diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 72bd5e5e..6b6a8e82 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -194,6 +194,8 @@ Compression tools:
                                    - off: Don't terminate early.
                                    - on: Terminate early.
                                    - sensitive: Terminate even earlier.
+      --(no-)intra-rdo-et    : Check intra modes in rdo stage only until
+                               a zero coefficient CU is found. [disabled]
       --(no-)implicit-rdpcm  : Implicit residual DPCM. Currently only supported
                                with lossless coding. [disabled]
       --(no-)tmvp            : Temporal motion vector prediction [enabled]
@@ -300,6 +302,7 @@ where the names have been abbreviated to fit the layout in GitHub.
 | amp                  | 0     | 0     | 0     | 0     | 0     | 0     | 0     | 0     | 0     | 1     |
 | cu-split-termination | zero  | zero  | zero  | zero  | zero  | zero  | zero  | zero  | zero  | off   |
 | me-early-termination | sens. | sens. | sens. | sens. | sens. | on    | on    | off   | off   | off   |
+| intra-rdo-et         | 0     | 0     | 0     | 0     | 0     | 0     | 0     | 0     | 0     | 0     |
 
 
 ## Kvazaar library
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 78791a32..30ed62fb 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/encmain.c])
 #
 # Here is a somewhat sane guide to lib versioning: http://apr.apache.org/versioning.html
 ver_major=4
-ver_minor=0
+ver_minor=1
 ver_release=0
 
 # Prevents configure from adding a lot of defines to the CFLAGS
diff --git a/src/cfg.c b/src/cfg.c
index cfc2b88d..6ae668d4 100644
--- a/src/cfg.c
+++ b/src/cfg.c
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ int kvz_config_init(kvz_config *cfg)
   cfg->crypto_features = KVZ_CRYPTO_OFF;
 
   cfg->me_early_termination = 1;
+  cfg->intra_rdo_et         = 0;
 
   cfg->input_format = KVZ_FORMAT_P420;
   cfg->input_bitdepth = 8;
@@ -375,7 +376,7 @@ int kvz_config_parse(kvz_config *cfg, const char *name, const char *value)
 
   static const char * const sao_names[] = { "off", "edge", "band", "full", NULL };
 
