diff --git a/doc/filters.texi b/doc/filters.texi
index e84d7d5554..4c774162e3 100644
--- a/doc/filters.texi
+++ b/doc/filters.texi
@@ -16654,6 +16654,8 @@ No deinterlacing, weave fields together into a single frame. This is the default
 Naive bob deinterlacing, simply repeat each field line twice.
 @item yadif
 Yet another deinterlacing filter. See the @ref{yadif} filter for more details.
+@item bwdif
+Bob weaver deinterlacing filter. See the @ref{bwdif} filter for more details.
 @end table
 
 @item skip_spatial_check
diff --git a/libavfilter/vf_libplacebo.c b/libavfilter/vf_libplacebo.c
index af18a05258..c35473a44c 100644
--- a/libavfilter/vf_libplacebo.c
+++ b/libavfilter/vf_libplacebo.c
@@ -1609,6 +1609,9 @@ static const AVOption libplacebo_options[] = {
         { "weave", "Weave fields together (no-op)",    0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 = PL_DEINTERLACE_WEAVE}, 0, 0, STATIC, .unit = "deinterlace" },
         { "bob",   "Naive bob deinterlacing",          0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 = PL_DEINTERLACE_BOB},   0, 0, STATIC, .unit = "deinterlace" },
         { "yadif", "Yet another deinterlacing filter", 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 = PL_DEINTERLACE_YADIF}, 0, 0, STATIC, .unit = "deinterlace" },
+#if PL_API_VER >= 353
+        { "bwdif", "Bob weaver deinterlacing filter",  0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 = PL_DEINTERLACE_BWDIF}, 0, 0, STATIC, .unit = "deinterlace" },
+#endif
     { "skip_spatial_check", "Skip yadif spatial check", OFFSET(skip_spatial_check), AV_OPT_TYPE_BOOL, {.i64 = 0}, 0, 1, DYNAMIC },
     { "send_fields", "Output a frame for each field", OFFSET(send_fields), AV_OPT_TYPE_BOOL, {.i64 = 0}, 0, 1, DYNAMIC },