diff --git a/libavformat/matroska.c b/libavformat/matroska.c
index 47fdea6369993a24479db2e8b2b687e1b968d9ff..eca1e41f75220fa0e4ea36054395deac0599d75e 100644
--- a/libavformat/matroska.c
+++ b/libavformat/matroska.c
@@ -89,12 +89,17 @@ const CodecTags ff_mkv_codec_tags[]={
     {""                 , AV_CODEC_ID_NONE}
 };
 
-const CodecMime ff_mkv_mime_tags[] = {
-    {"text/plain"                 , AV_CODEC_ID_TEXT},
+const CodecMime ff_mkv_image_mime_tags[] = {
     {"image/gif"                  , AV_CODEC_ID_GIF},
     {"image/jpeg"                 , AV_CODEC_ID_MJPEG},
     {"image/png"                  , AV_CODEC_ID_PNG},
     {"image/tiff"                 , AV_CODEC_ID_TIFF},
+
+    {""                           , AV_CODEC_ID_NONE}
+};
+
+const CodecMime ff_mkv_mime_tags[] = {
+    {"text/plain"                 , AV_CODEC_ID_TEXT},
     {"application/x-truetype-font", AV_CODEC_ID_TTF},
     {"application/x-font"         , AV_CODEC_ID_TTF},
 
diff --git a/libavformat/matroska.h b/libavformat/matroska.h
index d8f4f8ebeca307e8f86e897f6fe0391bb832f62d..a7a22a96af1b0d4640f7392211646efe6b889ecf 100644
--- a/libavformat/matroska.h
+++ b/libavformat/matroska.h
@@ -254,6 +254,7 @@ typedef struct CodecTags{
 
 extern const CodecTags ff_mkv_codec_tags[];
 extern const CodecMime ff_mkv_mime_tags[];
+extern const CodecMime ff_mkv_image_mime_tags[];
 extern const AVMetadataConv ff_mkv_metadata_conv[];
 
 int ff_mkv_stereo3d_conv(AVStream *st, MatroskaVideoStereoModeType stereo_mode);
diff --git a/libavformat/matroskadec.c b/libavformat/matroskadec.c
index d352c8bd2f752a5aedeb44a1b4844a92bf96e647..7dac7beb999246ded02cdf31dbdadc364c0122ec 100644
--- a/libavformat/matroskadec.c
+++ b/libavformat/matroskadec.c
@@ -1887,22 +1887,45 @@ static int matroska_read_header(AVFormatContext *s)
             av_dict_set(&st->metadata, "filename", attachments[j].filename, 0);
             av_dict_set(&st->metadata, "mimetype", attachments[j].mime, 0);
             st->codec->codec_id   = AV_CODEC_ID_NONE;
-            st->codec->codec_type = AVMEDIA_TYPE_ATTACHMENT;
-            st->codec->extradata  = av_malloc(attachments[j].bin.size);
-            if (!st->codec->extradata)
-                break;
-            st->codec->extradata_size = attachments[j].bin.size;
-            memcpy(st->codec->extradata, attachments[j].bin.data,
-                   attachments[j].bin.size);
-
-            for (i = 0; ff_mkv_mime_tags[i].id != AV_CODEC_ID_NONE; i++) {
-                if (!strncmp(ff_mkv_mime_tags[i].str, attachments[j].mime,
-                             strlen(ff_mkv_mime_tags[i].str))) {
-                    st->codec->codec_id = ff_mkv_mime_tags[i].id;
+
+            for (i = 0; ff_mkv_image_mime_tags[i].id != AV_CODEC_ID_NONE; i++) {
+                if (!strncmp(ff_mkv_image_mime_tags[i].str, attachments[j].mime,
+                             strlen(ff_mkv_image_mime_tags[i].str))) {
+                    st->codec->codec_id = ff_mkv_image_mime_tags[i].id;
                     break;
                 }
             }
+
             attachments[j].stream = st;
+
+            if (st->codec->codec_id != AV_CODEC_ID_NONE) {
+                st->disposition      |= AV_DISPOSITION_ATTACHED_PIC;
+                st->codec->codec_type = AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO;
+
+                av_init_packet(&st->attached_pic);
+                if ((res = av_new_packet(&st->attached_pic, attachments[j].bin.size)) < 0)
+                    return res;
+                memcpy(st->attached_pic.data, attachments[j].bin.data, attachments[j].bin.size);
+                st->attached_pic.stream_index = st->index;
+                st->attached_pic.flags       |= AV_PKT_FLAG_KEY;
+            } else {
+                st->codec->codec_type = AVMEDIA_TYPE_ATTACHMENT;
+                st->codec->extradata  = av_malloc(attachments[j].bin.size);
+                if (!st->codec->extradata)
+                    break;
+
+                st->codec->extradata_size = attachments[j].bin.size;
+                memcpy(st->codec->extradata, attachments[j].bin.data,
+                       attachments[j].bin.size);
+
+                for (i = 0; ff_mkv_mime_tags[i].id != AV_CODEC_ID_NONE; i++) {
+                    if (!strncmp(ff_mkv_mime_tags[i].str, attachments[j].mime,
+                                strlen(ff_mkv_mime_tags[i].str))) {
+                        st->codec->codec_id = ff_mkv_mime_tags[i].id;
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/libavformat/matroskaenc.c b/libavformat/matroskaenc.c
index 49e5bf306738b851b5dab790200f6d659c7dbea7..91c4459dadc3e29e9860282f237f87dc03a0e7ff 100644
--- a/libavformat/matroskaenc.c
+++ b/libavformat/matroskaenc.c
@@ -1098,6 +1098,11 @@ static int mkv_write_attachments(AVFormatContext *s)
                     mimetype = ff_mkv_mime_tags[i].str;
                     break;
                 }
+            for (i = 0; ff_mkv_image_mime_tags[i].id != AV_CODEC_ID_NONE; i++)
+                if (ff_mkv_image_mime_tags[i].id == st->codec->codec_id) {
+                    mimetype = ff_mkv_image_mime_tags[i].str;
+                    break;
+                }
         }
         if (!mimetype) {
             av_log(s, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Attachment stream %d has no mimetype tag and "