diff --git a/doc/filters.texi b/doc/filters.texi
index f7c371592f..0699728b7e 100644
--- a/doc/filters.texi
+++ b/doc/filters.texi
@@ -11328,6 +11328,10 @@ Default value is @samp{yuv420}.
 
 @item repeatlast
 See @ref{framesync}.
+
+@item alpha
+Set format of alpha, it can be @var{straight} or @var{premultiplied}.
+Default is @var{straight}.
 @end table
 
 The @option{x}, and @option{y} expressions can contain the following
diff --git a/libavfilter/vf_overlay.c b/libavfilter/vf_overlay.c
index 5bf3d66cf1..8206dae454 100644
--- a/libavfilter/vf_overlay.c
+++ b/libavfilter/vf_overlay.c
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ typedef struct OverlayContext {
     uint8_t overlay_rgba_map[4];
     uint8_t overlay_has_alpha;
     int format;                 ///< OverlayFormat
+    int alpha_format;
     int eval_mode;              ///< EvalMode
 
     FFFrameSync fs;
@@ -403,7 +404,8 @@ static int config_output(AVFilterLink *outlink)
 
 static void blend_image_packed_rgb(AVFilterContext *ctx,
                                    AVFrame *dst, const AVFrame *src,
-                                   int main_has_alpha, int x, int y)
+                                   int main_has_alpha, int x, int y,
+                                   int is_straight)
 {
     OverlayContext *s = ctx->priv;
     int i, imax, j, jmax;
@@ -454,9 +456,9 @@ static void blend_image_packed_rgb(AVFilterContext *ctx,
             default:
                 // main_value = main_value * (1 - alpha) + overlay_value * alpha
                 // since alpha is in the range 0-255, the result must divided by 255
-                d[dr] = FAST_DIV255(d[dr] * (255 - alpha) + S[sr] * alpha);
-                d[dg] = FAST_DIV255(d[dg] * (255 - alpha) + S[sg] * alpha);
-                d[db] = FAST_DIV255(d[db] * (255 - alpha) + S[sb] * alpha);
+                d[dr] = is_straight ? FAST_DIV255(d[dr] * (255 - alpha) + S[sr] * alpha) : FAST_DIV255(d[dr] * (255 - alpha) + S[sr]);
+                d[dg] = is_straight ? FAST_DIV255(d[dg] * (255 - alpha) + S[sg] * alpha) : FAST_DIV255(d[dr] * (255 - alpha) + S[sr]);
+                d[db] = is_straight ? FAST_DIV255(d[db] * (255 - alpha) + S[sb] * alpha) : FAST_DIV255(d[dr] * (255 - alpha) + S[sr]);
             }
             if (main_has_alpha) {
                 switch (alpha) {
@@ -487,7 +489,9 @@ static av_always_inline void blend_plane(AVFilterContext *ctx,
                                          int main_has_alpha,
                                          int dst_plane,
                                          int dst_offset,
-                                         int dst_step)
+                                         int dst_step,
+                                         int straight,
+                                         int yuv)
 {
     int src_wp = AV_CEIL_RSHIFT(src_w, hsub);
     int src_hp = AV_CEIL_RSHIFT(src_h, vsub);
@@ -546,7 +550,14 @@ static av_always_inline void blend_plane(AVFilterContext *ctx,
                     alpha_d = da[0];
                 alpha = UNPREMULTIPLY_ALPHA(alpha, alpha_d);
             }
-            *d = FAST_DIV255(*d * (255 - alpha) + *s * alpha);
+            if (straight) {
+                *d = FAST_DIV255(*d * (255 - alpha) + *s * alpha);
+            } else {
+                if (i && yuv)
+                    *d = av_clip(FAST_DIV255((*d - 128) * (255 - alpha)) + *s - 128, -128, 128) + 128;
+                else
+                    *d = FFMIN(FAST_DIV255(*d * (255 - alpha)) + *s, 255);
+            }
             s++;
             d += dst_step;
             da += 1 << hsub;
@@ -605,7 +616,8 @@ static av_always_inline void blend_image_yuv(AVFilterContext *ctx,
                                              AVFrame *dst, const AVFrame *src,
                                              int hsub, int vsub,
                                              int main_has_alpha,
-                                             int x, int y)
+                                             int x, int y,
+                                             int is_straight)
 {
     OverlayContext *s = ctx->priv;
     const int src_w = src->width;
@@ -614,11 +626,11 @@ static av_always_inline void blend_image_yuv(AVFilterContext *ctx,
     const int dst_h = dst->height;
 
