diff --git a/src/frame-writer.cpp b/src/frame-writer.cpp
index 928e243..26f12cb 100644
--- a/src/frame-writer.cpp
+++ b/src/frame-writer.cpp
@@ -170,6 +170,9 @@ void FrameWriter::init_video_stream()
     videoCodecCtx->height = params.height;
     videoCodecCtx->time_base = (AVRational){ 1, FPS };
 
+    if (params.bframes != -1)
+        videoCodecCtx->max_b_frames = params.bframes;
+
     if (params.codec.find("vaapi") != std::string::npos)
     {
         videoCodecCtx->pix_fmt = AV_PIX_FMT_VAAPI;
diff --git a/src/frame-writer.hpp b/src/frame-writer.hpp
index a8b0058..4b74594 100644
--- a/src/frame-writer.hpp
+++ b/src/frame-writer.hpp
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ struct FrameWriterParams
     bool opencl;
     bool force_yuv;
     int opencl_device;
+    int bframes;
 };
 
 class FrameWriter
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index a20b763..e6492f5 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -535,10 +535,21 @@ With no FILE, start recording the current screen.
   -o, --output              Specify the output where the video is to be recorded.
 
   -p, --codec-param         Change the codec parameters.
-                            -p <option_name>=<option_value>
+                            -p <option_name>=<option_value>)");
+#ifdef HAVE_OPENCL
+    printf(R"(
+
+  -e, --opencl              Use the -e[#] or --opencl[=#] in conjunction with -t or --force-yuv option
+                            to use opencl for gpu accelerated conversion of data to yuv. # is one
+                            of the devices listed when running without specifying #.)");
+#endif
+    printf(R"(
 
-  -t, force-yuv             Use the -t or --force-yuv option to force conversion of the data to
-                            yuv format, before sending it to the gpu.\n\n
+  -t, --force-yuv           Use the -t or --force-yuv option to force conversion of the data to
+                            yuv format, before sending it to the gpu.
+
+  -b, --bframes             This option is used to set the maximum number of b-frames to be used.
+                            If b-frames are not supported by your hardware, set this to 0.)" "\n\n" R"(
 Examples:
 
   Video Only:
@@ -561,7 +572,7 @@ With no FILE, start recording the current screen.
                                         The video file will be stored as <outputname>.ext in the
                                         current working directory.
 
-)");
+)" "\n");
     exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
 }
 
@@ -575,6 +586,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     params.force_yuv = false;
     params.opencl = false;
     params.opencl_device = -1;
+    params.bframes = -1;
 
     PulseReaderParams pulseParams;
 
@@ -597,13 +609,14 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         { "help",            no_argument,       NULL, 'h' },
         { "force-yuv",       no_argument,       NULL, 't' },
         { "opencl",          optional_argument, NULL, 'e' },
+        { "bframes",         optional_argument, NULL, 'b' },
         { 0,                 0,                 NULL,  0  }
     };
 
     int c, i;
     std::string param;
     size_t pos;
-    while((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "o:f:m:x:g:c:p:d:la::te::h", opts, &i)) != -1)
+    while((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "o:f:m:x:g:c:p:d:b:la::te::h", opts, &i)) != -1)
     {
         switch(c)
         {
@@ -635,6 +648,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
                 params.hw_device = optarg;
                 break;
 
+            case 'b':
+                params.bframes = optarg ? atoi(optarg) : -1;
+                break;
+
             case 'l':
                 params.enable_ffmpeg_debug_output = true;
                 break;