diff --git a/libavfilter/af_lv2.c b/libavfilter/af_lv2.c
index e9375b2881..749cc517f7 100644
--- a/libavfilter/af_lv2.c
+++ b/libavfilter/af_lv2.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <lilv/lilv.h>
 #include <lv2/lv2plug.in/ns/ext/atom/atom.h>
 #include <lv2/lv2plug.in/ns/ext/buf-size/buf-size.h>
+#include <lv2/lv2plug.in/ns/ext/options/options.h>
 
 #include "libavutil/avstring.h"
 #include "libavutil/channel_layout.h"
@@ -65,9 +66,12 @@ typedef struct LV2Context {
     LV2_Feature        map_feature;
     LV2_URID_Unmap     unmap;
     LV2_Feature        unmap_feature;
+    int32_t            max_block_length;
+    LV2_Options_Option host_options[2];
+    LV2_Feature        options_feature;
     LV2_Atom_Sequence  seq_in[2];
     LV2_Atom_Sequence *seq_out;
-    const LV2_Feature *features[6];
+    const LV2_Feature *features[7];
 
     float *mins;
     float *maxes;
@@ -285,7 +289,8 @@ static int config_output(AVFilterLink *outlink)
     s->features[2] = &buf_size_features[0];
     s->features[3] = &buf_size_features[1];
     s->features[4] = &buf_size_features[2];
-    s->features[5] = NULL;
+    s->features[5] = &s->options_feature;
+    s->features[6] = NULL;
 
     if (ctx->nb_inputs) {
         AVFilterLink *inlink = ctx->inputs[0];
@@ -304,12 +309,30 @@ static int config_output(AVFilterLink *outlink)
             FilterLink *inl = ff_filter_link(inlink);
 
             inl->min_samples = inl->max_samples = 4096;
+            s->max_block_length = inl->max_samples;
         }
     } else {
         outlink->sample_rate = sample_rate = s->sample_rate;
         outlink->time_base   = (AVRational){1, s->sample_rate};
+        s->max_block_length = s->nb_samples;
     }
 
+    int nb_options = 0;
+    if (s->max_block_length) {
+        s->host_options[nb_options++] = (LV2_Options_Option) {
+            LV2_OPTIONS_INSTANCE, 0,
+            uri_table_map(&s->uri_table, LV2_BUF_SIZE__maxBlockLength),
+            sizeof(s->max_block_length),
+            uri_table_map(&s->uri_table, LV2_ATOM__Int),
+            &s->max_block_length
+        };
+    }
+    s->host_options[nb_options] = (LV2_Options_Option) {
+        LV2_OPTIONS_INSTANCE, 0, 0, 0, 0, NULL
+    };
+    s->options_feature.URI  = LV2_OPTIONS__options;
+    s->options_feature.data = s->host_options;
+
     s->instance = lilv_plugin_instantiate(s->plugin, sample_rate, s->features);
     if (!s->instance) {
         av_log(ctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Failed to instantiate <%s>\n", lilv_node_as_uri(lilv_plugin_get_uri(s->plugin)));