diff --git a/libswresample/swresample.c b/libswresample/swresample.c
index 9c2e3f5000..f69e36eeaf 100644
--- a/libswresample/swresample.c
+++ b/libswresample/swresample.c
@@ -91,6 +91,10 @@ static const AVOption options[]={
 {"phase_shift"          , "set swr resampling phase shift", OFFSET(phase_shift)  , AV_OPT_TYPE_INT  , {.i64=10                    }, 0      , 24        , PARAM },
 {"linear_interp"        , "enable linear interpolation" , OFFSET(linear_interp)  , AV_OPT_TYPE_INT  , {.i64=0                     }, 0      , 1         , PARAM },
 {"cutoff"               , "set cutoff frequency ratio"  , OFFSET(cutoff)         , AV_OPT_TYPE_DOUBLE,{.dbl=0.                    }, 0      , 1         , PARAM },
+
+/* duplicate option in order to work with avconv */
+{"resample_cutoff"      , "set cutoff frequency ratio"  , OFFSET(cutoff)         , AV_OPT_TYPE_DOUBLE,{.dbl=0.                    }, 0      , 1         , PARAM },
+
 {"resampler"            , "set resampling Engine"       , OFFSET(engine)         , AV_OPT_TYPE_INT  , {.i64=0                     }, 0      , SWR_ENGINE_NB-1, PARAM, "resampler"},
 {"swr"                  , "select SW Resampler"         , 0                      , AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64=SWR_ENGINE_SWR        }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX   , PARAM, "resampler"},
 {"soxr"                 , "select SoX Resampler"        , 0                      , AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64=SWR_ENGINE_SOXR       }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX   , PARAM, "resampler"},