diff --git a/fftools/ffprobe.c b/fftools/ffprobe.c
index a95d74346d..b619c1f34e 100644
--- a/fftools/ffprobe.c
+++ b/fftools/ffprobe.c
@@ -254,6 +254,7 @@ static const OptionDef *options;
 
 /* FFprobe context */
 static const char *input_filename;
+static const char *print_input_filename;
 static AVInputFormat *iformat = NULL;
 
 static struct AVHashContext *hash;
@@ -2836,7 +2837,8 @@ static void show_error(WriterContext *w, int err)
     writer_print_section_footer(w);
 }
 
-static int open_input_file(InputFile *ifile, const char *filename)
+static int open_input_file(InputFile *ifile, const char *filename,
+                           const char *print_filename)
 {
     int err, i;
     AVFormatContext *fmt_ctx = NULL;
@@ -2858,6 +2860,10 @@ static int open_input_file(InputFile *ifile, const char *filename)
         print_error(filename, err);
         return err;
     }
+    if (print_filename) {
+        av_freep(&fmt_ctx->url);
+        fmt_ctx->url = av_strdup(print_filename);
+    }
     ifile->fmt_ctx = fmt_ctx;
     if (scan_all_pmts_set)
         av_dict_set(&format_opts, "scan_all_pmts", NULL, AV_DICT_MATCH_CASE);
@@ -2971,7 +2977,8 @@ static void close_input_file(InputFile *ifile)
     avformat_close_input(&ifile->fmt_ctx);
 }
 
-static int probe_file(WriterContext *wctx, const char *filename)
+static int probe_file(WriterContext *wctx, const char *filename,
+                      const char *print_filename)
 {
     InputFile ifile = { 0 };
     int ret, i;
@@ -2980,7 +2987,7 @@ static int probe_file(WriterContext *wctx, const char *filename)
     do_read_frames = do_show_frames || do_count_frames;
     do_read_packets = do_show_packets || do_count_packets;
 
-    ret = open_input_file(&ifile, filename);
+    ret = open_input_file(&ifile, filename, print_filename);
     if (ret < 0)
         goto end;
 
@@ -3286,6 +3293,12 @@ static int opt_input_file_i(void *optctx, const char *opt, const char *arg)
     return 0;
 }
 
+static int opt_print_filename(void *optctx, const char *opt, const char *arg)
+{
+    print_input_filename = arg;
+    return 0;
+}
+
 void show_help_default(const char *opt, const char *arg)
 {
     av_log_set_callback(log_callback_help);
@@ -3544,6 +3557,7 @@ static const OptionDef real_options[] = {
     { "read_intervals", HAS_ARG, {.func_arg = opt_read_intervals}, "set read intervals", "read_intervals" },
     { "default", HAS_ARG | OPT_AUDIO | OPT_VIDEO | OPT_EXPERT, {.func_arg = opt_default}, "generic catch all option", "" },
     { "i", HAS_ARG, {.func_arg = opt_input_file_i}, "read specified file", "input_file"},
+    { "print_filename", HAS_ARG, {.func_arg = opt_print_filename}, "override the printed input filename", "print_file"},
     { "find_stream_info", OPT_BOOL | OPT_INPUT | OPT_EXPERT, { &find_stream_info },
         "read and decode the streams to fill missing information with heuristics" },
     { NULL, },
@@ -3692,7 +3706,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
             av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Use -h to get full help or, even better, run 'man %s'.\n", program_name);
             ret = AVERROR(EINVAL);
         } else if (input_filename) {
-            ret = probe_file(wctx, input_filename);
+            ret = probe_file(wctx, input_filename, print_input_filename);
             if (ret < 0 && do_show_error)
                 show_error(wctx, ret);
         }
diff --git a/tests/fate/ffprobe.mak b/tests/fate/ffprobe.mak
index d5fb05cd68..c867bebf41 100644
--- a/tests/fate/ffprobe.mak
+++ b/tests/fate/ffprobe.mak
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 FFPROBE_TEST_FILE=tests/data/ffprobe-test.nut
-FFPROBE_COMMAND=ffprobe$(PROGSSUF)$(EXESUF) -show_streams -show_packets -show_format -show_frames -bitexact $(FFPROBE_TEST_FILE)
+FFPROBE_COMMAND=ffprobe$(PROGSSUF)$(EXESUF) -show_streams -show_packets -show_format -show_frames -bitexact $(TARGET_PATH)/$(FFPROBE_TEST_FILE) -print_filename $(FFPROBE_TEST_FILE)
 
 FATE_FFPROBE-$(CONFIG_AVDEVICE) += fate-ffprobe_compact
 fate-ffprobe_compact: $(FFPROBE_TEST_FILE)