diff --git a/modules/gui/macosx/UI/SimplePreferences.xib b/modules/gui/macosx/UI/SimplePreferences.xib
index 036ed61910..9723f8ae6d 100644
--- a/modules/gui/macosx/UI/SimplePreferences.xib
+++ b/modules/gui/macosx/UI/SimplePreferences.xib
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<document type="com.apple.InterfaceBuilder3.Cocoa.XIB" version="3.0" toolsVersion="10117" systemVersion="17D102" targetRuntime="MacOSX.Cocoa" propertyAccessControl="none" useAutolayout="YES">
+<document type="com.apple.InterfaceBuilder3.Cocoa.XIB" version="3.0" toolsVersion="10117" systemVersion="17E202" targetRuntime="MacOSX.Cocoa" propertyAccessControl="none" useAutolayout="YES">
     <dependencies>
         <development version="7000" identifier="xcode"/>
         <plugIn identifier="com.apple.InterfaceBuilder.CocoaPlugin" version="10117"/>
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
                 <outlet property="input_cachelevelPopup" destination="2580" id="lts-mx-3Kh"/>
                 <outlet property="input_cachelevel_customLabel" destination="3162" id="fbZ-oF-HKW"/>
                 <outlet property="input_cachingBox" destination="2572" id="EC7-3Y-jc1"/>
+                <outlet property="input_hardwareAccelerationCheckbox" destination="E3R-AI-QGD" id="I73-W4-R8Y"/>
                 <outlet property="input_muxBox" destination="2585" id="Yng-39-8zd"/>
                 <outlet property="input_netBox" destination="2563" id="xSD-ks-oYK"/>
                 <outlet property="input_postprocLabel" destination="2592" id="Qs8-Ac-u30"/>
@@ -1294,10 +1295,10 @@ Gw
             <point key="canvasLocation" x="265" y="1524.5"/>
         </customView>
         <customView translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="2562" userLabel="Input &amp; Codecs">
-            <rect key="frame" x="0.0" y="0.0" width="572" height="422"/>
+            <rect key="frame" x="0.0" y="0.0" width="572" height="452"/>
             <subviews>
                 <box title="Record directory or filename" borderType="line" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="3623">
-                    <rect key="frame" x="17" y="342" width="538" height="60"/>
+                    <rect key="frame" x="17" y="372" width="538" height="60"/>
                     <view key="contentView" id="7b2-vV-8CM">
                         <rect key="frame" x="1" y="1" width="536" height="44"/>
                         <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" widthSizable="YES" heightSizable="YES"/>
@@ -1341,7 +1342,7 @@ Gw
                     </constraints>
                 </box>
                 <box title="Network" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="2563">
-                    <rect key="frame" x="17" y="276" width="538" height="62"/>
+                    <rect key="frame" x="17" y="306" width="538" height="62"/>
                     <view key="contentView" id="1lv-cw-XiH">
                         <rect key="frame" x="2" y="2" width="534" height="45"/>
                         <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" widthSizable="YES" heightSizable="YES"/>
@@ -1368,7 +1369,7 @@ Gw
                     </constraints>
                 </box>
                 <box title="Caching" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="2572">
-                    <rect key="frame" x="17" y="183" width="538" height="88"/>
+                    <rect key="frame" x="17" y="213" width="538" height="88"/>
                     <view key="contentView" id="deK-kX-Lvr">
                         <rect key="frame" x="2" y="2" width="534" height="71"/>
                         <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" widthSizable="YES" heightSizable="YES"/>
@@ -1425,9 +1426,9 @@ Gw
                     </view>
                 </box>
                 <box title="Codecs / Muxers" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="2585">
-                    <rect key="frame" x="17" y="16" width="538" height="160"/>
+                    <rect key="frame" x="17" y="16" width="538" height="190"/>
                     <view key="contentView" id="30i-kg-rYI">
-                        <rect key="frame" x="2" y="2" width="534" height="143"/>
+                        <rect key="frame" x="2" y="2" width="534" height="173"/>
                         <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" widthSizable="YES" heightSizable="YES"/>
                         <subviews>
