diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 658ca8c5f..6b2282a20 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 ver 0.19.2 (not yet released)
+* playlist
+  - m3u: recognize the file suffix ".m3u8"
 * decoder
   - faad: remove workaround for ancient libfaad2 ABI bug
   - ffmpeg: recognize MIME type audio/aacp
diff --git a/src/playlist/plugins/ExtM3uPlaylistPlugin.cxx b/src/playlist/plugins/ExtM3uPlaylistPlugin.cxx
index fdd4357ca..93316ca6c 100644
--- a/src/playlist/plugins/ExtM3uPlaylistPlugin.cxx
+++ b/src/playlist/plugins/ExtM3uPlaylistPlugin.cxx
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ ExtM3uPlaylist::NextSong()
 
 static const char *const extm3u_suffixes[] = {
 	"m3u",
+	"m3u8",
 	nullptr
 };
 
diff --git a/src/playlist/plugins/M3uPlaylistPlugin.cxx b/src/playlist/plugins/M3uPlaylistPlugin.cxx
index a4125bc70..0428d291a 100644
--- a/src/playlist/plugins/M3uPlaylistPlugin.cxx
+++ b/src/playlist/plugins/M3uPlaylistPlugin.cxx
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ M3uPlaylist::NextSong()
 
 static const char *const m3u_suffixes[] = {
 	"m3u",
+	"m3u8",
 	nullptr
 };