diff --git a/modules/codec/x265.c b/modules/codec/x265.c
index 4c2b585594b2dfcbbef0f9a3e5b47495c2a43e7b..5c5f35e214df28ff80379757688c451e474fccb9 100644
--- a/modules/codec/x265.c
+++ b/modules/codec/x265.c
@@ -71,6 +71,11 @@ static block_t *Encode(encoder_t *p_enc, picture_t *p_pict)
     x265_picture pic;
 
     x265_picture_init(&p_sys->param, &pic);
+#ifdef MAX_SCALABLE_LAYERS
+    /* Handle API changes for scalable layers output in x265 4.0 */
+    x265_picture *pics[MAX_SCALABLE_LAYERS] = {NULL};
+    pics[0] = &pic;
+#endif
 
     if (likely(p_pict)) {
         pic.pts = p_pict->date;
@@ -89,8 +94,13 @@ static block_t *Encode(encoder_t *p_enc, picture_t *p_pict)
 
     x265_nal *nal;
     uint32_t i_nal = 0;
+#ifdef MAX_SCALABLE_LAYERS
+    x265_encoder_encode(p_sys->h, &nal, &i_nal,
+                        likely(p_pict) ? &pic : NULL, pics);
+#else
     x265_encoder_encode(p_sys->h, &nal, &i_nal,
             likely(p_pict) ? &pic : NULL, &pic);
+#endif
 
     if (!i_nal)
         return NULL;