diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 165bdb942..f00ba7a79 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ ver 0.21.26 (not yet released)
   - zzip: fix crash on corrupt ZIP file
 * decoder
   - ffmpeg: remove "rtsp://" from the list of supported protocols
+  - ffmpeg: add "hls+http://" to the list of supported protocols
   - sndfile: fix lost samples at end of file
 
 ver 0.21.25 (2020/07/06)
diff --git a/src/input/plugins/FfmpegInputPlugin.cxx b/src/input/plugins/FfmpegInputPlugin.cxx
index 3cb8bd151..9bdaa9373 100644
--- a/src/input/plugins/FfmpegInputPlugin.cxx
+++ b/src/input/plugins/FfmpegInputPlugin.cxx
@@ -139,6 +139,8 @@ FfmpegInputStream::Seek(offset_type new_offset)
 
 static constexpr const char *ffmpeg_prefixes[] = {
 	"gopher://",
+	"hls+http://",
+	"hls+https://",
 	"rtp://",
 	"rtmp://",
 	"rtmpt://",