diff --git a/libavformat/riff.c b/libavformat/riff.c
index 04b710854a..64464caa5d 100644
--- a/libavformat/riff.c
+++ b/libavformat/riff.c
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ const AVCodecTag ff_codec_bmp_tags[] = {
     { CODEC_ID_VP6,          MKTAG('V', 'P', '6', '2') },
     { CODEC_ID_VP6F,         MKTAG('V', 'P', '6', 'F') },
     { CODEC_ID_VP6F,         MKTAG('F', 'L', 'V', '4') },
+    { CODEC_ID_VP8,          MKTAG('V', 'P', '8', '0') },
     { CODEC_ID_ASV1,         MKTAG('A', 'S', 'V', '1') },
     { CODEC_ID_ASV2,         MKTAG('A', 'S', 'V', '2') },
     { CODEC_ID_VCR1,         MKTAG('V', 'C', 'R', '1') },