diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 65d36723..87d58c33 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 
+ * Override `FFmpegFrameGrabber.getVideoCodecName()/getAudioCodecName()` to return names of opened codecs ([pull #1901](https://github.com/bytedeco/javacv/pull/1901))
  * Add `FrameGrabber.videoDisposition/audioDisposition` properties to select streams by disposition ([pull #1879](https://github.com/bytedeco/javacv/pull/1879))
  * Work around `OpenKinect2FrameGrabber` failing when provided with a pipeline on some system ([pull #1886](https://github.com/bytedeco/javacv/pull/1886))
  * Fix `FFmpegFrameRecorder.record()` incorrectly flushing the video codec on data frames ([issue #1858](https://github.com/bytedeco/javacv/issues/1858))
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/bytedeco/javacv/FFmpegFrameGrabber.java b/src/main/java/org/bytedeco/javacv/FFmpegFrameGrabber.java
index bb57852e..35d0c1ac 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/bytedeco/javacv/FFmpegFrameGrabber.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/bytedeco/javacv/FFmpegFrameGrabber.java
@@ -463,6 +463,11 @@ public boolean hasAudio() {
         return video_c == null ? super.getVideoCodec() : video_c.codec_id();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public String getVideoCodecName(){
+        return  video_c == null ? super.getVideoCodecName() : video_c.codec().name().getString();
+    }
+
     @Override public int getVideoBitrate() {
         return video_c == null ? super.getVideoBitrate() : (int)video_c.bit_rate();
     }
@@ -525,6 +530,10 @@ public double getVideoFrameRate() {
         return audio_c == null ? super.getAudioCodec() : audio_c.codec_id();
     }
 
+    @Override public String getAudioCodecName() {
+        return audio_c == null ? super.getAudioCodecName() : audio_c.codec().name().getString();
+    }
+
     @Override public int getAudioBitrate() {
         return audio_c == null ? super.getAudioBitrate() : (int)audio_c.bit_rate();
     }