diff --git a/libavformat/movenc.c b/libavformat/movenc.c
index 899fdb6a097513e451d001345938d884002252d8..ce90cdb1e0c40dedfe80785187da6b066211fb8b 100644
--- a/libavformat/movenc.c
+++ b/libavformat/movenc.c
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ static const AVOption options[] = {
     { "ism_lookahead", "Number of lookahead entries for ISM files", offsetof(MOVMuxContext, ism_lookahead), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64 = 0}, 0, INT_MAX, AV_OPT_FLAG_ENCODING_PARAM},
     { "use_editlist", "use edit list", offsetof(MOVMuxContext, use_editlist), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64 = -1}, -1, 1, AV_OPT_FLAG_ENCODING_PARAM},
     { "video_track_timescale", "set timescale of all video tracks", offsetof(MOVMuxContext, video_track_timescale), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64 = 0}, 0, INT_MAX, AV_OPT_FLAG_ENCODING_PARAM},
+    { "brand",    "Override major brand", offsetof(MOVMuxContext, major_brand),   AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, {.str = NULL}, .flags = AV_OPT_FLAG_ENCODING_PARAM },
     { NULL },
 };
 
@@ -2963,7 +2964,9 @@ static int mov_write_ftyp_tag(AVIOContext *pb, AVFormatContext *s)
     avio_wb32(pb, 0); /* size */
     ffio_wfourcc(pb, "ftyp");
 
-    if (mov->mode == MODE_3GP) {
+    if (mov->major_brand && strlen(mov->major_brand) >= 4)
+        ffio_wfourcc(pb, mov->major_brand);
+    else if (mov->mode == MODE_3GP) {
         ffio_wfourcc(pb, has_h264 ? "3gp6"  : "3gp4");
         minor =     has_h264 ?   0x100 :   0x200;
     } else if (mov->mode & MODE_3G2) {
diff --git a/libavformat/movenc.h b/libavformat/movenc.h
index 81b261323035055c26aaac4bcefbb820e796f937..fce2d3c9329ed4fd73a780e0abe5aba0522f7e1d 100644
--- a/libavformat/movenc.h
+++ b/libavformat/movenc.h
@@ -174,6 +174,8 @@ typedef struct MOVMuxContext {
 
     int reserved_moov_size; ///< 0 for disabled, -1 for automatic, size otherwise
     int64_t reserved_moov_pos;
+
+    char *major_brand;
 } MOVMuxContext;
 
 #define FF_MOV_FLAG_RTP_HINT 1