diff --git a/doc/filters.texi b/doc/filters.texi
index 11f715319a..aea92b8a08 100644
--- a/doc/filters.texi
+++ b/doc/filters.texi
@@ -12813,11 +12813,16 @@ This filter accepts the following options:
 
 @table @option
 @item radius
-Set horizontal and vertical radius size. Default value is @code{1}.
+Set horizontal radius size. Default value is @code{1}.
 Allowed range is integer from 1 to 127.
 
 @item planes
 Set which planes to process. Default is @code{15}, which is all available planes.
+
+@item radiusV
+Set vertical radius size. Default value is @code{0}.
+Allowed range is integer from 0 to 127.
+If it is 0, value will be picked from horizontal @code{radius} option.
 @end table
 
 @section mergeplanes
diff --git a/libavfilter/median.h b/libavfilter/median.h
index bb07fddd5d..89ae0472b0 100644
--- a/libavfilter/median.h
+++ b/libavfilter/median.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ typedef struct MedianContext {
 
     int planes;
     int radius;
+    int radiusV;
 
     int planewidth[4];
     int planeheight[4];
diff --git a/libavfilter/median_template.c b/libavfilter/median_template.c
index 6953a23a5b..bb7646e0eb 100644
--- a/libavfilter/median_template.c
+++ b/libavfilter/median_template.c
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ static void fn(filter_plane)(AVFilterContext *ctx, const uint8_t *ssrc, int src_
     htype *ccoarse = s->coarse[jobnr];
     htype *cfine = s->fine[jobnr];
     const int radius = s->radius;
+    const int radiusV = s->radiusV;
     const int t = s->t;
     const pixel *src = (const pixel *)ssrc;
     pixel *dst = (pixel *)ddst;
@@ -69,16 +70,16 @@ static void fn(filter_plane)(AVFilterContext *ctx, const uint8_t *ssrc, int src_
     memset(cfine, 0, s->fine_size * sizeof(*cfine));
     memset(ccoarse, 0, s->coarse_size * sizeof(*ccoarse));
 
-    srcp = src + FFMAX(0, slice_h_start - radius) * src_linesize;
+    srcp = src + FFMAX(0, slice_h_start - radiusV) * src_linesize;
     if (jobnr == 0) {
         for (int i = 0; i < width; i++) {
-            cfine[PICK_FINE_BIN(width, srcp[i], i)] += radius + 1;
-            ccoarse[PICK_COARSE_BIN(i, srcp[i])] += radius + 1;
+            cfine[PICK_FINE_BIN(width, srcp[i], i)] += radiusV + 1;
+            ccoarse[PICK_COARSE_BIN(i, srcp[i])] += radiusV + 1;
         }
     }
 
-    srcp = src + FFMAX(0, slice_h_start - radius - (jobnr != 0)) * src_linesize;
-    for (int i = 0; i < radius + (jobnr != 0) * (1 + radius); i++) {
+    srcp = src + FFMAX(0, slice_h_start - radiusV - (jobnr != 0)) * src_linesize;
+    for (int i = 0; i < radiusV + (jobnr != 0) * (1 + radiusV); i++) {
         for (int j = 0; j < width; j++) {
             cfine[PICK_FINE_BIN(width, srcp[j], j)]++;
             ccoarse[PICK_COARSE_BIN(j, srcp[j])]++;
@@ -93,13 +94,13 @@ static void fn(filter_plane)(AVFilterContext *ctx, const uint8_t *ssrc, int src_
         htype fine[BINS][BINS] = { { 0 } };
         htype luc[BINS] = { 0 };
 
-        p = srcp + src_linesize * FFMAX(0, i - radius - 1);
+        p = srcp + src_linesize * FFMAX(0, i - radiusV - 1);
         for (int j = 0; j < width; j++) {
             cfine[PICK_FINE_BIN(width, p[j], j)]--;
             ccoarse[PICK_COARSE_BIN(j, p[j])]--;
         }
 
-        p = srcp + src_linesize * FFMIN(height - 1, i + radius);
+        p = srcp + src_linesize * FFMIN(height - 1, i + radiusV);
         for (int j = 0; j < width; j++) {
             cfine[PICK_FINE_BIN(width, p[j], j)]++;
             ccoarse[PICK_COARSE_BIN(j, p[j])]++;
diff --git a/libavfilter/vf_median.c b/libavfilter/vf_median.c
index 98296bcc2b..49f2351518 100644
--- a/libavfilter/vf_median.c
+++ b/libavfilter/vf_median.c
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
 static const AVOption median_options[] = {
     { "radius", "set median radius",    OFFSET(radius), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT,   {.i64=1},     1,  127, FLAGS },
     { "planes", "set planes to filter", OFFSET(planes), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT,   {.i64=0xF},   0,  0xF, FLAGS },
+    { "radiusV", "set median vertical radius", OFFSET(radiusV), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64=0},0, 127, FLAGS },
     { NULL }
 };
 
@@ -119,8 +120,9 @@ static int config_input(AVFilterLink *inlink)
     s->planeheight[1] = s->planeheight[2] = AV_CEIL_RSHIFT(inlink->h, desc->log2_chroma_h);
     s->planeheight[0] = s->planeheight[3] = inlink->h;
 
+    s->radiusV = !s->radiusV ? s->radius : s->radiusV;
     s->nb_planes = av_pix_fmt_count_planes(inlink->format);
-    s->t = 2 * s->radius * s->radius + 2 * s->radius;
+    s->t = 2 * s->radius * s->radiusV + 2 * s->radius;
 
     for (int i = 0; i < s->nb_planes; i++) {
         if (!(s->planes & (1 << i)))
@@ -131,13 +133,13 @@ static int config_input(AVFilterLink *inlink)
             return AVERROR(EINVAL);
         }
 
-        if (s->planeheight[i] < s->radius * 2 + 1) {
-            av_log(inlink->dst, AV_LOG_ERROR, "The %d plane height %d must be not less than %d\n", i, s->planeheight[i], s->radius * 2 + 1);
+        if (s->planeheight[i] < s->radiusV * 2 + 1) {
+            av_log(inlink->dst, AV_LOG_ERROR, "The %d plane height %d must be not less than %d\n", i, s->planeheight[i], s->radiusV * 2 + 1);
             return AVERROR(EINVAL);
         }
     }
 
-    s->nb_threads = FFMAX(1, FFMIN(s->planeheight[1] / (s->radius + 1), ff_filter_get_nb_threads(inlink->dst)));
+    s->nb_threads = FFMAX(1, FFMIN(s->planeheight[1] / (s->radiusV + 1), ff_filter_get_nb_threads(inlink->dst)));
     s->bins   = 1 << ((s->depth + 1) / 2);
     s->fine_size = s->bins * s->bins * inlink->w;
     s->coarse_size = s->bins * inlink->w;
