diff --git a/src/imageformats/avif.cpp b/src/imageformats/avif.cpp
index 9436a5b..54111e0 100644
--- a/src/imageformats/avif.cpp
+++ b/src/imageformats/avif.cpp
@@ -97,6 +97,10 @@ bool QAVIFHandler::ensureDecoder()
 
     m_decoder = avifDecoderCreate();
 
+#if AVIF_VERSION >= 90100
+    m_decoder->strictFlags = AVIF_STRICT_DISABLED;
+#endif
+
     avifResult decodeResult;
 
     decodeResult = avifDecoderSetIOMemory(m_decoder, m_rawAvifData.data, m_rawAvifData.size);