diff --git a/libavfilter/vf_cover_rect.c b/libavfilter/vf_cover_rect.c
index 898debf09d..22389b79d2 100644
--- a/libavfilter/vf_cover_rect.c
+++ b/libavfilter/vf_cover_rect.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include "internal.h"
 
 #include "lavfutils.h"
+#include "lswsutils.h"
 
 enum mode {
     MODE_COVER,
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ typedef struct CoverContext {
     int mode;
     char *cover_filename;
     AVFrame *cover_frame;
+    AVFrame *match_frame;
     int width, height;
 } CoverContext;
 
@@ -71,21 +73,21 @@ static int config_input(AVFilterLink *inlink)
     return 0;
 }
 
-static void cover_rect(CoverContext *cover, AVFrame *in, int offx, int offy)
+static void cover_rect(AVFrame *cover_frame, AVFrame *in, int offx, int offy)
 {
     int x, y, p;
 
     for (p = 0; p < 3; p++) {
         uint8_t *data = in->data[p] + (offx>>!!p) + (offy>>!!p) * in->linesize[p];
-        const uint8_t *src = cover->cover_frame->data[p];
-        int w = AV_CEIL_RSHIFT(cover->cover_frame->width , !!p);
-        int h = AV_CEIL_RSHIFT(cover->cover_frame->height, !!p);
+        const uint8_t *src = cover_frame->data[p];
+        int w = AV_CEIL_RSHIFT(cover_frame->width , !!p);
+        int h = AV_CEIL_RSHIFT(cover_frame->height, !!p);
         for (y = 0; y < h; y++) {
             for (x = 0; x < w; x++) {
                 data[x] = src[x];
             }
             data += in->linesize[p];
-            src += cover->cover_frame->linesize[p];
+            src += cover_frame->linesize[p];
         }
     }
 }
@@ -138,7 +140,10 @@ static int filter_frame(AVFilterLink *inlink, AVFrame *in)
     CoverContext *cover = ctx->priv;
     AVDictionaryEntry *ex, *ey, *ew, *eh;
     int x = -1, y = -1, w = -1, h = -1;
+    enum AVPixelFormat in_format;
     char *xendptr = NULL, *yendptr = NULL, *wendptr = NULL, *hendptr = NULL;
+    AVFrame *cover_frame = NULL;
+    int ret;
 
     ex = av_dict_get(in->metadata, "lavfi.rect.x", NULL, AV_DICT_MATCH_CASE);
     ey = av_dict_get(in->metadata, "lavfi.rect.y", NULL, AV_DICT_MATCH_CASE);
@@ -167,13 +172,30 @@ static int filter_frame(AVFilterLink *inlink, AVFrame *in)
     }
     w = FFMIN(w, in->width  - x);
     h = FFMIN(h, in->height - y);
+    in_format = in->format;
 
     if (w > in->width || h > in->height || w <= 0 || h <= 0)
         return AVERROR(EINVAL);
 
     if (cover->cover_frame) {
-        if (w != cover->cover_frame->width || h != cover->cover_frame->height)
-            return AVERROR(EINVAL);
+        if (w != cover->cover_frame->width || h != cover->cover_frame->height ||
+                in_format != cover->cover_frame->format) {
+            if (!cover->match_frame && !(cover->match_frame = av_frame_alloc()))
+                return AVERROR(EINVAL);
+
+            if ((ret = ff_scale_image(cover->match_frame->data, cover->match_frame->linesize,
+                            w, h, in_format, cover->cover_frame->data, cover->cover_frame->linesize,
+                            cover->cover_frame->width, cover->cover_frame->height,
+                            cover->cover_frame->format, ctx)) < 0)
+                return AVERROR(EINVAL);
+
+            cover->match_frame->width  = w;
+            cover->match_frame->height = h;
+            cover->match_frame->format = in_format;
+
+            cover_frame = cover->match_frame;
+        } else
+            cover_frame = cover->cover_frame;
     }
 
     cover->width  = w;
@@ -187,8 +209,12 @@ static int filter_frame(AVFilterLink *inlink, AVFrame *in)
     if (cover->mode == MODE_BLUR) {
         blur (cover, in, x, y);
     } else {
-        cover_rect(cover, in, x, y);
+        cover_rect(cover_frame, in, x, y);
+
+        if (cover->match_frame)
+            av_freep(&cover->match_frame->data[0]);
     }
+
     return ff_filter_frame(ctx->outputs[0], in);
 }
 
@@ -199,6 +225,8 @@ static av_cold void uninit(AVFilterContext *ctx)
     if (cover->cover_frame)
         av_freep(&cover->cover_frame->data[0]);
     av_frame_free(&cover->cover_frame);
+
+    av_frame_free(&cover->match_frame);
 }
 
 static av_cold int init(AVFilterContext *ctx)
@@ -220,11 +248,6 @@ static av_cold int init(AVFilterContext *ctx)
                                 &cover->cover_frame->width, &cover->cover_frame->height,
                                 &cover->cover_frame->format, cover->cover_filename, ctx)) < 0)
             return ret;
-
-        if (cover->cover_frame->format != AV_PIX_FMT_YUV420P && cover->cover_frame->format != AV_PIX_FMT_YUVJ420P) {
-            av_log(ctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "cover image is not a YUV420 image\n");
-            return AVERROR(EINVAL);
-        }
     }
 
     return 0;
