diff --git a/subprojects/gst-libav/ext/libav/gstavcodecmap.c b/subprojects/gst-libav/ext/libav/gstavcodecmap.c
index 552200d1a0..10da39b7a7 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-libav/ext/libav/gstavcodecmap.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-libav/ext/libav/gstavcodecmap.c
@@ -1035,6 +1035,7 @@ gst_ffmpeg_codecid_is_known (enum AVCodecID codec_id)
     case AV_CODEC_ID_CYUV:
     case AV_CODEC_ID_H264:
     case AV_CODEC_ID_HEVC:
+    case AV_CODEC_ID_VVC:
     case AV_CODEC_ID_INDEO5:
     case AV_CODEC_ID_INDEO4:
     case AV_CODEC_ID_INDEO3:
@@ -1798,6 +1799,30 @@ gst_ffmpeg_codecid_to_caps (enum AVCodecID codec_id,
       }
       break;
 
+    case AV_CODEC_ID_VVC:
+      if (!encode) {
+        caps =
+            gst_ff_vid_caps_new (context, NULL, codec_id, encode,
+            "video/x-h266", "alignment", G_TYPE_STRING, "au", NULL);
+        GValue arr = { 0, };
+        GValue item = { 0, };
+        g_value_init (&arr, GST_TYPE_LIST);
+        g_value_init (&item, G_TYPE_STRING);
+        g_value_set_string (&item, "vvc1");
+        gst_value_list_append_value (&arr, &item);
+        g_value_set_string (&item, "vvi1");
+        gst_value_list_append_value (&arr, &item);
+        g_value_set_string (&item, "byte-stream");
+        gst_value_list_append_value (&arr, &item);
+        g_value_unset (&item);
+        gst_caps_set_value (caps, "stream-format", &arr);
+        g_value_unset (&arr);
+      } else {
+        /* As of FFmpeg 7.1, it can only encode VVC via libvvenc, which is ignored in gst-libav. */
+        GST_FIXME ("Handle caps for VVC/H.266 encoding.");
+      }
+      break;
+
     case AV_CODEC_ID_INDEO5:
       caps =
           gst_ff_vid_caps_new (context, NULL, codec_id, encode, "video/x-indeo",
@@ -4969,6 +4994,9 @@ gst_ffmpeg_caps_to_codecid (const GstCaps * caps, AVCodecContext * context)
   } else if (!strcmp (mimetype, "video/x-h265")) {
     id = AV_CODEC_ID_HEVC;
     video = TRUE;
+  } else if (!strcmp (mimetype, "video/x-h266")) {
+    id = AV_CODEC_ID_VVC;
+    video = TRUE;
   } else if (!strcmp (mimetype, "video/x-flash-video")) {
     gint flvversion = 0;
 
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-libav/ext/libav/gstavviddec.c b/subprojects/gst-libav/ext/libav/gstavviddec.c
index bba4151e0e..b9571e38d1 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-libav/ext/libav/gstavviddec.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-libav/ext/libav/gstavviddec.c
@@ -2864,6 +2864,8 @@ gst_ffmpegviddec_register (GstPlugin * plugin)
     /* construct the type */
     if (!strcmp (in_plugin->name, "hevc")) {
       plugin_name = g_strdup ("h265");
+    } else if (!strcmp (in_plugin->name, "vvc")) {
+      plugin_name = g_strdup ("h266");
     } else {
       plugin_name = g_strdup ((gchar *) in_plugin->name);
     }
@@ -2891,6 +2893,7 @@ gst_ffmpegviddec_register (GstPlugin * plugin)
       case AV_CODEC_ID_MSMPEG4V3:
       case AV_CODEC_ID_H264:
       case AV_CODEC_ID_HEVC:
+      case AV_CODEC_ID_VVC:
       case AV_CODEC_ID_RV10:
       case AV_CODEC_ID_RV20:
       case AV_CODEC_ID_RV30: