diff --git a/client/src/app/+admin/config/edit-custom-config/edit-custom-config.component.html b/client/src/app/+admin/config/edit-custom-config/edit-custom-config.component.html
index dd62a4aab..7ecfb7702 100644
--- a/client/src/app/+admin/config/edit-custom-config/edit-custom-config.component.html
+++ b/client/src/app/+admin/config/edit-custom-config/edit-custom-config.component.html
@@ -883,6 +883,20 @@
                 <div *ngIf="formErrors.transcoding.threads" class="form-error">{{ formErrors.transcoding.threads }}</div>
               </div>
 
+              <div class="form-group mt-4" [ngClass]="{ 'disabled-checkbox-extra': !isTranscodingEnabled() }">
+                <label i18n for="transcodingProfile">Transcoding profile</label>
+                <span class="text-muted ml-1" i18n>New transcoding profiles can be added by PeerTube plugins</span>
+
+                <div class="peertube-select-container">
+                  <select id="transcodingProfile" formControlName="profile" class="form-control">
+                    <option *ngFor="let vodTranscodingProfileOption of getAvailableTranscodingProfile('vod')" [value]="vodTranscodingProfileOption">
+                      {{ vodTranscodingProfileOption }}
+                    </option>
+                  </select>
+                </div>
+                <div *ngIf="formErrors.transcoding.profile" class="form-error">{{ formErrors.transcoding.profile }}</div>
+              </div>
+
             </ng-container>
 
           </div>
@@ -1023,6 +1037,20 @@
                   <div *ngIf="formErrors.live.transcoding.threads" class="form-error">{{ formErrors.live.transcoding.threads }}</div>
                 </div>
 
+                <div class="form-group mt-4" [ngClass]="{ 'disabled-checkbox-extra': !isLiveEnabled() || !isLiveTranscodingEnabled() }">
+                  <label i18n for="liveTranscodingProfile">Live transcoding profile</label>
+                  <span class="text-muted ml-1" i18n>New live transcoding profiles can be added by PeerTube plugins</span>
+
+                  <div class="peertube-select-container">
+                    <select id="liveTranscodingProfile" formControlName="profile" class="form-control">
+                      <option *ngFor="let liveTranscodingProfileOption of getAvailableTranscodingProfile('live')" [value]="liveTranscodingProfileOption">
+                        {{ liveTranscodingProfileOption }}
+                      </option>
+                    </select>
+                  </div>
+                  <div *ngIf="formErrors.live.transcoding.profile" class="form-error">{{ formErrors.live.transcoding.profile }}</div>
+                </div>
+
               </ng-container>
             </ng-container>
 
diff --git a/client/src/app/+admin/config/edit-custom-config/edit-custom-config.component.ts b/client/src/app/+admin/config/edit-custom-config/edit-custom-config.component.ts
index 9a46a2e59..ae6a9e844 100644
--- a/client/src/app/+admin/config/edit-custom-config/edit-custom-config.component.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/+admin/config/edit-custom-config/edit-custom-config.component.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { forkJoin } from 'rxjs'
+import { pairwise } from 'rxjs/operators'
 import { ViewportScroller } from '@angular/common'
 import { AfterViewChecked, Component, OnInit, ViewChild } from '@angular/core'
 import { ConfigService } from '@app/+admin/config/shared/config.service'
@@ -20,7 +21,6 @@ import { USER_VIDEO_QUOTA_DAILY_VALIDATOR, USER_VIDEO_QUOTA_VALIDATOR } from '@a
 import { FormReactive, FormValidatorService, SelectOptionsItem } from '@app/shared/shared-forms'
 import { NgbNav } from '@ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap'
 import { CustomConfig, ServerConfig } from '@shared/models'
-import { pairwise } from 'rxjs/operators'
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'my-edit-custom-config',
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ export class EditCustomConfigComponent extends FormReactive implements OnInit, A
   transcodingThreadOptions: { label: string, value: number }[] = []
   liveMaxDurationOptions: { label: string, value: number }[] = []
 
+  vodTranscodingProfileOptions: string[] = []
+  liveTranscodingProfileOptions: string[] = []
+
   languageItems: SelectOptionsItem[] = []
   categoryItems: SelectOptionsItem[] = []
 
