diff --git a/cmdutils.c b/cmdutils.c
index aea02c0e5f..90ad48f620 100644
--- a/cmdutils.c
+++ b/cmdutils.c
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 #include "libavutil/eval.h"
 #include "libavutil/dict.h"
 #include "libavutil/opt.h"
+#include "libavutil/cpu.h"
 #include "cmdutils.h"
 #include "version.h"
 #if CONFIG_NETWORK
@@ -808,6 +809,18 @@ do {                                                                           \
     return 0;
 }
 
+int opt_cpuflags(void *optctx, const char *opt, const char *arg)
+{
+    int ret;
+    unsigned flags = av_get_cpu_flags();
+
+    if ((ret = av_parse_cpu_caps(&flags, arg)) < 0)
+        return ret;
+
+    av_force_cpu_flags(flags);
+    return 0;
+}
+
 int opt_loglevel(void *optctx, const char *opt, const char *arg)
 {
     const struct { const char *name; int level; } log_levels[] = {
@@ -960,18 +973,6 @@ int opt_max_alloc(void *optctx, const char *opt, const char *arg)
     return 0;
 }
 
-int opt_cpuflags(void *optctx, const char *opt, const char *arg)
-{
-    int ret;
-    unsigned flags = av_get_cpu_flags();
-
-    if ((ret = av_parse_cpu_caps(&flags, arg)) < 0)
-        return ret;
-
-    av_force_cpu_flags(flags);
-    return 0;
-}
-
 int opt_timelimit(void *optctx, const char *opt, const char *arg)
 {
 #if HAVE_SETRLIMIT
diff --git a/cmdutils.h b/cmdutils.h
index 2e9b604a97..49bb765724 100644
--- a/cmdutils.h
+++ b/cmdutils.h
@@ -81,6 +81,11 @@ void uninit_opts(void);
  */
 void log_callback_help(void* ptr, int level, const char* fmt, va_list vl);
 
+/**
+ * Override the cpuflags.
+ */
+int opt_cpuflags(void *optctx, const char *opt, const char *arg);
+
 /**
  * Fallback for options that are not explicitly handled, these will be
  * parsed through AVOptions.
@@ -96,8 +101,6 @@ int opt_report(const char *opt);
 
 int opt_max_alloc(void *optctx, const char *opt, const char *arg);
 
-int opt_cpuflags(void *optctx, const char *opt, const char *arg);
-
 int opt_codec_debug(void *optctx, const char *opt, const char *arg);
 
 int opt_opencl(void *optctx, const char *opt, const char *arg);
diff --git a/cmdutils_common_opts.h b/cmdutils_common_opts.h
index b57abaf618..9c265fc5f7 100644
--- a/cmdutils_common_opts.h
+++ b/cmdutils_common_opts.h
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     { "v",           HAS_ARG,  {.func_arg = opt_loglevel},      "set logging level", "loglevel" },
     { "report"     , 0,        {(void*)opt_report}, "generate a report" },
     { "max_alloc"  , HAS_ARG,  {.func_arg = opt_max_alloc},     "set maximum size of a single allocated block", "bytes" },
-    { "cpuflags"   , HAS_ARG | OPT_EXPERT, {.func_arg = opt_cpuflags}, "force specific cpu flags", "flags" },
+    { "cpuflags"   , HAS_ARG | OPT_EXPERT, { .func_arg = opt_cpuflags }, "force specific cpu flags", "flags" },
 #if CONFIG_OPENCL
     { "opencl_options", HAS_ARG, {.func_arg = opt_opencl},      "set OpenCL environment options" },
 #endif