diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index ae35b2057..cd3bbfb7f 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ ver 0.16 (20??/??/??)
   - sidplay: support seeking
   - wavpack: activate 32 bit support
   - wavpack: allow more than 2 channels
+  - mp4ff: rename plugin "mp4" to "mp4ff"
 * encoders:
   - twolame: new encoder plugin based on libtwolame
   - flac: new encoder plugin based on libFLAC
diff --git a/src/decoder/mp4ff_decoder_plugin.c b/src/decoder/mp4ff_decoder_plugin.c
index 74fa13339..260143f21 100644
--- a/src/decoder/mp4ff_decoder_plugin.c
+++ b/src/decoder/mp4ff_decoder_plugin.c
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ static const char *const mp4_suffixes[] = { "m4a", "mp4", NULL };
 static const char *const mp4_mime_types[] = { "audio/mp4", "audio/m4a", NULL };
 
 const struct decoder_plugin mp4ff_decoder_plugin = {
-	.name = "mp4",
+	.name = "mp4ff",
 	.stream_decode = mp4_decode,
 	.stream_tag = mp4_stream_tag,
 	.suffixes = mp4_suffixes,