diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 70ac1295..383a0ed4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
-## [0.15.0 - 2024-01-xx]
+## [0.15.0 - 2024-0x-xx]
 
 ### Added
 
 - `libheif_info` function: added `encoders` and `decoders` keys to the result, for future libheif plugins support. #189
+- `options.PREFERRED_ENCODER` - to use `encoder` different from the default one. #192
 
 ### Changed
 
diff --git a/docs/options.rst b/docs/options.rst
index d912fb21..06434d86 100644
--- a/docs/options.rst
+++ b/docs/options.rst
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Options
 .. autodata:: pillow_heif.options.SAVE_HDR_TO_12_BIT
 .. autodata:: pillow_heif.options.ALLOW_INCORRECT_HEADERS
 .. autodata:: pillow_heif.options.SAVE_NCLX_PROFILE
+.. autodata:: pillow_heif.options.PREFERRED_ENCODER
 
 Example of use
 """"""""""""""
diff --git a/pillow_heif/_pillow_heif.c b/pillow_heif/_pillow_heif.c
index 9df7cbe5..ef094526 100644
--- a/pillow_heif/_pillow_heif.c
+++ b/pillow_heif/_pillow_heif.c
@@ -1161,16 +1161,28 @@ static struct PyGetSetDef _CtxImage_getseters[] = {
 /* =========== Functions ======== */
 
 static PyObject* _CtxWrite(PyObject* self, PyObject* args) {
-    /* compression_format: int, quality: int */
+    /* compression_format: int, quality: int, encoder_id: str */
     struct heif_encoder* encoder;
     struct heif_error error;
     int compression_format, quality;
+    const char *encoder_id;
+    const struct heif_encoder_descriptor* encoders[1];
 
-    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "ii", &compression_format, &quality))
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "iis", &compression_format, &quality, &encoder_id))
         return NULL;
 
     struct heif_context* ctx = heif_context_alloc();
-    error = heif_context_get_encoder_for_format(ctx, compression_format, &encoder);
+    if (strlen(encoder_id) > 0) {
+        if (heif_get_encoder_descriptors(heif_compression_undefined, encoder_id, encoders, 1) != 1) {
+            PyErr_SetString(PyExc_RuntimeError, "could not find encoder with provided ID");
+            return NULL;
+        }
+        error = heif_context_get_encoder(ctx, encoders[0], &encoder);
+    }
+    else {
+        error = heif_context_get_encoder_for_format(ctx, compression_format, &encoder);
+    }
+
     if (check_error(error)) {
         heif_context_free(ctx);
         return NULL;
diff --git a/pillow_heif/constants.py b/pillow_heif/constants.py
index ddd04109..98e64b2e 100644
--- a/pillow_heif/constants.py
+++ b/pillow_heif/constants.py
@@ -49,19 +49,23 @@ class HeifCompressionFormat(IntEnum):
     UNDEFINED = 0
     """The compression format is not defined."""
     HEVC = 1
-    """The compression format is HEVC."""
+    """Equivalent to H.265."""
     AVC = 2
-    """The compression format is AVC."""
+    """Equivalent to H.264. Defined in ISO/IEC 14496-10."""
     JPEG = 3
-    """The compression format is JPEG."""
+    """JPEG compression. Defined in ISO/IEC 10918-1."""
     AV1 = 4
-    """The compression format is AV1."""
+    """AV1 compression, used for AVIF images."""
     VVC = 5
-    """The compression format is VVC."""
+    """Equivalent to H.266. Defined in ISO/IEC 23090-3."""
     EVC = 6
-    """The compression format is EVC."""
+    """Equivalent to H.266. Defined in ISO/IEC 23094-1."""
     JPEG2000 = 7
     """The compression format is JPEG200 ISO/IEC 15444-16:2021"""
+    UNCOMPRESSED = 8
+    """Defined in ISO/IEC 23001-17:2023 (Final Draft International Standard)."""
+    MASK = 9
+    """Mask image encoding. See ISO/IEC 23008-12:2022 Section 6.10.2"""
 
 
 class HeifColorPrimaries(IntEnum):
diff --git a/pillow_heif/misc.py b/pillow_heif/misc.py
index a948c208..d62a9729 100644
--- a/pillow_heif/misc.py
+++ b/pillow_heif/misc.py
@@ -327,7 +327,11 @@ class CtxEncode:
 
