diff --git a/filters/f_decoder_wrapper.c b/filters/f_decoder_wrapper.c
index b2e9918757..6077baf9fe 100644
--- a/filters/f_decoder_wrapper.c
+++ b/filters/f_decoder_wrapper.c
@@ -125,7 +125,8 @@ const struct m_sub_options dec_wrapper_conf = {
         {"video-rotate", OPT_CHOICE(video_rotate, {"no", -1}),
             .flags = UPDATE_IMGPAR, M_RANGE(0, 359)},
         {"video-aspect-override", OPT_ASPECT(movie_aspect),
-            .flags = UPDATE_IMGPAR, M_RANGE(-1, 10)},
+            .flags = UPDATE_IMGPAR, M_RANGE(0, 10),
+            OPTDEF_DOUBLE(-1.0)},
         {"video-aspect-method", OPT_CHOICE(aspect_method,
             {"bitstream", 1}, {"container", 2}),
             .flags = UPDATE_IMGPAR},
diff --git a/options/m_option.c b/options/m_option.c
index fecde507e1..098128aa78 100644
--- a/options/m_option.c
+++ b/options/m_option.c
@@ -1116,6 +1116,19 @@ static int parse_double_aspect(struct mp_log *log, const m_option_t *opt,
             VAL(dst) = 0.0;
         return 1;
     }
+
+    // Potentially allow -1 but forbid all other negative values.
+    if (opt->defval && *(double *)opt->defval == -1) {
+        struct bstr rest;
+        double val = bstrtod(param, &rest);
+        if (bstr_eatstart0(&rest, ":") || bstr_eatstart0(&rest, "/"))
+            val /= bstrtod(rest, &rest);
+        if (val == -1 && dst) {
+            VAL(dst) = -1.0;
+            return 1;
+        }
+    }
+
     return parse_double(log, opt, name, param, dst);
 }