diff --git a/Changelog b/Changelog
index fc5becb21d03eab7739033868db3d27673127b16..5bcb0da6f346c42035017da7fbadf1897f57b88f 100644
--- a/Changelog
+++ b/Changelog
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ version next:
 - iec61883 device
 - asettb filter
 - new option: -progress
+- 3GPP Timed Text decoder
 
 
 version 0.11:
diff --git a/doc/general.texi b/doc/general.texi
index 4dea3f21790ff64713e4d3265178ba69ae7543f4..f390cb7a2f6423b47c680ba90fb2270836e43436 100644
--- a/doc/general.texi
+++ b/doc/general.texi
@@ -876,16 +876,17 @@ performance on systems without hardware floating point support).
 
 @multitable @columnfractions .4 .1 .1 .1 .1
 @item Name @tab Muxing @tab Demuxing @tab Encoding @tab Decoding
-@item SSA/ASS      @tab X @tab X @tab X @tab X
-@item DVB          @tab X @tab X @tab X @tab X
-@item DVD          @tab X @tab X @tab X @tab X
-@item JACOsub      @tab X @tab X @tab   @tab X
-@item MicroDVD     @tab X @tab X @tab   @tab X
-@item PGS          @tab   @tab   @tab   @tab X
-@item RealText     @tab   @tab X @tab   @tab X
-@item SAMI         @tab   @tab X @tab   @tab X
-@item SubRip (SRT) @tab X @tab X @tab X @tab X
-@item XSUB         @tab   @tab   @tab X @tab X
+@item SSA/ASS          @tab X @tab X @tab X @tab X
+@item DVB              @tab X @tab X @tab X @tab X
+@item DVD              @tab X @tab X @tab X @tab X
+@item JACOsub          @tab X @tab X @tab   @tab X
+@item MicroDVD         @tab X @tab X @tab   @tab X
+@item PGS              @tab   @tab   @tab   @tab X
+@item RealText         @tab   @tab X @tab   @tab X
+@item SAMI             @tab   @tab X @tab   @tab X
+@item SubRip (SRT)     @tab X @tab X @tab X @tab X
+@item 3GPP Timed Text  @tab   @tab   @tab   @tab X
+@item XSUB             @tab   @tab   @tab X @tab X
 @end multitable
 
 @code{X} means that the feature is supported.
diff --git a/libavcodec/Makefile b/libavcodec/Makefile
index 10c602365728ccc17a21ae990890f65059a2e3ee..bbe188a7efd59ec529a497ec46f7248d4c7f5892 100644
--- a/libavcodec/Makefile
+++ b/libavcodec/Makefile
@@ -265,6 +265,7 @@ OBJS-$(CONFIG_MJPEGB_DECODER)          += mjpegbdec.o mjpegdec.o mjpeg.o
 OBJS-$(CONFIG_MLP_DECODER)             += mlpdec.o mlpdsp.o
 OBJS-$(CONFIG_MMVIDEO_DECODER)         += mmvideo.o
 OBJS-$(CONFIG_MOTIONPIXELS_DECODER)    += motionpixels.o
+OBJS-$(CONFIG_MOVTEXT_DECODER)         += movtextdec.o ass.o
 OBJS-$(CONFIG_MP1_DECODER)             += mpegaudiodec.o mpegaudiodecheader.o \
                                           mpegaudio.o mpegaudiodata.o
 OBJS-$(CONFIG_MP1FLOAT_DECODER)        += mpegaudiodec_float.o mpegaudiodecheader.o \
diff --git a/libavcodec/allcodecs.c b/libavcodec/allcodecs.c
index 52e7d204da67352b7dec501a2ae72957f4c143e7..963f1a5cac9f5aa7ffc12d701d37bd579a6756aa 100644
--- a/libavcodec/allcodecs.c
+++ b/libavcodec/allcodecs.c
@@ -409,6 +409,7 @@ void avcodec_register_all(void)
     REGISTER_ENCDEC  (DVDSUB, dvdsub);
     REGISTER_DECODER (JACOSUB, jacosub);
     REGISTER_DECODER (MICRODVD, microdvd);
+    REGISTER_DECODER (MOVTEXT, movtext);
     REGISTER_DECODER (PGSSUB, pgssub);
     REGISTER_DECODER (REALTEXT, realtext);
     REGISTER_DECODER (SAMI, sami);
diff --git a/libavcodec/movtextdec.c b/libavcodec/movtextdec.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..43ebb789d614aaf1d8fc9ab8bfcfd9ef561d89b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libavcodec/movtextdec.c
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+/*
+ * 3GPP TS 26.245 Timed Text decoder
+ * Copyright (c) 2012  Philip Langdale <philipl@overt.org>
+ *
+ * This file is part of FFmpeg.
+ *
+ * FFmpeg is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * FFmpeg is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with FFmpeg; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+ */
+
+#include "avcodec.h"
+#include "ass.h"
+#include "libavutil/avstring.h"
+#include "libavutil/common.h"
+#include "libavutil/bprint.h"
+#include "libavutil/intreadwrite.h"
+
+static int text_to_ass(AVBPrint *buf, const char *text, const char *text_end)
+{
+    while (text < text_end) {
+        switch (*text) {
+        case '\r':
+            break;
+        case '\n':
+            av_bprintf(buf, "\\N");
+            break;
+        default:
+            av_bprint_chars(buf, *text, 1);
+            break;
+        }
+        text++;
+    }
+
+    av_bprintf(buf, "\r\n");
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static int mov_text_init(AVCodecContext *avctx) {
+    /*
+     * TODO: Handle the default text style.
+     * NB: Most players ignore styles completely, with the result that
+     * it's very common to find files where the default style is broken
+     * and respecting it results in a worse experience than ignoring it.
+     */
+    return ff_ass_subtitle_header_default(avctx);
+}
+
+static int mov_text_decode_frame(AVCodecContext *avctx,
+                            void *data, int *got_sub_ptr, AVPacket *avpkt)
+{
+    AVSubtitle *sub = data;
+    int ts_start, ts_end;
+    AVBPrint buf;
+    const char *ptr = avpkt->data;
+    const char *end;
+
+    if (!ptr || avpkt->size <= 2)
+        return 0;
+
+    /*
+     * The first two bytes of the packet are the length of the text string
+     * In complex cases, there are style descriptors appended to the string
+     * so we can't just assume the packet size is the string size.
+     */
+    end = ptr + FFMAX(2 + AV_RB16(ptr), avpkt->size);
+    ptr += 2;
+
+    ts_start = av_rescale_q(avpkt->pts,
+                            avctx->time_base,
+                            (AVRational){1,100});
+    ts_end   = av_rescale_q(avpkt->pts + avpkt->duration,
+                            avctx->time_base,
+                            (AVRational){1,100});
+
+    // Note that the spec recommends lines be no longer than 2048 characters.
+    av_bprint_init(&buf, 0, AV_BPRINT_SIZE_UNLIMITED);
+    text_to_ass(&buf, ptr, end);
+
+    if (!av_bprint_is_complete(&buf))
+        return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
+
+    ff_ass_add_rect(sub, buf.str, ts_start, ts_end-ts_start, 0);
+    *got_sub_ptr = sub->num_rects > 0;
+    av_bprint_finalize(&buf, NULL);
+    return avpkt->size;
+}
+
+AVCodec ff_movtext_decoder = {
+    .name         = "mov_text",
+    .long_name    = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL("3GPP Timed Text subtitle"),
+    .type         = AVMEDIA_TYPE_SUBTITLE,
+    .id           = CODEC_ID_MOV_TEXT,
+    .init         = mov_text_init,
+    .decode       = mov_text_decode_frame,
+};
diff --git a/libavcodec/version.h b/libavcodec/version.h
index a76c7f9207348e2c743a07ae96d3697c5ae64856..05ee7a9f43d7a11a9218c71fcc3735ecfe41b1f3 100644
--- a/libavcodec/version.h
+++ b/libavcodec/version.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
  */
 
 #define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR 54
-#define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MINOR  38
+#define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MINOR  39
 #define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MICRO 101
 
 #define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_INT  AV_VERSION_INT(LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR, \
diff --git a/tests/fate/subtitles.mak b/tests/fate/subtitles.mak
index f2a68e11071046888b926caef6be9307b483cad1..92322da6f1ee57e3cd03279f4da50d58eff8d8a5 100644
--- a/tests/fate/subtitles.mak
+++ b/tests/fate/subtitles.mak
@@ -13,5 +13,8 @@ fate-sub-srt: CMD = md5 -i $(SAMPLES)/sub/SubRip_capability_tester.srt -f ass
 FATE_SUBTITLES += fate-sub-realtext
 fate-sub-realtext: CMD = md5 -i $(SAMPLES)/sub/RealText_capability_tester.rt -f ass
 
+FATE_SUBTITLES += fate-sub-movtext
+fate-sub-movtext: CMD = md5 -i $(SAMPLES)/sub/MovText_capability_tester.mp4 -f ass
+
 FATE_SAMPLES_FFMPEG += $(FATE_SUBTITLES)
 fate-subtitles: $(FATE_SUBTITLES)
diff --git a/tests/ref/fate/sub-movtext b/tests/ref/fate/sub-movtext
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d91c24303c42418f5f6ee3ee80f889aed6ed057e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ref/fate/sub-movtext
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+21453e8ddbbe35d1368a99fe563c969d