diff --git a/libobs/obs-encoder.c b/libobs/obs-encoder.c
index 09221db29..847bd6465 100644
--- a/libobs/obs-encoder.c
+++ b/libobs/obs-encoder.c
@@ -446,6 +446,12 @@ const char *obs_encoder_get_codec(const obs_encoder_t *encoder)
 	return encoder ? encoder->info.codec : NULL;
 }
 
+const char *obs_get_encoder_codec(const char *id)
+{
+	struct obs_encoder_info *info = find_encoder(id);
+	return info ? info->codec : NULL;
+}
+
 void obs_encoder_set_scaled_size(obs_encoder_t *encoder, uint32_t width,
 		uint32_t height)
 {
diff --git a/libobs/obs.h b/libobs/obs.h
index 5f36fe6b4..e7ccac4bb 100644
--- a/libobs/obs.h
+++ b/libobs/obs.h
@@ -1192,6 +1192,9 @@ EXPORT void obs_encoder_destroy(obs_encoder_t *encoder);
 EXPORT void obs_encoder_set_name(obs_encoder_t *encoder, const char *name);
 EXPORT const char *obs_encoder_get_name(const obs_encoder_t *encoder);
 
+/** Returns the codec of an encoder by the id */
+EXPORT const char *obs_get_encoder_codec(const char *id);
+
 /** Returns the codec of the encoder */
 EXPORT const char *obs_encoder_get_codec(const obs_encoder_t *encoder);