_RANGE_FULL ?
 		AVCOL_RANGE_JPEG : AVCOL_RANGE_MPEG;
+	enc->context->max_b_frames = bf;
 
 	if (keyint_sec)
 		enc->context->gop_size = keyint_sec * voi->fps_num /
@@ -373,6 +375,7 @@ static void nvenc_defaults(obs_data_t *settings)
 	obs_data_set_default_string(settings, "level", "auto");
 	obs_data_set_default_bool(settings, "2pass", true);
 	obs_data_set_default_int(settings, "gpu", 0);
+	obs_data_set_default_int(settings, "bf", 2);
 }
 
 static bool rate_control_modified(obs_properties_t *ppts, obs_property_t *p,
@@ -482,6 +485,9 @@ static obs_properties_t *nvenc_properties(void *unused)
 			obs_module_text("NVENC.Use2Pass"));
 	obs_properties_add_int(props, "gpu", obs_module_text("GPU"), 0, 8, 1);
 
+	obs_properties_add_int(props, "bf", obs_module_text("BFrames"),
+			0, 4, 1);
+
 	return props;
 }