diff --git a/DOCS/man/options.rst b/DOCS/man/options.rst
index 0be7b8c718323..041333f178ee8 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/options.rst
+++ b/DOCS/man/options.rst
@@ -4332,6 +4332,7 @@ Screenshot
     :webp:      WebP
     :jxl:       JPEG XL
     :avif:      AVIF
+    :bgra:      BGRA
 
 ``--screenshot-tag-colorspace=<yes|no>``
     Tag screenshots with the appropriate colorspace (default: yes).
diff --git a/DOCS/man/vo.rst b/DOCS/man/vo.rst
index 0592d9467ee5d..d5123905af3a0 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/vo.rst
+++ b/DOCS/man/vo.rst
@@ -557,6 +557,8 @@ Available video output drivers are:
             PNG files.
         webp
             WebP files.
+        bgra
+            BGRA files.
 
     ``--vo-image-png-compression=<0-9>``
         PNG compression factor (speed vs. file size tradeoff) (default: 7)
diff --git a/video/image_writer.c b/video/image_writer.c
index ba1afc4cc3c79..36a34787ec457 100644
--- a/video/image_writer.c
+++ b/video/image_writer.c
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ const struct m_opt_choice_alternatives mp_image_writer_formats[] = {
     {"jpeg", AV_CODEC_ID_MJPEG},
     {"png",  AV_CODEC_ID_PNG},
     {"webp", AV_CODEC_ID_WEBP},
+    {"bgra", AV_CODEC_ID_RAWVIDEO},
 #if HAVE_JPEGXL
     {"jxl",  AV_CODEC_ID_JPEGXL},
 #endif
@@ -706,6 +707,9 @@ bool write_image(struct mp_image *image, const struct image_writer_opts *opts,
         int alpha = image->fmt.flags & MP_IMGFLAG_ALPHA;
         destfmt = alpha ? pixfmt2imgfmt(AV_PIX_FMT_YUVA420P) : IMGFMT_420P;
     }
+    if (opts->format == AV_CODEC_ID_RAWVIDEO) {
+        destfmt = IMGFMT_BGRA;
+    }
 
     if (!destfmt)
         destfmt = get_target_format(&ctx);