diff --git a/libavformat/segment.c b/libavformat/segment.c
index 960a438a4d..9ed1987709 100644
--- a/libavformat/segment.c
+++ b/libavformat/segment.c
@@ -256,7 +256,11 @@ static int segment_start(AVFormatContext *s, int write_header)
         av_opt_set(oc->priv_data, "mpegts_flags", "+resend_headers", 0);
 
     if (write_header) {
-        if ((err = avformat_write_header(oc, NULL)) < 0)
+        AVDictionary *options = NULL;
+        av_dict_copy(&options, seg->format_options, 0);
+        err = avformat_write_header(oc, &options);
+        av_dict_free(&options);
+        if (err < 0)
             return err;
     }