diff --git a/src/add-ons/media/plugins/avcodec/codectbl.cpp b/src/add-ons/media/plugins/avcodec/codectbl.cpp
index 8fa05ab5b2..0f0749dd2a 100644
--- a/src/add-ons/media/plugins/avcodec/codectbl.cpp
+++ b/src/add-ons/media/plugins/avcodec/codectbl.cpp
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ const struct codec_table gCodecTable[] = {
 	{CODEC_ID_MPEG4,	B_MEDIA_ENCODED_VIDEO,	B_AVI_FORMAT_FAMILY,	FOURCC('dx50'), "DivX 5 (MPEG4)"},	/* DivX 5.0 */
 	{CODEC_ID_MPEG4,	B_MEDIA_ENCODED_VIDEO,	B_AVI_FORMAT_FAMILY,	FOURCC('3IV2'), "3ivx v2"},	/* 3ivx v2 */
 	{CODEC_ID_MPEG4,	B_MEDIA_ENCODED_VIDEO,	B_AVI_FORMAT_FAMILY,	FOURCC('3iv2'), "3ivx v2"},	/* 3ivx v2 */
+	{CODEC_ID_MPEG4,	B_MEDIA_ENCODED_VIDEO,	B_AVI_FORMAT_FAMILY,	FOURCC('ffds'), "ff DirectShow"},	/* XVID Variant */
 
 	{CODEC_ID_MPEG4,	B_MEDIA_ENCODED_VIDEO,	B_AVI_FORMAT_FAMILY,	FOURCC('\004\0\0\0'), "MPEG4"}, /* some broken avi use this */
 	{CODEC_ID_MSMPEG4V3,	B_MEDIA_ENCODED_VIDEO,	B_AVI_FORMAT_FAMILY,	FOURCC('DIV3'), "DivX ;-) (MS MPEG4 v3)"},	/* default signature when using MSMPEG4 */