     def __init__(self, compression_format: HeifCompressionFormat, **kwargs):
         quality = kwargs.get("quality", options.QUALITY)
-        self.ctx_write = _pillow_heif.CtxWrite(compression_format, -2 if quality is None else quality)
+        self.ctx_write = _pillow_heif.CtxWrite(
+            compression_format,
+            -2 if quality is None else quality,
+            options.PREFERRED_ENCODER.get("HEIF" if compression_format == HeifCompressionFormat.HEVC else "AVIF", ""),
+        )
         enc_params = kwargs.get("enc_params", {})
         chroma = kwargs.get("chroma", None)
         if chroma is None and "subsampling" in kwargs:
diff --git a/pillow_heif/options.py b/pillow_heif/options.py
index ceedcfaa..6b70d82f 100644
--- a/pillow_heif/options.py
+++ b/pillow_heif/options.py
@@ -57,3 +57,10 @@
 .. note:: `save_nclx_profile` specified during calling ``save`` has higher priority than this.
 
 When use pillow_heif as a plugin you can unset it with: `register_*_opener(save_nclx_profile=False)`"""
+
+
+PREFERRED_ENCODER = {
+    "AVIF": "",
+    "HEIF": "",
+}
+"""Use the specified encoder for format. You can get the available encoders IDs using ``libheif_info()`` function."""
diff --git a/tests/write_test.py b/tests/write_test.py
index ed978e02..4ee45d43 100644
--- a/tests/write_test.py
+++ b/tests/write_test.py
@@ -581,3 +581,54 @@ def test_lossless_encoding_rgba(save_format):
     buf = BytesIO()
     im_rgb.save(buf, format=save_format, quality=-1, chroma=444, matrix_coefficients=0)
     helpers.assert_image_equal(im_rgb, Image.open(buf))
+
+
+def test_invalid_encoder():
+    im_rgb = helpers.gradient_rgba()
+    buf = BytesIO()
+    try:
+        pillow_heif.options.PREFERRED_ENCODER["AVIF"] = "invalid_id"
+        pillow_heif.options.PREFERRED_ENCODER["HEIF"] = "invalid_id"
+        with pytest.raises(RuntimeError):
+            im_rgb.save(buf, format="AVIF")
+        with pytest.raises(RuntimeError):
+            im_rgb.save(buf, format="HEIF")
+    finally:
+        pillow_heif.options.PREFERRED_ENCODER["AVIF"] = ""
+        pillow_heif.options.PREFERRED_ENCODER["HEIF"] = ""
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif("svt" not in pillow_heif.libheif_info()["encoders"], reason="Requires SVT AVIF encoder.")
+@pytest.mark.skipif("aom" not in pillow_heif.libheif_info()["encoders"], reason="Requires AOM AVIF encoder.")
+def test_svt_encoder():
+    im_rgb = helpers.gradient_rgb()
+    buf_aom = BytesIO()
+    im_rgb.save(buf_aom, format="AVIF")
+    buf_svt = BytesIO()
+    try:
+        pillow_heif.options.PREFERRED_ENCODER["AVIF"] = "svt"
+        im_rgb.save(buf_svt, format="AVIF")
+    finally:
+        pillow_heif.options.PREFERRED_ENCODER["AVIF"] = ""
+    aom_img_data = Image.open(buf_aom).tobytes()
+    svt_image_data = Image.open(buf_svt).tobytes()
+    # print(f"AOM size: {len(aom_img_data)} , SVT size: {len(svt_image_data)}", )
+    assert aom_img_data != svt_image_data  # Suppose that: different decoders by default will have different results
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif("rav1e" not in pillow_heif.libheif_info()["encoders"], reason="Requires RAV1E AVIF encoder.")
+@pytest.mark.skipif("aom" not in pillow_heif.libheif_info()["encoders"], reason="Requires AOM AVIF encoder.")
+def test_rav1e_encoder():
+    im_rgb = helpers.gradient_rgb()
+    buf_aom = BytesIO()
+    im_rgb.save(buf_aom, format="AVIF")
+    buf_rav1e = BytesIO()
+    try:
+        pillow_heif.options.PREFERRED_ENCODER["AVIF"] = "rav1e"
+        im_rgb.save(buf_rav1e, format="AVIF")
+    finally:
+        pillow_heif.options.PREFERRED_ENCODER["AVIF"] = ""
+    aom_img_data = Image.open(buf_aom).tobytes()
+    rav1e_image_data = Image.open(buf_rav1e).tobytes()
+    # print(f"AOM size: {len(aom_img_data)} , RAV1E size: {len(rav1e_image_data)}", )
+    assert aom_img_data != rav1e_image_data  # Suppose that: different decoders by default will have different results