diff --git a/vp9/encoder/vp9_encodeframe.c b/vp9/encoder/vp9_encodeframe.c
index 1001628836ad1f4d4b26c5a96153c5125edea21c..5837313c0f18a9278ba23dad1d60c39794ffd746 100644
--- a/vp9/encoder/vp9_encodeframe.c
+++ b/vp9/encoder/vp9_encodeframe.c
@@ -3454,11 +3454,9 @@ static void encode_superblock(VP9_COMP *cpi, TOKENEXTRA **t, int output_enabled,
   const int mi_height = num_8x8_blocks_high_lookup[bsize];
 
   x->skip_recode = !x->select_txfm_size && mbmi->sb_type >= BLOCK_8X8 &&
-                   (cpi->oxcf.aq_mode != COMPLEXITY_AQ &&
-                    cpi->oxcf.aq_mode != CYCLIC_REFRESH_AQ) &&
-                   !cpi->sf.use_nonrd_pick_mode &&
-                   !cpi->sf.use_uv_intra_rd_estimate &&
-                   !cpi->sf.skip_encode_sb;
+                   cpi->oxcf.aq_mode != COMPLEXITY_AQ &&
+                   cpi->oxcf.aq_mode != CYCLIC_REFRESH_AQ &&
+                   cpi->sf.allow_skip_recode;
 
   x->skip_optimize = ctx->is_coded;
   ctx->is_coded = 1;
diff --git a/vp9/encoder/vp9_onyx_if.c b/vp9/encoder/vp9_onyx_if.c
index 4564c4b88038a285968c67cb2b605269dc9f2b38..253c455152482da45ef5e7f43b52c9025c71c6d4 100644
--- a/vp9/encoder/vp9_onyx_if.c
+++ b/vp9/encoder/vp9_onyx_if.c
@@ -574,6 +574,7 @@ static void set_good_speed_feature(VP9_COMMON *cm,
   int i;
   sf->adaptive_rd_thresh = 1;
   sf->recode_loop = ((speed < 1) ? ALLOW_RECODE : ALLOW_RECODE_KFMAXBW);
+  sf->allow_skip_recode = 1;
   if (speed == 1) {
     sf->use_square_partition_only = !frame_is_intra_only(cm);
     sf->less_rectangular_check  = 1;
@@ -585,7 +586,6 @@ static void set_good_speed_feature(VP9_COMMON *cm,
         DISABLE_ALL_SPLIT : DISABLE_ALL_INTER_SPLIT;
     else
       sf->disable_split_mask = DISABLE_COMPOUND_SPLIT;
-
     sf->use_rd_breakout = 1;
     sf->adaptive_motion_search = 1;
     sf->adaptive_pred_interp_filter = 1;
@@ -617,7 +617,6 @@ static void set_good_speed_feature(VP9_COMMON *cm,
     sf->adaptive_pred_interp_filter = 2;
     sf->reference_masking = 1;
     sf->auto_mv_step_size = 1;
-
     sf->disable_filter_search_var_thresh = 50;
     sf->comp_inter_joint_search_thresh = BLOCK_SIZES;
 
@@ -663,9 +662,9 @@ static void set_good_speed_feature(VP9_COMMON *cm,
     sf->use_lastframe_partitioning = LAST_FRAME_PARTITION_ALL;
     sf->adjust_partitioning_from_last_frame = 1;
     sf->last_partitioning_redo_frequency = 3;
-
     sf->use_uv_intra_rd_estimate = 1;
     sf->skip_encode_sb = 1;
+    sf->allow_skip_recode = 0;
     sf->use_lp32x32fdct = 1;
     sf->subpel_iters_per_step = 1;
     sf->use_fast_coef_updates = 2;
@@ -703,6 +702,7 @@ static void set_good_speed_feature(VP9_COMMON *cm,
 
     sf->use_uv_intra_rd_estimate = 1;
     sf->skip_encode_sb = 1;
+    sf->allow_skip_recode = 0;
     sf->use_lp32x32fdct = 1;
     sf->subpel_iters_per_step = 1;
     sf->use_fast_coef_updates = 2;
@@ -741,6 +741,7 @@ static void set_good_speed_feature(VP9_COMMON *cm,
     sf->use_fast_coef_costing = 1;
     sf->adaptive_rd_thresh = 4;
     sf->mode_skip_start = 6;
+    sf->allow_skip_recode = 1;
   }
 }
 
@@ -833,6 +834,7 @@ static void set_rt_speed_feature(VP9_COMMON *cm,
     sf->adaptive_rd_thresh = 4;
     sf->mode_skip_start = 6;
     sf->encode_breakout_thresh = 400;
+    sf->allow_skip_recode = 0;
   }
   if (speed >= 4) {
     sf->optimize_coefficients = 0;
@@ -863,6 +865,7 @@ static void set_rt_speed_feature(VP9_COMMON *cm,
     sf->disable_inter_mode_mask[BLOCK_64X32] = ~(1 << INTER_OFFSET(NEARESTMV));
     sf->disable_inter_mode_mask[BLOCK_64X64] = ~(1 << INTER_OFFSET(NEARESTMV));
     sf->max_intra_bsize = BLOCK_32X32;
+    sf->allow_skip_recode = 1;
   }
   if (speed >= 6) {
     sf->max_partition_size = BLOCK_32X32;
@@ -872,6 +875,7 @@ static void set_rt_speed_feature(VP9_COMMON *cm,
     sf->partition_search_type = REFERENCE_PARTITION;
     sf->use_nonrd_pick_mode = 1;
     sf->search_method = FAST_DIAMOND;
+    sf->allow_skip_recode = 0;
   }
   if (speed >= 7) {
     sf->partition_search_type = VAR_BASED_FIXED_PARTITION;
@@ -938,6 +942,7 @@ void vp9_set_speed_features(VP9_COMP *cpi) {
   sf->use_rd_breakout = 0;
   sf->skip_encode_sb = 0;
   sf->use_uv_intra_rd_estimate = 0;
+  sf->allow_skip_recode = 0;
   sf->lpf_pick = LPF_PICK_FROM_FULL_IMAGE;
   sf->use_fast_coef_updates = 0;
   sf->use_fast_coef_costing = 0;
diff --git a/vp9/encoder/vp9_onyx_int.h b/vp9/encoder/vp9_onyx_int.h
index 022a63f919750766e3847606a85c58758a7a0c55..6d8235c01fd1f2d70629a641f139c63d6ecae8d7 100644
--- a/vp9/encoder/vp9_onyx_int.h
+++ b/vp9/encoder/vp9_onyx_int.h
@@ -284,6 +284,9 @@ typedef struct {
   // blocks and the q is less than a threshold.
   int skip_encode_sb;
   int skip_encode_frame;
+  // Speed feature to allow or disallow skipping of recode at block
+  // level within a frame.
+  int allow_skip_recode;
 
   // This variable allows us to reuse the last frames partition choices
   // (64x64 v 32x32 etc) for this frame. It can be set to only use the last