diff --git a/plugins/obs-ffmpeg/obs-ffmpeg-aac.c b/plugins/obs-ffmpeg/obs-ffmpeg-aac.c
index 53dcd07e7..648c68205 100644
--- a/plugins/obs-ffmpeg/obs-ffmpeg-aac.c
+++ b/plugins/obs-ffmpeg/obs-ffmpeg-aac.c
@@ -160,6 +160,8 @@ static void *aac_create(obs_data_t settings, obs_encoder_t encoder)
 	/* enable experimental FFmpeg encoder if the only one available */
 	enc->context->strict_std_compliance = -2;
 
+	enc->context->flags = CODEC_FLAG_GLOBAL_HEADER;
+
 	if (initialize_codec(enc))
 		return enc;