diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/sunxi/cedrus/cedrus.c b/drivers/staging/media/sunxi/cedrus/cedrus.c
index b1fc6b672a9b..18d54f9fd715 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/sunxi/cedrus/cedrus.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/sunxi/cedrus/cedrus.c
@@ -514,26 +514,30 @@ static int cedrus_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 static const struct cedrus_variant sun4i_a10_cedrus_variant = {
 	.capabilities	= CEDRUS_CAPABILITY_MPEG2_DEC |
-			  CEDRUS_CAPABILITY_H264_DEC,
+			  CEDRUS_CAPABILITY_H264_DEC |
+			  CEDRUS_CAPABILITY_VP8_DEC,
 	.mod_rate	= 320000000,
 };
 
 static const struct cedrus_variant sun5i_a13_cedrus_variant = {
 	.capabilities	= CEDRUS_CAPABILITY_MPEG2_DEC |
-			  CEDRUS_CAPABILITY_H264_DEC,
+			  CEDRUS_CAPABILITY_H264_DEC |
+			  CEDRUS_CAPABILITY_VP8_DEC,
 	.mod_rate	= 320000000,
 };
 
 static const struct cedrus_variant sun7i_a20_cedrus_variant = {
 	.capabilities	= CEDRUS_CAPABILITY_MPEG2_DEC |
-			  CEDRUS_CAPABILITY_H264_DEC,
+			  CEDRUS_CAPABILITY_H264_DEC |
+			  CEDRUS_CAPABILITY_VP8_DEC,
 	.mod_rate	= 320000000,
 };
 
 static const struct cedrus_variant sun8i_a33_cedrus_variant = {
 	.capabilities	= CEDRUS_CAPABILITY_UNTILED |
 			  CEDRUS_CAPABILITY_MPEG2_DEC |
-			  CEDRUS_CAPABILITY_H264_DEC,
+			  CEDRUS_CAPABILITY_H264_DEC |
+			  CEDRUS_CAPABILITY_VP8_DEC,
 	.mod_rate	= 320000000,
 };
 
@@ -541,7 +545,8 @@ static const struct cedrus_variant sun8i_h3_cedrus_variant = {
 	.capabilities	= CEDRUS_CAPABILITY_UNTILED |
 			  CEDRUS_CAPABILITY_MPEG2_DEC |
 			  CEDRUS_CAPABILITY_H264_DEC |
-			  CEDRUS_CAPABILITY_H265_DEC,
+			  CEDRUS_CAPABILITY_H265_DEC |
+			  CEDRUS_CAPABILITY_VP8_DEC,
 	.mod_rate	= 402000000,
 };
 
@@ -554,7 +559,8 @@ static const struct cedrus_variant sun8i_v3s_cedrus_variant = {
 static const struct cedrus_variant sun8i_r40_cedrus_variant = {
 	.capabilities	= CEDRUS_CAPABILITY_UNTILED |
 			  CEDRUS_CAPABILITY_MPEG2_DEC |
-			  CEDRUS_CAPABILITY_H264_DEC,
+			  CEDRUS_CAPABILITY_H264_DEC |
+			  CEDRUS_CAPABILITY_VP8_DEC,
 	.mod_rate	= 297000000,
 };
 
@@ -562,7 +568,8 @@ static const struct cedrus_variant sun50i_a64_cedrus_variant = {
 	.capabilities	= CEDRUS_CAPABILITY_UNTILED |
 			  CEDRUS_CAPABILITY_MPEG2_DEC |
 			  CEDRUS_CAPABILITY_H264_DEC |
-			  CEDRUS_CAPABILITY_H265_DEC,
+			  CEDRUS_CAPABILITY_H265_DEC |
+			  CEDRUS_CAPABILITY_VP8_DEC,
 	.mod_rate	= 402000000,
 };
 
@@ -570,7 +577,8 @@ static const struct cedrus_variant sun50i_h5_cedrus_variant = {
 	.capabilities	= CEDRUS_CAPABILITY_UNTILED |
 			  CEDRUS_CAPABILITY_MPEG2_DEC |
 			  CEDRUS_CAPABILITY_H264_DEC |
-			  CEDRUS_CAPABILITY_H265_DEC,
+			  CEDRUS_CAPABILITY_H265_DEC |
+			  CEDRUS_CAPABILITY_VP8_DEC,
 	.mod_rate	= 402000000,
 };
 
@@ -578,7 +586,8 @@ static const struct cedrus_variant sun50i_h6_cedrus_variant = {
 	.capabilities	= CEDRUS_CAPABILITY_UNTILED |
 			  CEDRUS_CAPABILITY_MPEG2_DEC |
 			  CEDRUS_CAPABILITY_H264_DEC |
-			  CEDRUS_CAPABILITY_H265_DEC,
+			  CEDRUS_CAPABILITY_H265_DEC |
+			  CEDRUS_CAPABILITY_VP8_DEC,
 	.quirks		= CEDRUS_QUIRK_NO_DMA_OFFSET,
 	.mod_rate	= 600000000,
 };
diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/sunxi/cedrus/cedrus.h b/drivers/staging/media/sunxi/cedrus/cedrus.h
index 0bf1cbddac9c..e61c41853ba2 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/sunxi/cedrus/cedrus.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/sunxi/cedrus/cedrus.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #define CEDRUS_CAPABILITY_H265_DEC	BIT(1)
 #define CEDRUS_CAPABILITY_H264_DEC	BIT(2)
 #define CEDRUS_CAPABILITY_MPEG2_DEC	BIT(3)
+#define CEDRUS_CAPABILITY_VP8_DEC	BIT(4)
 
 #define CEDRUS_QUIRK_NO_DMA_OFFSET	BIT(0)
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/sunxi/cedrus/cedrus_video.c b/drivers/staging/media/sunxi/cedrus/cedrus_video.c
index 8a01e6b9bebb..b62eb8e84057 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/sunxi/cedrus/cedrus_video.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/sunxi/cedrus/cedrus_video.c
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ static struct cedrus_format cedrus_formats[] = {
 	{
 		.pixelformat	= V4L2_PIX_FMT_VP8_FRAME,
 		.directions	= CEDRUS_DECODE_SRC,
+		.capabilities	= CEDRUS_CAPABILITY_VP8_DEC,
 	},
 	{
 		.pixelformat	= V4L2_PIX_FMT_SUNXI_TILED_NV12,