diff --git a/libavformat/nsvdec.c b/libavformat/nsvdec.c
index 6e1d268e68..9da036eb2b 100644
--- a/libavformat/nsvdec.c
+++ b/libavformat/nsvdec.c
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ static const AVCodecTag nsv_codec_video_tags[] = {
     { CODEC_ID_VP6, MKTAG('V', 'P', '6', '0') },
     { CODEC_ID_VP6, MKTAG('V', 'P', '6', '1') },
     { CODEC_ID_VP6, MKTAG('V', 'P', '6', '2') },
+    { CODEC_ID_VP8, MKTAG('V', 'P', '8', '0') },
 /*
     { CODEC_ID_VP4, MKTAG('V', 'P', '4', ' ') },
     { CODEC_ID_VP4, MKTAG('V', 'P', '4', '0') },