diff --git a/doc/APIchanges b/doc/APIchanges
index de4040db8f..58be3cb9b8 100644
--- a/doc/APIchanges
+++ b/doc/APIchanges
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ libavutil:     2014-08-09
 
 API changes, most recent first:
 
+2014-08-xx - xxxxxxx - lavf 56.03.0 - avformat.h
+  Add AVFormatContext.max_ts_probe.
+
 2014-08-23 - xxxxxxx - lavu 54.7.100 - dict.h
   AV_DICT_DONT_STRDUP_KEY and AV_DICT_DONT_STRDUP_VAL arguments are now
   freed even on error. This is consistent with the behaviour all users
diff --git a/libavformat/avformat.h b/libavformat/avformat.h
index f6fb5a36a5..b915148ad7 100644
--- a/libavformat/avformat.h
+++ b/libavformat/avformat.h
@@ -1454,6 +1454,12 @@ typedef struct AVFormatContext {
     int event_flags;
 #define AVFMT_EVENT_FLAG_METADATA_UPDATED 0x0001 ///< The call resulted in updated metadata.
 
+    /**
+     * Maximum number of packets to read while waiting for the first timestamp.
+     * Decoding only.
+     */
+    int max_ts_probe;
+
 
     /**
      * Transport stream id.
diff --git a/libavformat/options_table.h b/libavformat/options_table.h
index 94cd65cb59..eb4115cd7b 100644
--- a/libavformat/options_table.h
+++ b/libavformat/options_table.h
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ static const AVOption avformat_options[] = {
 {"strict", "strictly conform to all the things in the spec no matter what the consequences", 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 = FF_COMPLIANCE_STRICT }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, D|E, "strict"},
 {"normal", NULL, 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 = FF_COMPLIANCE_NORMAL }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, D|E, "strict"},
 {"experimental", "allow non-standardized experimental variants", 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 = FF_COMPLIANCE_EXPERIMENTAL }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, D|E, "strict"},
+{"max_ts_probe", "maximum number of packets to read while waiting for the first timestamp", OFFSET(max_ts_probe), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, { .i64 = 50 }, 0, INT_MAX, D },
 {NULL},
 };
 
diff --git a/libavformat/utils.c b/libavformat/utils.c
index b4ca342898..14896cc49c 100644
--- a/libavformat/utils.c
+++ b/libavformat/utils.c
@@ -3064,6 +3064,7 @@ int avformat_find_stream_info(AVFormatContext *ic, AVDictionary **options)
                 break;
             if (st->first_dts == AV_NOPTS_VALUE &&
                 !(ic->iformat->flags & AVFMT_NOTIMESTAMPS) &&
+                st->codec_info_nb_frames < ic->max_ts_probe &&
                 (st->codec->codec_type == AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO ||
                  st->codec->codec_type == AVMEDIA_TYPE_AUDIO))
                 break;
diff --git a/libavformat/version.h b/libavformat/version.h
index 8b8a690136..b802bbbaa8 100644
--- a/libavformat/version.h
+++ b/libavformat/version.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 #include "libavutil/version.h"
 
 #define LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MAJOR 56
-#define LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MINOR  2
+#define LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MINOR  3
 #define LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MICRO 100
 
 #define LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_INT AV_VERSION_INT(LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MAJOR, \
diff --git a/tests/ref/lavf-fate/mp3 b/tests/ref/lavf-fate/mp3
index 6f201e00fe..ec6665261d 100644
--- a/tests/ref/lavf-fate/mp3
+++ b/tests/ref/lavf-fate/mp3
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-6bdea919dc6856d76ef2553698e2b0d3 *./tests/data/lavf-fate/lavf.mp3
-96376 ./tests/data/lavf-fate/lavf.mp3
+8facd3cc6158b611cb312920a426cbd7 *./tests/data/lavf-fate/lavf.mp3
+96016 ./tests/data/lavf-fate/lavf.mp3
 ./tests/data/lavf-fate/lavf.mp3 CRC=0x6c9850fe