diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index f27bd8c4f..439f39c4e 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 ver 0.18.17 (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/ExtM3uPlaylistPlugin.cxx b/src/playlist/ExtM3uPlaylistPlugin.cxx
index 8d260fec7..5ef010bda 100644
--- a/src/playlist/ExtM3uPlaylistPlugin.cxx
+++ b/src/playlist/ExtM3uPlaylistPlugin.cxx
@@ -135,7 +135,8 @@ ExtM3uPlaylist::NextSong()
 
 static const char *const extm3u_suffixes[] = {
 	"m3u",
-	NULL
+	"m3u8",
+	nullptr
 };
 
 static const char *const extm3u_mime_types[] = {
diff --git a/src/playlist/M3uPlaylistPlugin.cxx b/src/playlist/M3uPlaylistPlugin.cxx
index 3f99bdfdf..8b6adc2b6 100644
--- a/src/playlist/M3uPlaylistPlugin.cxx
+++ b/src/playlist/M3uPlaylistPlugin.cxx
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ M3uPlaylist::NextSong()
 
 static const char *const m3u_suffixes[] = {
 	"m3u",
+	"m3u8",
 	nullptr
 };