diff --git a/Changelog b/Changelog
index 166aa8b5e7..eb8eb72127 100644
--- a/Changelog
+++ b/Changelog
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ version <next>:
 - ViewQuest VQC decoder
 - backgroundkey filter
 - nvenc AV1 encoding support
+- MediaCodec decoder via NDKMediaCodec
 
 
 version 5.1:
diff --git a/libavcodec/mediacodecdec.c b/libavcodec/mediacodecdec.c
index 2e07548b77..2c231d1a34 100644
--- a/libavcodec/mediacodecdec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/mediacodecdec.c
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 #include "hevc_parse.h"
 #include "hwconfig.h"
 #include "internal.h"
+#include "jni.h"
 #include "mediacodec_wrapper.h"
 #include "mediacodecdec_common.h"
 
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ typedef struct MediaCodecH264DecContext {
     int delay_flush;
     int amlogic_mpeg2_api23_workaround;
 
+    int use_ndk_codec;
 } MediaCodecH264DecContext;
 
 static av_cold int mediacodec_decode_close(AVCodecContext *avctx)
@@ -310,7 +312,10 @@ static av_cold int mediacodec_decode_init(AVCodecContext *avctx)
     FFAMediaFormat *format = NULL;
     MediaCodecH264DecContext *s = avctx->priv_data;
 
-    format = ff_AMediaFormat_new(0);
+    if (s->use_ndk_codec < 0)
+        s->use_ndk_codec = !av_jni_get_java_vm(avctx);
+
+    format = ff_AMediaFormat_new(s->use_ndk_codec);
     if (!format) {
         av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Failed to create media format\n");
         ret = AVERROR_EXTERNAL;
@@ -388,6 +393,7 @@ static av_cold int mediacodec_decode_init(AVCodecContext *avctx)
     }
 
     s->ctx->delay_flush = s->delay_flush;
+    s->ctx->use_ndk_codec = s->use_ndk_codec;
 
     if ((ret = ff_mediacodec_dec_init(avctx, s->ctx, codec_mime, format)) < 0) {
         s->ctx = NULL;
@@ -528,6 +534,8 @@ static const AVCodecHWConfigInternal *const mediacodec_hw_configs[] = {
 static const AVOption ff_mediacodec_vdec_options[] = {
     { "delay_flush", "Delay flush until hw output buffers are returned to the decoder",
                      OFFSET(delay_flush), AV_OPT_TYPE_BOOL, {.i64 = 0}, 0, 1, VD },
+    { "ndk_codec", "Use MediaCodec from NDK",
+                   OFFSET(use_ndk_codec), AV_OPT_TYPE_BOOL, {.i64 = -1}, -1, 1, VD },
     { NULL }
 };
 
diff --git a/libavcodec/mediacodecdec_common.c b/libavcodec/mediacodecdec_common.c
index 4a9e50b0df..ae82efaa0a 100644
--- a/libavcodec/mediacodecdec_common.c
+++ b/libavcodec/mediacodecdec_common.c
@@ -608,12 +608,27 @@ int ff_mediacodec_dec_init(AVCodecContext *avctx, MediaCodecDecContext *s,
 
     s->codec_name = ff_AMediaCodecList_getCodecNameByType(mime, profile, 0, avctx);
     if (!s->codec_name) {
-        ret = AVERROR_EXTERNAL;
-        goto fail;
+        // getCodecNameByType() can fail due to missing JVM, while NDK
+        // mediacodec can be used without JVM.
+        if (!s->use_ndk_codec) {
+            ret = AVERROR_EXTERNAL;
+            goto fail;
+        }
+        av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_INFO, "Failed to getCodecNameByType\n");
+    } else {
+        av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_DEBUG, "Found decoder %s\n", s->codec_name);
     }
 
-    av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_DEBUG, "Found decoder %s\n", s->codec_name);
-    s->codec = ff_AMediaCodec_createCodecByName(s->codec_name, 0);
+    if (s->codec_name)
+        s->codec = ff_AMediaCodec_createCodecByName(s->codec_name, s->use_ndk_codec);
+    else {
+        s->codec = ff_AMediaCodec_createDecoderByType(mime, s->use_ndk_codec);
+        if (s->codec) {
+            s->codec_name = ff_AMediaCodec_getName(s->codec);
+            if (!s->codec_name)
+                s->codec_name = av_strdup(mime);
+        }
+    }
     if (!s->codec) {
         av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Failed to create media decoder for type %s and name %s\n", mime, s->codec_name);
         ret = AVERROR_EXTERNAL;
diff --git a/libavcodec/mediacodecdec_common.h b/libavcodec/mediacodecdec_common.h
index 0b21129fee..0ab29036bd 100644
--- a/libavcodec/mediacodecdec_common.h
+++ b/libavcodec/mediacodecdec_common.h
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ typedef struct MediaCodecDecContext {
     bool delay_flush;
     atomic_int serial;
 
+    bool use_ndk_codec;
 } MediaCodecDecContext;
 
 int ff_mediacodec_dec_init(AVCodecContext *avctx,
diff --git a/libavcodec/version.h b/libavcodec/version.h
index 480dbd3b67..fcf589f61f 100644
--- a/libavcodec/version.h
+++ b/libavcodec/version.h
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@
 
 #include "version_major.h"
 
-#define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MINOR  52
-#define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MICRO 102
+#define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MINOR  53
+#define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MICRO 100
 
 #define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_INT  AV_VERSION_INT(LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR, \
                                                LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MINOR, \