@@ -101,6 +104,9 @@ export class EditCustomConfigComponent extends FormReactive implements OnInit, A
       { value: 8, label: '8' }
     ]
 
+    this.vodTranscodingProfileOptions = [ 'default' ]
+    this.liveTranscodingProfileOptions = [ 'default' ]
+
     this.liveMaxDurationOptions = [
       { value: -1, label: $localize`No limit` },
       { value: 1000 * 3600, label: $localize`1 hour` },
@@ -127,6 +133,14 @@ export class EditCustomConfigComponent extends FormReactive implements OnInit, A
     return this.serverConfig.live.rtmp.port
   }
 
+  getAvailableTranscodingProfile (type: 'live' | 'vod') {
+    if (type === 'live') {
+      return this.serverConfig.live.transcoding.availableProfiles
+    }
+
+    return this.serverConfig.transcoding.availableProfiles
+  }
+
   getTotalTranscodingThreads () {
     const transcodingEnabled = this.form.value['transcoding']['enabled']
     const transcodingThreads = this.form.value['transcoding']['threads']
@@ -247,6 +261,7 @@ export class EditCustomConfigComponent extends FormReactive implements OnInit, A
         threads: TRANSCODING_THREADS_VALIDATOR,
         allowAdditionalExtensions: null,
         allowAudioFiles: null,
+        profile: null,
         resolutions: {},
         hls: {
           enabled: null
@@ -266,6 +281,7 @@ export class EditCustomConfigComponent extends FormReactive implements OnInit, A
         transcoding: {
           enabled: null,
           threads: TRANSCODING_THREADS_VALIDATOR,
+          profile: null,
           resolutions: {}
         }
       },
diff --git a/client/src/app/core/server/server.service.ts b/client/src/app/core/server/server.service.ts
index a38883eee..39739afd0 100644
--- a/client/src/app/core/server/server.service.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/core/server/server.service.ts
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ export class ServerService {
       requiresEmailVerification: false
     },
     transcoding: {
+      profile: 'default',
+      availableProfiles: [ 'default' ],
       enabledResolutions: [],
       hls: {
         enabled: false
@@ -82,6 +84,8 @@ export class ServerService {
       maxUserLives: -1,
       transcoding: {
         enabled: false,
+        profile: 'default',
+        availableProfiles: [ 'default' ],
         enabledResolutions: []
       },
       rtmp: {
diff --git a/server/initializers/checker-before-init.ts b/server/initializers/checker-before-init.ts
index 9c4e0048a..7cc073603 100644
--- a/server/initializers/checker-before-init.ts
+++ b/server/initializers/checker-before-init.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ function checkMissedConfig () {
     'signup.filters.cidr.whitelist', 'signup.filters.cidr.blacklist',
     'redundancy.videos.strategies', 'redundancy.videos.check_interval',
     'transcoding.enabled', 'transcoding.threads', 'transcoding.allow_additional_extensions', 'transcoding.hls.enabled',
+    'transcoding.profile',
     'transcoding.resolutions.0p', 'transcoding.resolutions.240p', 'transcoding.resolutions.360p', 'transcoding.resolutions.480p',
     'transcoding.resolutions.720p', 'transcoding.resolutions.1080p', 'transcoding.resolutions.1440p', 'transcoding.resolutions.2160p',
     'import.videos.http.enabled', 'import.videos.torrent.enabled', 'auto_blacklist.videos.of_users.enabled',
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ function checkMissedConfig () {
     'search.remote_uri.users', 'search.remote_uri.anonymous', 'search.search_index.enabled', 'search.search_index.url',
     'search.search_index.disable_local_search', 'search.search_index.is_default_search',
     'live.enabled', 'live.allow_replay', 'live.max_duration', 'live.max_user_lives', 'live.max_instance_lives',
-    'live.transcoding.enabled', 'live.transcoding.threads',
+    'live.transcoding.enabled', 'live.transcoding.threads', 'live.transcoding.profile',
     'live.transcoding.resolutions.240p', 'live.transcoding.resolutions.360p', 'live.transcoding.resolutions.480p',
     'live.transcoding.resolutions.720p', 'live.transcoding.resolutions.1080p', 'live.transcoding.resolutions.1440p',
     'live.transcoding.resolutions.2160p'