Embodiments of the present invention relate to video content assisted audio object extraction. A method of audio object extraction from channel-based audio content is disclosed. The method comprises extracting at least one video object from video content associated with the channel-based audio content, and determining information about the at least one video object. The method further comprises extracting from the channel-based audio content an audio object to be rendered as an upmixed audio signal based on the determined information. Corresponding system and computer program product are also disclosed.