     blend_plane(ctx, dst, src, src_w, src_h, dst_w, dst_h, 0, 0,       0, x, y, main_has_alpha,
-                s->main_desc->comp[0].plane, s->main_desc->comp[0].offset, s->main_desc->comp[0].step);
+                s->main_desc->comp[0].plane, s->main_desc->comp[0].offset, s->main_desc->comp[0].step, is_straight, 1);
     blend_plane(ctx, dst, src, src_w, src_h, dst_w, dst_h, 1, hsub, vsub, x, y, main_has_alpha,
-                s->main_desc->comp[1].plane, s->main_desc->comp[1].offset, s->main_desc->comp[1].step);
+                s->main_desc->comp[1].plane, s->main_desc->comp[1].offset, s->main_desc->comp[1].step, is_straight, 1);
     blend_plane(ctx, dst, src, src_w, src_h, dst_w, dst_h, 2, hsub, vsub, x, y, main_has_alpha,
-                s->main_desc->comp[2].plane, s->main_desc->comp[2].offset, s->main_desc->comp[2].step);
+                s->main_desc->comp[2].plane, s->main_desc->comp[2].offset, s->main_desc->comp[2].step, is_straight, 1);
 
     if (main_has_alpha)
         alpha_composite(src, dst, src_w, src_h, dst_w, dst_h, x, y);
@@ -628,7 +640,8 @@ static av_always_inline void blend_image_planar_rgb(AVFilterContext *ctx,
                                                     AVFrame *dst, const AVFrame *src,
                                                     int hsub, int vsub,
                                                     int main_has_alpha,
-                                                    int x, int y)
+                                                    int x, int y,
+                                                    int is_straight)
 {
     OverlayContext *s = ctx->priv;
     const int src_w = src->width;
@@ -637,11 +650,11 @@ static av_always_inline void blend_image_planar_rgb(AVFilterContext *ctx,
     const int dst_h = dst->height;
 
     blend_plane(ctx, dst, src, src_w, src_h, dst_w, dst_h, 0, 0,       0, x, y, main_has_alpha,
-                s->main_desc->comp[1].plane, s->main_desc->comp[1].offset, s->main_desc->comp[1].step);
+                s->main_desc->comp[1].plane, s->main_desc->comp[1].offset, s->main_desc->comp[1].step, is_straight, 0);
     blend_plane(ctx, dst, src, src_w, src_h, dst_w, dst_h, 1, hsub, vsub, x, y, main_has_alpha,
-                s->main_desc->comp[2].plane, s->main_desc->comp[2].offset, s->main_desc->comp[2].step);
+                s->main_desc->comp[2].plane, s->main_desc->comp[2].offset, s->main_desc->comp[2].step, is_straight, 0);
     blend_plane(ctx, dst, src, src_w, src_h, dst_w, dst_h, 2, hsub, vsub, x, y, main_has_alpha,
-                s->main_desc->comp[0].plane, s->main_desc->comp[0].offset, s->main_desc->comp[0].step);
+                s->main_desc->comp[0].plane, s->main_desc->comp[0].offset, s->main_desc->comp[0].step, is_straight, 0);
 
     if (main_has_alpha)
         alpha_composite(src, dst, src_w, src_h, dst_w, dst_h, x, y);
@@ -649,52 +662,102 @@ static av_always_inline void blend_image_planar_rgb(AVFilterContext *ctx,
 
 static void blend_image_yuv420(AVFilterContext *ctx, AVFrame *dst, const AVFrame *src, int x, int y)
 {
-    blend_image_yuv(ctx, dst, src, 1, 1, 0, x, y);
+    blend_image_yuv(ctx, dst, src, 1, 1, 0, x, y, 1);
 }
 
