diff --git a/doc/encoders.texi b/doc/encoders.texi
index a8bee092cf..9f03c0c608 100644
--- a/doc/encoders.texi
+++ b/doc/encoders.texi
@@ -2381,6 +2381,7 @@ Select the ProRes profile to encode
 @item standard
 @item hq
 @item 4444
+@item 4444xq
 @end table
 
 @item quant_mat @var{integer}
diff --git a/libavcodec/proresenc_kostya.c b/libavcodec/proresenc_kostya.c
index 09bb6110d3..149dc81b3c 100644
--- a/libavcodec/proresenc_kostya.c
+++ b/libavcodec/proresenc_kostya.c
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ enum {
     PRORES_PROFILE_STANDARD,
     PRORES_PROFILE_HQ,
     PRORES_PROFILE_4444,
+    PRORES_PROFILE_4444XQ,
 };
 
 enum {
@@ -124,7 +125,7 @@ static const struct prores_profile {
     int         max_quant;
     int         br_tab[NUM_MB_LIMITS];
     int         quant;
-} prores_profile_info[5] = {
+} prores_profile_info[6] = {
     {
         .full_name = "proxy",
         .tag       = MKTAG('a', 'p', 'c', 'o'),
@@ -164,6 +165,14 @@ static const struct prores_profile {
         .max_quant = 6,
         .br_tab    = { 2350, 1828, 1600, 1425 },
         .quant     = QUANT_MAT_HQ,
+    },
+    {
+        .full_name = "4444XQ",
+        .tag       = MKTAG('a', 'p', '4', 'x'),
+        .min_quant = 1,
+        .max_quant = 6,
+        .br_tab    = { 3525, 2742, 2400, 2137 },
+        .quant     = QUANT_MAT_HQ,
     }
 };
 
@@ -1155,7 +1164,8 @@ FF_ENABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS
                : "HQ profile to keep best quality");
     }
     if (av_pix_fmt_desc_get(avctx->pix_fmt)->flags & AV_PIX_FMT_FLAG_ALPHA) {
-        if (ctx->profile != PRORES_PROFILE_4444) {
+        if (ctx->profile != PRORES_PROFILE_4444 &&
+            ctx->profile != PRORES_PROFILE_4444XQ) {
             // force alpha and warn
             av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_WARNING, "Profile selected will not "
                    "encode alpha. Override with -profile if needed.\n");
@@ -1298,7 +1308,7 @@ static const AVOption options[] = {
         AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, { .i64 = 8 }, 1, MAX_MBS_PER_SLICE, VE },
     { "profile",       NULL, OFFSET(profile), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT,
         { .i64 = PRORES_PROFILE_AUTO },
-        PRORES_PROFILE_AUTO, PRORES_PROFILE_4444, VE, "profile" },
+        PRORES_PROFILE_AUTO, PRORES_PROFILE_4444XQ, VE, "profile" },
     { "auto",         NULL, 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, { .i64 = PRORES_PROFILE_AUTO },
         0, 0, VE, "profile" },
     { "proxy",         NULL, 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, { .i64 = PRORES_PROFILE_PROXY },
@@ -1311,6 +1321,8 @@ static const AVOption options[] = {
         0, 0, VE, "profile" },
     { "4444",          NULL, 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, { .i64 = PRORES_PROFILE_4444 },
         0, 0, VE, "profile" },
+    { "4444xq",        NULL, 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, { .i64 = PRORES_PROFILE_4444XQ },
+        0, 0, VE, "profile" },
     { "vendor", "vendor ID", OFFSET(vendor),
         AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, { .str = "Lavc" }, CHAR_MIN, CHAR_MAX, VE },
     { "bits_per_mb", "desired bits per macroblock", OFFSET(bits_per_mb),