diff --git a/libavcodec/targaenc.c b/libavcodec/targaenc.c
index 6a9edd9aa5..b955a4616e 100644
--- a/libavcodec/targaenc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/targaenc.c
@@ -215,4 +215,5 @@ const AVCodec ff_targa_encoder = {
         AV_PIX_FMT_BGR24, AV_PIX_FMT_BGRA, AV_PIX_FMT_RGB555LE, AV_PIX_FMT_GRAY8, AV_PIX_FMT_PAL8,
         AV_PIX_FMT_NONE
     },
+    .caps_internal  = FF_CODEC_CAP_INIT_THREADSAFE,
 };