-  static const char * const preset_values[11][21*2] = {
+  static const char * const preset_values[11][22*2] = {
       {
         "ultrafast",
         "rd", "0",
@@ -398,6 +399,7 @@ int kvz_config_parse(kvz_config *cfg, const char *name, const char *value)
         "amp", "0",
         "cu-split-termination", "zero",
         "me-early-termination", "sensitive",
+        "intra-rdo-et", "0",
         NULL
       },
       {
@@ -422,6 +424,7 @@ int kvz_config_parse(kvz_config *cfg, const char *name, const char *value)
         "amp", "0",
         "cu-split-termination", "zero",
         "me-early-termination", "sensitive",
+        "intra-rdo-et", "0",
         NULL
       },
       {
@@ -446,6 +449,7 @@ int kvz_config_parse(kvz_config *cfg, const char *name, const char *value)
         "amp", "0",
         "cu-split-termination", "zero",
         "me-early-termination", "sensitive",
+        "intra-rdo-et", "0",
         NULL
       },
       {
@@ -470,6 +474,7 @@ int kvz_config_parse(kvz_config *cfg, const char *name, const char *value)
         "amp", "0",
         "cu-split-termination", "zero",
         "me-early-termination", "sensitive",
+        "intra-rdo-et", "0",
         NULL
       },
       {
@@ -494,6 +499,7 @@ int kvz_config_parse(kvz_config *cfg, const char *name, const char *value)
         "amp", "0",
         "cu-split-termination", "zero",
         "me-early-termination", "sensitive",
+        "intra-rdo-et", "0",
         NULL
       },
       {
@@ -518,6 +524,7 @@ int kvz_config_parse(kvz_config *cfg, const char *name, const char *value)
         "amp", "0",
         "cu-split-termination", "zero",
         "me-early-termination", "on",
+        "intra-rdo-et", "0",
         NULL
       },
       {
@@ -542,6 +549,7 @@ int kvz_config_parse(kvz_config *cfg, const char *name, const char *value)
         "amp", "0",
         "cu-split-termination", "zero",
         "me-early-termination", "on",
+        "intra-rdo-et", "0",
         NULL
       },
       {
@@ -566,6 +574,7 @@ int kvz_config_parse(kvz_config *cfg, const char *name, const char *value)
         "amp", "0",
         "cu-split-termination", "zero",
         "me-early-termination", "off",
+        "intra-rdo-et", "0",
         NULL
       },
       {
@@ -590,6 +599,7 @@ int kvz_config_parse(kvz_config *cfg, const char *name, const char *value)
         "amp", "0",
         "cu-split-termination", "zero",
         "me-early-termination", "off",
+        "intra-rdo-et", "0",
         NULL
       },
       {
@@ -614,6 +624,7 @@ int kvz_config_parse(kvz_config *cfg, const char *name, const char *value)
         "amp", "1",
         "cu-split-termination", "off",
         "me-early-termination", "off",
+        "intra-rdo-et", "0",
         NULL
       },
       { NULL }
@@ -1032,6 +1043,8 @@ int kvz_config_parse(kvz_config *cfg, const char *name, const char *value)
     cfg->me_early_termination = mode;
     return result;
   }
+  else if OPT("intra-rdo-et")
+    cfg->intra_rdo_et = (bool)atobool(value);
   else if OPT("lossless")
     cfg->lossless = (bool)atobool(value);
   else if OPT("tmvp") {
diff --git a/src/cli.c b/src/cli.c
index deb5ba8d..f5435c96 100644
--- a/src/cli.c
+++ b/src/cli.c
@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ static const struct option long_options[] = {
   { "crypto",             required_argument, NULL, 0 },
   { "key",                required_argument, NULL, 0 },
   { "me-early-termination",required_argument, NULL, 0 },
+  { "intra-rdo-et",             no_argument, NULL, 0 },
+  { "no-intra-rdo-et",          no_argument, NULL, 0 },
   { "lossless",                 no_argument, NULL, 0 },
   { "no-lossless",              no_argument, NULL, 0 },
   { "tmvp",                     no_argument, NULL, 0 },
@@ -469,6 +471,8 @@ void print_help(void)
     "                                   - off: Don't terminate early.\n"
     "                                   - on: Terminate early.\n"
     "                                   - sensitive: Terminate even earlier.\n"
+    "      --(no-)intra-rdo-et    : Check intra modes in rdo stage only until\n"
+    "                               a zero coefficient CU is found. [disabled]\n"
     "      --(no-)implicit-rdpcm  : Implicit residual DPCM. Currently only supported\n"
     "                               with lossless coding. [disabled]\n"
     "      --(no-)tmvp            : Temporal motion vector prediction [enabled]\n"
diff --git a/src/kvazaar.h b/src/kvazaar.h
index b7f5e445..acc0a37d 100644
--- a/src/kvazaar.h
+++ b/src/kvazaar.h
@@ -323,6 +323,7 @@ typedef struct kvz_config
   uint8_t *optional_key;
 
   enum kvz_me_early_termination me_early_termination; /*!< \since 3.8.0 \brief Mode of me early termination. */
+  int32_t intra_rdo_et; /*!< \since 4.1.0 \brief Use early termination in intra rdo. */
 
   int32_t lossless; /*!< \brief Use lossless coding. */
 
diff --git a/src/search_intra.c b/src/search_intra.c
index 46db40b6..9c31d95c 100644
--- a/src/search_intra.c
+++ b/src/search_intra.c
@@ -621,6 +621,12 @@ static int8_t search_intra_rdo(encoder_state_t * const state,
 
     double mode_cost = search_intra_trdepth(state, x_px, y_px, depth, tr_depth, modes[rdo_mode], MAX_INT, &pred_cu, lcu);
     costs[rdo_mode] += mode_cost;
+
+    // Early termination if no coefficients has to be coded
+    if (state->encoder_control->cfg.intra_rdo_et && !cbf_is_set_any(pred_cu.cbf, depth)) {
+      modes_to_check = rdo_mode + 1;
+      break;
+    }
   }
 
   // Update order according to new costs