diff --git a/libobs/obs-service.c b/libobs/obs-service.c
index 3feb85475..e27bef6c5 100644
--- a/libobs/obs-service.c
+++ b/libobs/obs-service.c
@@ -235,3 +235,19 @@ bool obs_service_initialize(struct obs_service *service,
 		return service->info.initialize(service->context.data, output);
 	return true;
 }
+
+void obs_service_apply_encoder_settings(obs_service_t *service,
+		obs_encoder_t *video_encoder, obs_encoder_t *audio_encoder)
+{
+	if (!service || !service->info.apply_encoder_settings)
+		return;
+
+	if (video_encoder && video_encoder->info.type != OBS_ENCODER_VIDEO)
+		video_encoder = NULL;
+	if (audio_encoder && audio_encoder->info.type != OBS_ENCODER_AUDIO)
+		audio_encoder = NULL;
+
+	if (video_encoder || audio_encoder)
+		service->info.apply_encoder_settings(service->context.data,
+				video_encoder, audio_encoder);
+}
diff --git a/libobs/obs-service.h b/libobs/obs-service.h
index 976575f79..e220cdc4a 100644
--- a/libobs/obs-service.h
+++ b/libobs/obs-service.h
@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ struct obs_service_info {
 	const char *(*get_password)(void *data);
 
 	bool (*supports_multitrack)(void *data);
+
+	void (*apply_encoder_settings)(void *data, obs_encoder_t *video_encoder,
+			obs_encoder_t *audio_encoder);
+
 	/* TODO: more stuff later */
 };
 
diff --git a/libobs/obs.h b/libobs/obs.h
index 7e698aca3..e89af11c0 100644
--- a/libobs/obs.h
+++ b/libobs/obs.h
@@ -1315,6 +1315,15 @@ EXPORT const char *obs_service_get_username(const obs_service_t *service);
 /** Returns the password (if any) for this service context */
 EXPORT const char *obs_service_get_password(const obs_service_t *service);
 
+/**
+ * Applies service-specific video encoder settings.
+ *
+ * @param  video_encoder  Video encoder to apply settings to.  Optional.
+ * @param  audio_encoder  Audio encoder to apply settings to.  Optional.
+ */
+EXPORT void obs_service_apply_encoder_settings(obs_service_t *service,
+		obs_encoder_t *video_encoder, obs_encoder_t *audio_encoder);
+
 
 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 /* Source frame allocation functions */