diff --git a/src/platform/qt/VideoView.cpp b/src/platform/qt/VideoView.cpp
index 4060a8457..b629fe681 100644
--- a/src/platform/qt/VideoView.cpp
+++ b/src/platform/qt/VideoView.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ VideoView::VideoView(QWidget* parent)
 	m_ui.setupUi(this);
 
 	if (s_acodecMap.empty()) {
+		s_acodecMap["aac"] = "libfaac";
 		s_acodecMap["mp3"] = "libmp3lame";
 		s_acodecMap["uncompressed"] = "pcm_s16le";
 	}