diff --git a/libavformat/rtsp.c b/libavformat/rtsp.c
index 2ad2c4dcf2..31eb4befd6 100644
--- a/libavformat/rtsp.c
+++ b/libavformat/rtsp.c
@@ -870,6 +870,9 @@ void ff_rtsp_parse_line(RTSPMessageHeader *reply, const char *buf,
     } else if (av_stristart(p, "x-Accept-Dynamic-Rate:", &p) && rt) {
         p += strspn(p, SPACE_CHARS);
         rt->accept_dynamic_rate = atoi(p);
+    } else if (av_stristart(p, "Content-Type:", &p)) {
+        p += strspn(p, SPACE_CHARS);
+        av_strlcpy(reply->content_type, p, sizeof(reply->content_type));
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/libavformat/rtsp.h b/libavformat/rtsp.h
index 6872a51a24..e512336ab0 100644
--- a/libavformat/rtsp.h
+++ b/libavformat/rtsp.h
@@ -171,6 +171,11 @@ typedef struct RTSPMessageHeader {
      * returned
      */
     char reason[256];
+
+    /**
+     * Content type header
+     */
+    char content_type[64];
 } RTSPMessageHeader;
 
 /**