                             <textField horizontalHuggingPriority="251" verticalHuggingPriority="750" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="2592">
@@ -1525,6 +1526,16 @@ Gw
                                     <action selector="inputSettingChanged:" target="-2" id="I6O-un-hHx"/>
                                 </connections>
                             </popUpButton>
+                            <button translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="E3R-AI-QGD">
+                                <rect key="frame" x="14" y="145" width="201" height="18"/>
+                                <buttonCell key="cell" type="check" title="Enable hardware acceleration" bezelStyle="regularSquare" imagePosition="left" state="on" inset="2" id="atu-5u-S8s">
+                                    <behavior key="behavior" changeContents="YES" doesNotDimImage="YES" lightByContents="YES"/>
+                                    <font key="font" metaFont="system"/>
+                                </buttonCell>
+                                <connections>
+                                    <action selector="inputSettingChanged:" target="-2" id="FzO-lc-XLf"/>
+                                </connections>
+                            </button>
                         </subviews>
                         <constraints>
                             <constraint firstItem="2589" firstAttribute="centerY" secondItem="2587" secondAttribute="centerY" id="4D0-CS-wLd"/>
@@ -1532,22 +1543,26 @@ Gw
                             <constraint firstItem="3434" firstAttribute="leading" secondItem="2593" secondAttribute="leading" id="DbT-Jq-Nxe"/>
                             <constraint firstItem="2592" firstAttribute="centerY" secondItem="2587" secondAttribute="centerY" id="Fkm-jR-oMF"/>
                             <constraint firstItem="2594" firstAttribute="leading" secondItem="2593" secondAttribute="trailing" constant="17" id="H8f-vv-gko"/>
+                            <constraint firstAttribute="trailing" relation="greaterThanOrEqual" secondItem="lem-yf-jZB" secondAttribute="trailing" constant="16" id="HZA-Ho-JPS"/>
                             <constraint firstAttribute="trailing" secondItem="2589" secondAttribute="trailing" constant="17" id="HmN-hM-nt0"/>
                             <constraint firstItem="lem-yf-jZB" firstAttribute="leading" secondItem="3434" secondAttribute="leading" id="IpM-8a-E67"/>
                             <constraint firstItem="2593" firstAttribute="top" secondItem="2592" secondAttribute="bottom" constant="16" id="JOz-5x-WGX"/>
                             <constraint firstItem="lem-yf-jZB" firstAttribute="top" secondItem="3434" secondAttribute="bottom" constant="16" id="RYW-Uf-buV"/>
                             <constraint firstItem="3434" firstAttribute="top" secondItem="2593" secondAttribute="bottom" constant="16" id="Tam-yC-51c"/>
+                            <constraint firstAttribute="trailing" relation="greaterThanOrEqual" secondItem="E3R-AI-QGD" secondAttribute="trailing" constant="16" id="UeL-aj-4Ov"/>
+                            <constraint firstItem="E3R-AI-QGD" firstAttribute="top" secondItem="30i-kg-rYI" secondAttribute="top" constant="12" id="Uiy-Rc-Z9G"/>
                             <constraint firstItem="3435" firstAttribute="width" secondItem="2594" secondAttribute="width" id="V0T-ah-xQd"/>
                             <constraint firstItem="3434" firstAttribute="centerY" secondItem="3435" secondAttribute="centerY" id="WV5-Nx-zJo"/>
-                            <constraint firstItem="2592" firstAttribute="leading" secondItem="30i-kg-rYI" secondAttribute="leading" constant="16" id="dQB-hm-G2h"/>
+                            <constraint firstItem="E3R-AI-QGD" firstAttribute="leading" secondItem="2592" secondAttribute="leading" id="Y0f-uz-v0S"/>
+                            <constraint firstItem="2592" firstAttribute="top" secondItem="E3R-AI-QGD" secondAttribute="bottom" constant="16" id="b0d-c4-Hi8"/>
                             <constraint firstItem="3435" firstAttribute="leading" secondItem="3434" secondAttribute="trailing" constant="17" id="eZZ-2v-na1"/>
                             <constraint firstItem="3435" firstAttribute="leading" secondItem="2594" secondAttribute="leading" id="h44-ac-8ao"/>
-                            <constraint firstItem="2592" firstAttribute="top" secondItem="30i-kg-rYI" secondAttribute="top" constant="12" id="hWU-Qa-oAW"/>
                             <constraint firstItem="2587" firstAttribute="leading" secondItem="2592" secondAttribute="trailing" constant="17" id="ihi-eb-hxM"/>
