diff --git a/src/web-capabilities.spec.ts b/src/web-capabilities.spec.ts
index f55d1f9..57fde12 100644
--- a/src/web-capabilities.spec.ts
+++ b/src/web-capabilities.spec.ts
@@ -95,4 +95,59 @@ describe('WebCapabilities', () => {
       expect(WebCapabilities.supportsEncodedStreamTransforms()).toBe(CapabilityState.NOT_CAPABLE);
     });
   });
+  describe('isCapableOfReceivingVideoCodec', () => {
+    afterEach(() => {
+      // Clean up window modifications
+      delete (window as Window & { RTCRtpReceiver?: unknown }).RTCRtpReceiver;
+    });
+
+    it('should return CAPABLE when the codec is supported', () => {
+      expect.assertions(1);
+
+      Object.defineProperty(window, 'RTCRtpReceiver', {
+        writable: true,
+        value: {
+          getCapabilities: jest.fn().mockReturnValue({
+            codecs: [{ mimeType: 'video/AV1' }],
+          } as unknown as RTCRtpCapabilities),
+        },
+      });
+
+      expect(WebCapabilities.isCapableOfReceivingVideoCodec('video/AV1')).toBe(
+        CapabilityState.CAPABLE
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('should return NOT_CAPABLE when the codec is not supported', () => {
+      expect.assertions(1);
+
+      Object.defineProperty(window, 'RTCRtpReceiver', {
+        writable: true,
+        value: {
+          getCapabilities: jest.fn().mockReturnValue({
+            codecs: [{ mimeType: 'video/H264' }],
+          } as unknown as RTCRtpCapabilities),
+        },
+      });
+
+      expect(WebCapabilities.isCapableOfReceivingVideoCodec('video/AV1')).toBe(
+        CapabilityState.NOT_CAPABLE
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('should return NOT_CAPABLE when getCapabilities returns undefined', () => {
+      expect.assertions(1);
+
+      Object.defineProperty(window, 'RTCRtpReceiver', {
+        writable: true,
+        value: {
+          getCapabilities: jest.fn().mockReturnValue(undefined),
+        },
+      });
+
+      expect(WebCapabilities.isCapableOfReceivingVideoCodec('video/AV1')).toBe(
+        CapabilityState.NOT_CAPABLE
+      );
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/web-capabilities.ts b/src/web-capabilities.ts
index 6ee10b7..168b7db 100644
--- a/src/web-capabilities.ts
+++ b/src/web-capabilities.ts
@@ -80,6 +80,21 @@ export class WebCapabilities {
     return CapabilityState.CAPABLE;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Checks whether the browser is capable of receiving a specific video codec.
+   *
+   * @param mimeType - The MIME type of the codec to check.
+   * @returns A {@link CapabilityState}.
+   */
+  static isCapableOfReceivingVideoCodec(
+    mimeType: RTCRtpCodecCapability['mimeType']
+  ): CapabilityState {
+    const codecs = RTCRtpReceiver.getCapabilities('video')?.codecs || [];
+    return codecs.some((codec) => codec.mimeType === mimeType)
+      ? CapabilityState.CAPABLE
+      : CapabilityState.NOT_CAPABLE;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Checks whether the browser supports encoded stream transforms.
    *