diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index e2f0d4288..acf2f70b5 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ver 0.21.20 (not yet released)
 * decoder
+  - ffmpeg: handle MIME type "audio/wav"
   - vorbis, opus: fix seeking in small files
 
 ver 0.21.19 (2020/01/17)
diff --git a/src/decoder/plugins/FfmpegDecoderPlugin.cxx b/src/decoder/plugins/FfmpegDecoderPlugin.cxx
index 3bd0ecad5..31910470f 100644
--- a/src/decoder/plugins/FfmpegDecoderPlugin.cxx
+++ b/src/decoder/plugins/FfmpegDecoderPlugin.cxx
@@ -775,6 +775,7 @@ static const char *const ffmpeg_mime_types[] = {
 	"audio/qcelp",
 	"audio/vorbis",
 	"audio/vorbis+ogg",
+	"audio/wav",
 	"audio/x-8svx",
 	"audio/x-16sv",
 	"audio/x-aac",