                             <constraint firstItem="2593" firstAttribute="centerY" secondItem="2594" secondAttribute="centerY" id="jae-OS-C7i"/>
                             <constraint firstAttribute="bottom" secondItem="lem-yf-jZB" secondAttribute="bottom" constant="18" id="jtV-Af-m7f"/>
                             <constraint firstItem="2589" firstAttribute="leading" secondItem="2587" secondAttribute="trailing" constant="8" id="pEK-ey-Plq"/>
                             <constraint firstItem="2593" firstAttribute="leading" secondItem="2592" secondAttribute="leading" id="raR-vS-fzh"/>
+                            <constraint firstItem="E3R-AI-QGD" firstAttribute="leading" secondItem="30i-kg-rYI" secondAttribute="leading" constant="16" id="v2C-3E-DlJ"/>
                         </constraints>
                     </view>
                 </box>
@@ -2058,7 +2073,7 @@ Gw
                         </textFieldCell>
                     </textField>
                     <textField verticalHuggingPriority="750" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="2803">
-                        <rect key="frame" x="112" y="54" width="217" height="14"/>
+                        <rect key="frame" x="112" y="54" width="218" height="14"/>
                         <textFieldCell key="cell" controlSize="small" lineBreakMode="truncatingTail" sendsActionOnEndEditing="YES" alignment="center" title="This combination is already taken by %s" usesSingleLineMode="YES" id="3531">
                             <font key="font" metaFont="smallSystem"/>
                             <color key="textColor" name="controlShadowColor" catalog="System" colorSpace="catalog"/>
diff --git a/modules/gui/macosx/VLCSimplePrefsController.h b/modules/gui/macosx/VLCSimplePrefsController.h
index 926feddeb5..ba4c5db670 100644
--- a/modules/gui/macosx/VLCSimplePrefsController.h
+++ b/modules/gui/macosx/VLCSimplePrefsController.h
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@
 @property (readwrite, weak) IBOutlet NSBox *input_cachingBox;
 @property (readwrite, weak) IBOutlet NSBox *input_muxBox;
 @property (readwrite, weak) IBOutlet NSBox *input_netBox;
+@property (readwrite, weak) IBOutlet NSButton *input_hardwareAccelerationCheckbox;
 @property (readwrite, weak) IBOutlet NSTextField *input_postprocTextField;
 @property (readwrite, weak) IBOutlet NSTextField *input_postprocLabel;
 @property (readwrite, weak) IBOutlet NSTextField *input_skipLoopLabel;
diff --git a/modules/gui/macosx/VLCSimplePrefsController.m b/modules/gui/macosx/VLCSimplePrefsController.m
index bfd7183f83..feae10dabf 100644
--- a/modules/gui/macosx/VLCSimplePrefsController.m
+++ b/modules/gui/macosx/VLCSimplePrefsController.m
@@ -294,6 +294,7 @@ create_toolbar_item(NSString *itemIdent, NSString *name, NSString *desc, NSStrin
     [_input_cachelevel_customLabel setStringValue: _NS("Use the complete preferences to configure custom caching values for each access module.")];
     [_input_muxBox setTitle: _NS("Codecs / Muxers")];
     [_input_netBox setTitle: _NS("Network")];
+    [_input_hardwareAccelerationCheckbox setTitle: _NS("Enable hardware acceleration")];
     [_input_postprocLabel setStringValue: _NS("Post-Processing Quality")];
     [_input_skipLoopLabel setStringValue: _NS("Skip the loop filter for H.264 decoding")];
     [_input_urlhandlerButton setTitle: _NS("Edit default application settings for network protocols")];
@@ -677,6 +678,8 @@ static inline const char * __config_GetLabel(vlc_object_t *p_this, const char *p
      * input & codecs settings *
      ***************************/
     [self setupField:_input_recordTextField forOption:"input-record-path"];
+
+    [self setupButton:_input_hardwareAccelerationCheckbox forBoolValue: "videotoolbox"];
     [_input_postprocTextField setIntValue: config_GetInt("postproc-q")];
     [_input_postprocTextField setToolTip: _NS(config_GetLabel(p_intf, "postproc-q"))];
     [self setupButton:_input_skipFramesCheckbox forBoolValue: "skip-frames"];
@@ -993,6 +996,8 @@ static inline void save_string_list(intf_thread_t * p_intf, id object, const cha
      ***************************/
     if (_inputSettingChanged) {
         config_PutPsz("input-record-path", [[_input_recordTextField stringValue] UTF8String]);
+
+        config_PutInt("videotoolbox", [_input_hardwareAccelerationCheckbox state]);
         config_PutInt("postproc-q", [_input_postprocTextField intValue]);
         config_PutInt("skip-frames", [_input_skipFramesCheckbox state]);