 static void blend_image_yuva420(AVFilterContext *ctx, AVFrame *dst, const AVFrame *src, int x, int y)
 {
-    blend_image_yuv(ctx, dst, src, 1, 1, 1, x, y);
+    blend_image_yuv(ctx, dst, src, 1, 1, 1, x, y, 1);
 }
 
 static void blend_image_yuv422(AVFilterContext *ctx, AVFrame *dst, const AVFrame *src, int x, int y)
 {
-    blend_image_yuv(ctx, dst, src, 1, 0, 0, x, y);
+    blend_image_yuv(ctx, dst, src, 1, 0, 0, x, y, 1);
 }
 
 static void blend_image_yuva422(AVFilterContext *ctx, AVFrame *dst, const AVFrame *src, int x, int y)
 {
-    blend_image_yuv(ctx, dst, src, 1, 0, 1, x, y);
+    blend_image_yuv(ctx, dst, src, 1, 0, 1, x, y, 1);
 }
 
 static void blend_image_yuv444(AVFilterContext *ctx, AVFrame *dst, const AVFrame *src, int x, int y)
 {
-    blend_image_yuv(ctx, dst, src, 0, 0, 0, x, y);
+    blend_image_yuv(ctx, dst, src, 0, 0, 0, x, y, 1);
 }
 
 static void blend_image_yuva444(AVFilterContext *ctx, AVFrame *dst, const AVFrame *src, int x, int y)
 {
-    blend_image_yuv(ctx, dst, src, 0, 0, 1, x, y);
+    blend_image_yuv(ctx, dst, src, 0, 0, 1, x, y, 1);
 }
 
 static void blend_image_gbrp(AVFilterContext *ctx, AVFrame *dst, const AVFrame *src, int x, int y)
 {
-    blend_image_planar_rgb(ctx, dst, src, 0, 0, 0, x, y);
+    blend_image_planar_rgb(ctx, dst, src, 0, 0, 0, x, y, 1);
 }
 
 static void blend_image_gbrap(AVFilterContext *ctx, AVFrame *dst, const AVFrame *src, int x, int y)
 {
-    blend_image_planar_rgb(ctx, dst, src, 0, 0, 1, x, y);
+    blend_image_planar_rgb(ctx, dst, src, 0, 0, 1, x, y, 1);
+}
+
+static void blend_image_yuv420_pm(AVFilterContext *ctx, AVFrame *dst, const AVFrame *src, int x, int y)
+{
+    blend_image_yuv(ctx, dst, src, 1, 1, 0, x, y, 0);
+}
+
+static void blend_image_yuva420_pm(AVFilterContext *ctx, AVFrame *dst, const AVFrame *src, int x, int y)
+{
+    blend_image_yuv(ctx, dst, src, 1, 1, 1, x, y, 0);
+}
+
+static void blend_image_yuv422_pm(AVFilterContext *ctx, AVFrame *dst, const AVFrame *src, int x, int y)
+{
+    blend_image_yuv(ctx, dst, src, 1, 0, 0, x, y, 0);
+}
+
+static void blend_image_yuva422_pm(AVFilterContext *ctx, AVFrame *dst, const AVFrame *src, int x, int y)
+{
+    blend_image_yuv(ctx, dst, src, 1, 0, 1, x, y, 0);
+}
+
+static void blend_image_yuv444_pm(AVFilterContext *ctx, AVFrame *dst, const AVFrame *src, int x, int y)
+{
+    blend_image_yuv(ctx, dst, src, 0, 0, 0, x, y, 0);
+}
+
+static void blend_image_yuva444_pm(AVFilterContext *ctx, AVFrame *dst, const AVFrame *src, int x, int y)
+{
+    blend_image_yuv(ctx, dst, src, 0, 0, 1, x, y, 0);
+}
+
+static void blend_image_gbrp_pm(AVFilterContext *ctx, AVFrame *dst, const AVFrame *src, int x, int y)
+{
+    blend_image_planar_rgb(ctx, dst, src, 0, 0, 0, x, y, 0);
+}
+
+static void blend_image_gbrap_pm(AVFilterContext *ctx, AVFrame *dst, const AVFrame *src, int x, int y)
+{
+    blend_image_planar_rgb(ctx, dst, src, 0, 0, 1, x, y, 0);
 }
 
