diff --git a/src/add-ons/media/plugins/avcodec/codectbl.cpp b/src/add-ons/media/plugins/avcodec/codectbl.cpp
index 1f392f0e32..6e9fc678ac 100644
--- a/src/add-ons/media/plugins/avcodec/codectbl.cpp
+++ b/src/add-ons/media/plugins/avcodec/codectbl.cpp
@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@ const struct codec_table gCodecTable[] = {
 	{CODEC_ID_H263,		B_MEDIA_ENCODED_VIDEO,	B_QUICKTIME_FORMAT_FAMILY,	'h263', "H263"},
 	{CODEC_ID_H263,		B_MEDIA_ENCODED_VIDEO,	B_QUICKTIME_FORMAT_FAMILY,	'H263', "H263"},
 
+	{CODEC_ID_H264,		B_MEDIA_ENCODED_VIDEO,	B_AVI_FORMAT_FAMILY,	'h264', "H264"},
+	{CODEC_ID_H264,		B_MEDIA_ENCODED_VIDEO,	B_AVI_FORMAT_FAMILY,	'H264', "H264"},
+
 #ifdef HAS_PHOTO_JPEG
 	{CODEC_ID_MJPEG,	B_MEDIA_ENCODED_VIDEO,	B_QUICKTIME_FORMAT_FAMILY,	'JPEG', "Photo-JPEG"},
 	{CODEC_ID_MJPEG,	B_MEDIA_ENCODED_VIDEO,	B_QUICKTIME_FORMAT_FAMILY,	'jpeg', "Photo-JPEG"}, /* used in BeOS_BBC.mov */