diff --git a/doc/muxers.texi b/doc/muxers.texi
index 7ca6409373..7a27960885 100644
--- a/doc/muxers.texi
+++ b/doc/muxers.texi
@@ -806,6 +806,11 @@ is 1 second. A value of 0 will fill all segments, making pages as large as
 possible. A value of 1 will effectively use 1 packet-per-page in most
 situations, giving a small seek granularity at the cost of additional container
 overhead.
+@item -serial_offset @var{value}
+Serial value from which to set the streams serial number.
+Setting it to different and sufficiently large values ensures that the produced
+ogg files can be safely chained.
+
 @end table
 
 @anchor{segment}
diff --git a/libavformat/oggenc.c b/libavformat/oggenc.c
index 3929311b49..13f2cc7df8 100644
--- a/libavformat/oggenc.c
+++ b/libavformat/oggenc.c
@@ -71,12 +71,15 @@ typedef struct {
     OGGPageList *page_list;
     int pref_size; ///< preferred page size (0 => fill all segments)
     int64_t pref_duration;      ///< preferred page duration (0 => fill all segments)
+    int serial_offset;
 } OGGContext;
 
 #define OFFSET(x) offsetof(OGGContext, x)
 #define PARAM AV_OPT_FLAG_ENCODING_PARAM
 
 static const AVOption options[] = {
+    { "serial_offset", "serial number offset",
+        OFFSET(serial_offset), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, { .i64 = 0 }, 0, INT_MAX, PARAM },
     { "oggpagesize", "Set preferred Ogg page size.",
       offsetof(OGGContext, pref_size), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64 = 0}, 0, MAX_PAGE_SIZE, AV_OPT_FLAG_ENCODING_PARAM},
     { "pagesize", "preferred page size in bytes (deprecated)",
@@ -430,7 +433,7 @@ static int ogg_write_header(AVFormatContext *s)
 
     for (i = 0; i < s->nb_streams; i++) {
         AVStream *st = s->streams[i];
-        unsigned serial_num = i;
+        unsigned serial_num = i + ogg->serial_offset;
 
         if (st->codec->codec_type == AVMEDIA_TYPE_AUDIO) {
             if (st->codec->codec_id == AV_CODEC_ID_OPUS)