diff --git a/libavformat/avio.c b/libavformat/avio.c
index e043058974a6a61e20edec07af3a21f8312627ef..ab7a7f51ec1891a2c610c2f17c49202083961f92 100644
--- a/libavformat/avio.c
+++ b/libavformat/avio.c
@@ -57,6 +57,16 @@ URLProtocol *av_protocol_next(URLProtocol *p)
     else  return first_protocol;
 }
 
+const char *avio_enum_protocols(void **opaque, int output)
+{
+    URLProtocol **p = opaque;
+    *p = *p ? (*p)->next : first_protocol;
+    if (!*p) return NULL;
+    if ((output && (*p)->url_write) || (!output && (*p)->url_read))
+        return (*p)->name;
+    return avio_enum_protocols(opaque, output);
+}
+
 int ffurl_register_protocol(URLProtocol *protocol, int size)
 {
     URLProtocol **p;
diff --git a/libavformat/avio.h b/libavformat/avio.h
index c39d2a04441dd743c58e7379128f2385e9b41d7c..9ea138e0802abecd00175b04560effe34ad818bd 100644
--- a/libavformat/avio.h
+++ b/libavformat/avio.h
@@ -600,4 +600,17 @@ int avio_close_dyn_buf(AVIOContext *s, uint8_t **pbuffer);
 int udp_get_file_handle(URLContext *h);
 #endif
 
+/**
+ * Iterate through names of available protocols.
+ *
+ * @param opaque A private pointer representing current protocol.
+ *        It must be a pointer to NULL on first iteration and will
+ *        be updated by successive calls to avio_enum_protocols.
+ * @param output If set to 1, iterate over output protocols,
+ *               otherwise over input protocols.
+ *
+ * @return A static string containing the name of current protocol or NULL
+ */
+const char *avio_enum_protocols(void **opaque, int output);
+
 #endif /* AVFORMAT_AVIO_H */