diff --git a/libavutil/hwcontext.c b/libavutil/hwcontext.c
index b845658b40d84bea8ae90fc0c2b49979bc50f229..ed09c49f2d561d1aa5228678a2ce4f9c65294efc 100644
--- a/libavutil/hwcontext.c
+++ b/libavutil/hwcontext.c
@@ -819,7 +819,14 @@ int av_hwframe_ctx_create_derived(AVBufferRef **derived_frame_ctx,
         goto fail;
     }
 
-    ret = av_hwframe_ctx_init(dst_ref);
+    ret = AVERROR(ENOSYS);
+    if (src->internal->hw_type->frames_derive_from)
+        ret = src->internal->hw_type->frames_derive_from(dst, src, flags);
+    if (ret == AVERROR(ENOSYS) &&
+        dst->internal->hw_type->frames_derive_to)
+        ret = dst->internal->hw_type->frames_derive_to(dst, src, flags);
+    if (ret == AVERROR(ENOSYS))
+        ret = 0;
     if (ret)
         goto fail;
 
diff --git a/libavutil/hwcontext_internal.h b/libavutil/hwcontext_internal.h
index 6451c0e2c5628a533396bd572010948b9e197eca..0a0c4e86ce44d7b103128184498ab85dbf2b25eb 100644
--- a/libavutil/hwcontext_internal.h
+++ b/libavutil/hwcontext_internal.h
@@ -92,6 +92,11 @@ typedef struct HWContextType {
                                const AVFrame *src, int flags);
     int              (*map_from)(AVHWFramesContext *ctx, AVFrame *dst,
                                  const AVFrame *src, int flags);
+
+    int              (*frames_derive_to)(AVHWFramesContext *dst_ctx,
+                                         AVHWFramesContext *src_ctx, int flags);
+    int              (*frames_derive_from)(AVHWFramesContext *dst_ctx,
+                                           AVHWFramesContext *src_ctx, int flags);
 } HWContextType;
 
 struct AVHWDeviceInternal {