diff --git a/db/zm_create.sql.in b/db/zm_create.sql.in
index 8d6303fcc..123c4a716 100644
--- a/db/zm_create.sql.in
+++ b/db/zm_create.sql.in
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ CREATE TABLE `Monitors` (
   `SaveJPEGs` TINYINT NOT NULL DEFAULT '3' ,
   `VideoWriter` TINYINT NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
   `OutputCodec` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default 0,
-  `Encoder`     enum('auto','h264','libx264','h264_omx','h264_vaapi','mjpeg','mpeg1','mpeg2'),
+  `Encoder`     varchar(32),
   `OutputContainer` enum('auto','mp4','mkv'),
   `EncoderParameters` TEXT,
   `RecordAudio` TINYINT NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
diff --git a/db/zm_update-1.35.28.sql b/db/zm_update-1.35.28.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a281507dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/zm_update-1.35.28.sql
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ALTER TABLE `Monitors` MODIFY `Encoder`     varchar(32);