 static void blend_image_rgb(AVFilterContext *ctx, AVFrame *dst, const AVFrame *src, int x, int y)
 {
-    blend_image_packed_rgb(ctx, dst, src, 0, x, y);
+    blend_image_packed_rgb(ctx, dst, src, 0, x, y, 0);
 }
 
 static void blend_image_rgba(AVFilterContext *ctx, AVFrame *dst, const AVFrame *src, int x, int y)
 {
-    blend_image_packed_rgb(ctx, dst, src, 1, x, y);
+    blend_image_packed_rgb(ctx, dst, src, 1, x, y, 0);
+}
+
+static void blend_image_rgb_pm(AVFilterContext *ctx, AVFrame *dst, const AVFrame *src, int x, int y)
+{
+    blend_image_packed_rgb(ctx, dst, src, 0, x, y, 1);
+}
+
+static void blend_image_rgba_pm(AVFilterContext *ctx, AVFrame *dst, const AVFrame *src, int x, int y)
+{
+    blend_image_packed_rgb(ctx, dst, src, 1, x, y, 1);
 }
 
 static int config_input_main(AVFilterLink *inlink)
@@ -754,6 +817,52 @@ static int config_input_main(AVFilterLink *inlink)
         }
         break;
     }
+
+    if (!s->alpha_format)
+        return 0;
+
+    switch (s->format) {
+    case OVERLAY_FORMAT_YUV420:
+        s->blend_image = s->main_has_alpha ? blend_image_yuva420_pm : blend_image_yuv420_pm;
+        break;
+    case OVERLAY_FORMAT_YUV422:
+        s->blend_image = s->main_has_alpha ? blend_image_yuva422_pm : blend_image_yuv422_pm;
+        break;
+    case OVERLAY_FORMAT_YUV444:
+        s->blend_image = s->main_has_alpha ? blend_image_yuva444_pm : blend_image_yuv444_pm;
+        break;
+    case OVERLAY_FORMAT_RGB:
+        s->blend_image = s->main_has_alpha ? blend_image_rgba_pm : blend_image_rgb_pm;
+        break;
+    case OVERLAY_FORMAT_GBRP:
+        s->blend_image = s->main_has_alpha ? blend_image_gbrap_pm : blend_image_gbrp_pm;
+        break;
+    case OVERLAY_FORMAT_AUTO:
+        switch (inlink->format) {
+        case AV_PIX_FMT_YUVA420P:
+            s->blend_image = blend_image_yuva420_pm;
+            break;
+        case AV_PIX_FMT_YUVA422P:
+            s->blend_image = blend_image_yuva422_pm;
+            break;
+        case AV_PIX_FMT_YUVA444P:
+            s->blend_image = blend_image_yuva444_pm;
+            break;
+        case AV_PIX_FMT_ARGB:
+        case AV_PIX_FMT_RGBA:
+        case AV_PIX_FMT_BGRA:
+        case AV_PIX_FMT_ABGR:
+            s->blend_image = blend_image_rgba_pm;
+            break;
+        case AV_PIX_FMT_GBRAP:
+            s->blend_image = blend_image_gbrap_pm;
+            break;
+        default:
+            av_assert0(0);
+            break;
+        }
+        break;
+    }
     return 0;
 }
 
@@ -835,6 +944,9 @@ static const AVOption overlay_options[] = {
         { "gbrp",   "", 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64=OVERLAY_FORMAT_GBRP},   .flags = FLAGS, .unit = "format" },
         { "auto",   "", 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64=OVERLAY_FORMAT_AUTO},   .flags = FLAGS, .unit = "format" },
     { "repeatlast", "repeat overlay of the last overlay frame", OFFSET(fs.opt_repeatlast), AV_OPT_TYPE_BOOL, {.i64=1}, 0, 1, FLAGS },
+    { "alpha", "alpha format", OFFSET(alpha_format), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64=0}, 0, 1, FLAGS, "alpha_format" },
+        { "straight",      "", 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64=0}, .flags = FLAGS, .unit = "alpha_format" },
+        { "premultiplied", "", 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64=1}, .flags = FLAGS, .unit = "alpha_format" },
     { NULL }
 };
 
