diff --git a/libavformat/rtpdec.c b/libavformat/rtpdec.c
index 456e2e42de..74858f638a 100644
--- a/libavformat/rtpdec.c
+++ b/libavformat/rtpdec.c
@@ -531,3 +531,28 @@ void rtp_parse_close(RTPDemuxContext *s)
     }
     av_free(s);
 }
+
+int ff_parse_fmtp(AVStream *stream, PayloadContext *data, const char *p,
+                  int (*parse_fmtp)(AVStream *stream,
+                                    PayloadContext *data,
+                                    char *attr, char *value))
+{
+    char attr[256];
+    char value[4096];
+    int res;
+
+    // remove protocol identifier
+    while (*p && *p == ' ') p++; // strip spaces
+    while (*p && *p != ' ') p++; // eat protocol identifier
+    while (*p && *p == ' ') p++; // strip trailing spaces
+
+    while (ff_rtsp_next_attr_and_value(&p,
+                                       attr, sizeof(attr),
+                                       value, sizeof(value))) {
+
+        res = parse_fmtp(stream, data, attr, value);
+        if (res < 0)
+            return res;
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/libavformat/rtpdec.h b/libavformat/rtpdec.h
index 439fcc2b4d..86af2b9d45 100644
--- a/libavformat/rtpdec.h
+++ b/libavformat/rtpdec.h
@@ -172,6 +172,11 @@ void ff_register_dynamic_payload_handler(RTPDynamicProtocolHandler *handler);
 
 int ff_rtsp_next_attr_and_value(const char **p, char *attr, int attr_size, char *value, int value_size); ///< from rtsp.c, but used by rtp dynamic protocol handlers.
 
+int ff_parse_fmtp(AVStream *stream, PayloadContext *data, const char *p,
+                  int (*parse_fmtp)(AVStream *stream,
+                                    PayloadContext *data,
+                                    char *attr, char *value));
+
 void av_register_rtp_dynamic_payload_handlers(void);
 
 #endif /* AVFORMAT_RTPDEC_H */