diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 23dc654e7..04a88e36a 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -615,6 +615,7 @@ set(HEADERS
   transcoder/transcoder.h
   transcoder/transcoderoptionsdialog.h
   transcoder/transcoderoptionsmp3.h
+  transcoder/transcoderoptionsflac.h
   transcoder/transcodersettingspage.h
 
   ui/about.h
diff --git a/src/transcoder/transcoderoptionsflac.cpp b/src/transcoder/transcoderoptionsflac.cpp
index 9de8aed68..590aed899 100644
--- a/src/transcoder/transcoderoptionsflac.cpp
+++ b/src/transcoder/transcoderoptionsflac.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ const char* TranscoderOptionsFlac::kSettingsGroup = "Transcoder/flacenc";
 TranscoderOptionsFlac::TranscoderOptionsFlac(QWidget* parent)
     : TranscoderOptionsInterface(parent), ui_(new Ui_TranscoderOptionsFlac) {
   ui_->setupUi(this);
+  connect(ui_->quality, SIGNAL(valueChanged(int)), this,
+          SLOT(ValueChanged(int)));
 }
 
 TranscoderOptionsFlac::~TranscoderOptionsFlac() { delete ui_; }
@@ -37,9 +39,34 @@ void TranscoderOptionsFlac::Load() {
   ui_->quality->setValue(s.value("quality", 5).toInt());
 }
 
+void TranscoderOptionsFlac::ValueChanged(int value) {
+  if (!IsInStreamingSubset(value)) {
+    ui_->info->setStyleSheet("QLabel { color : red }");
+    ui_->info->setText(
+        tr("Warning: This compression level is outside of the streamable "
+           "subset. This means that a decoder may not be able to start "
+           "playing it mid-stream. It may also affect the performance of "
+           "hardware decoders."));
+  } else {
+    ui_->info->setStyleSheet("");
+    ui_->info->setText("");
+  }
+}
+
 void TranscoderOptionsFlac::Save() {
   QSettings s;
   s.beginGroup(kSettingsGroup + settings_postfix_);
 
-  s.setValue("quality", ui_->quality->value());
+  int quality = ui_->quality->value();
+  s.setValue("quality", quality);
+
+  s.setValue("streamable-subset", IsInStreamingSubset(quality));
+}
+
+bool TranscoderOptionsFlac::IsInStreamingSubset(int level) {
+  // The gstreamer flacenc element defines its own quality settings. The
+  // highest level, 9 (aka "insane"), uses settings that are outside of the
+  // streamable subset.
+  // https://xiph.org/flac/format.html#subset
+  return (level < 9);
 }
diff --git a/src/transcoder/transcoderoptionsflac.h b/src/transcoder/transcoderoptionsflac.h
index b5e416e8b..9e945718d 100644
--- a/src/transcoder/transcoderoptionsflac.h
+++ b/src/transcoder/transcoderoptionsflac.h
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 class Ui_TranscoderOptionsFlac;
 
 class TranscoderOptionsFlac : public TranscoderOptionsInterface {
+  Q_OBJECT
+
  public:
   TranscoderOptionsFlac(QWidget* parent = nullptr);
   ~TranscoderOptionsFlac();
@@ -30,7 +32,12 @@ class TranscoderOptionsFlac : public TranscoderOptionsInterface {
   void Load();
   void Save();
 
+ private slots:
+  void ValueChanged(int value);
+
  private:
+  static bool IsInStreamingSubset(int level);
+
   static const char* kSettingsGroup;
 
   Ui_TranscoderOptionsFlac* ui_;
diff --git a/src/transcoder/transcoderoptionsflac.ui b/src/transcoder/transcoderoptionsflac.ui
index 8375ff62f..3635ec5d7 100644
--- a/src/transcoder/transcoderoptionsflac.ui
+++ b/src/transcoder/transcoderoptionsflac.ui
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
   </property>
   <layout class="QFormLayout" name="formLayout">
    <item row="0" column="0">
-    <widget class="QLabel" name="label">
+    <widget class="QLabel" name="quality_label">
      <property name="text">
       <string comment="Sound quality">Quality</string>
      </property>
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
    <item row="0" column="1">
     <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout">
      <item>
-      <widget class="QLabel" name="label_2">
+      <widget class="QLabel" name="fast_label">
        <property name="text">
         <string>Fast</string>
        </property>
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
       </widget>
      </item>
      <item>
-      <widget class="QLabel" name="label_3">
+      <widget class="QLabel" name="best_label">
        <property name="text">
         <string>Best</string>
        </property>
@@ -55,6 +55,22 @@
      </item>
     </layout>
    </item>
+   <item row="1" column="0" colspan="2">
+    <widget class="QLabel" name="info">
+     <property name="sizePolicy">
+      <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Minimum">
+       <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+       <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+      </sizepolicy>
+     </property>
+     <property name="text">
+      <string/>
+     </property>
+     <property name="wordWrap">
+      <bool>true</bool>
+     </property>
+    </widget>
+   </item>
   </layout>
  </widget>
  <resources/>