diff --git a/libheif/heif.cc b/libheif/heif.cc
index c21ea19d8e7..c62d23a6458 100644
--- a/libheif/heif.cc
+++ b/libheif/heif.cc
@@ -2748,14 +2748,16 @@ static void set_default_options(heif_encoding_options& options)
   options.color_conversion_options.preferred_chroma_upsampling_algorithm = heif_chroma_upsampling_bilinear;
   options.color_conversion_options.only_use_preferred_chroma_algorithm = false;
 
-  options.prefer_minimised = false;
+  options.prefer_minimised_boxes_everywhere = false;
+  options.prefer_uncC_short_form = false;
 }
 
 static void copy_options(heif_encoding_options& options, const heif_encoding_options& input_options)
 {
   switch (input_options.version) {
     case 7:
-      options.prefer_minimised = input_options.prefer_minimised;
+      options.prefer_minimised_boxes_everywhere = input_options.prefer_minimised_boxes_everywhere;
+      options.prefer_uncC_short_form = input_options.prefer_uncC_short_form;
       // fallthrough
     case 6:
       options.color_conversion_options = input_options.color_conversion_options;
diff --git a/libheif/heif.h b/libheif/heif.h
index ab5cb0051bf..2f5144b87f8 100644
--- a/libheif/heif.h
+++ b/libheif/heif.h
@@ -2094,7 +2094,10 @@ struct heif_encoding_options
   // version 7 options
 
   // Set this to true to used minimised versions of boxes where possible
-  uint8_t prefer_minimised;
+  uint8_t prefer_minimised_boxes_everywhere;
+
+  // Set this to true to use compressed form of uncC where possible
+  uint8_t prefer_uncC_short_form;
 };
 
 LIBHEIF_API
diff --git a/libheif/uncompressed_image.cc b/libheif/uncompressed_image.cc
index 42a468722db..5c3f0282d91 100644
--- a/libheif/uncompressed_image.cc
+++ b/libheif/uncompressed_image.cc
@@ -1191,7 +1191,7 @@ Error UncompressedImageCodec::encode_uncompressed_image(const std::shared_ptr<He
                                                         std::shared_ptr<HeifContext::Image>& out_image)
 {
   std::shared_ptr<Box_uncC> uncC = std::make_shared<Box_uncC>();
-  if (options.prefer_minimised) {
+  if (options.prefer_uncC_short_form) {
     maybe_make_minimised_uncC(uncC, src_image);
   }
   if (uncC->get_version() == 1) {
diff --git a/tests/uncompressed_encode.cc b/tests/uncompressed_encode.cc
index 714fd1773f9..b3326dc4d49 100644
--- a/tests/uncompressed_encode.cc
+++ b/tests/uncompressed_encode.cc
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ struct heif_image *createImage_RGBA_planar()
   return image;
 }
 
-static void do_encode(heif_image* input_image, const char* filename, bool check_decode, uint8_t preferMinimised = 0)
+static void do_encode(heif_image* input_image, const char* filename, bool check_decode, uint8_t prefer_uncC_short_form = 0)
 {
   REQUIRE(input_image != nullptr);
 
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ static void do_encode(heif_image* input_image, const char* filename, bool check_
   options->macOS_compatibility_workaround = false;
   options->macOS_compatibility_workaround_no_nclx_profile = true;
   options->image_orientation = heif_orientation_normal;
-  options->prefer_minimised = preferMinimised;
+  options->prefer_uncC_short_form = prefer_uncC_short_form;
   heif_image_handle *output_image_handle;
 
   err = heif_context_encode_image(ctx, input_image, encoder, options, &output_image_handle);