diff --git a/doc/APIchanges b/doc/APIchanges
index 575a11dff5..090e513cd4 100644
--- a/doc/APIchanges
+++ b/doc/APIchanges
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ libavutil:     2012-10-22
 
 API changes, most recent first:
 
+2014-07-xx - xxxxxxx - lavu 53.19.0 - avstring.h
+  Make name matching function from lavf public as av_match_name().
+
 2014-xx-xx - xxxxxxx - lavc 55.57.0 - avcodec.h
   Add AV_CODEC_PROP_REORDER to mark codecs supporting frame reordering.
 
diff --git a/libavformat/format.c b/libavformat/format.c
index e2eeb6ff09..4b3d55a2e3 100644
--- a/libavformat/format.c
+++ b/libavformat/format.c
@@ -104,24 +104,6 @@ int av_match_ext(const char *filename, const char *extensions)
     return 0;
 }
 
-static int match_format(const char *name, const char *names)
-{
-    const char *p;
-    int len, namelen;
-
-    if (!name || !names)
-        return 0;
-
-    namelen = strlen(name);
-    while ((p = strchr(names, ','))) {
-        len = FFMAX(p - names, namelen);
-        if (!av_strncasecmp(name, names, len))
-            return 1;
-        names = p + 1;
-    }
-    return !av_strcasecmp(name, names);
-}
-
 AVOutputFormat *av_guess_format(const char *short_name, const char *filename,
                                 const char *mime_type)
 {
@@ -141,7 +123,7 @@ AVOutputFormat *av_guess_format(const char *short_name, const char *filename,
     score_max = 0;
     while ((fmt = av_oformat_next(fmt))) {
         score = 0;
-        if (fmt->name && short_name && match_format(short_name, fmt->name))
+        if (fmt->name && short_name && av_match_name(short_name, fmt->name))
             score += 100;
         if (fmt->mime_type && mime_type && !strcmp(fmt->mime_type, mime_type))
             score += 10;
@@ -188,7 +170,7 @@ AVInputFormat *av_find_input_format(const char *short_name)
 {
     AVInputFormat *fmt = NULL;
     while ((fmt = av_iformat_next(fmt)))
-        if (match_format(short_name, fmt->name))
+        if (av_match_name(short_name, fmt->name))
             return fmt;
     return NULL;
 }
diff --git a/libavutil/avstring.c b/libavutil/avstring.c
index e75cdc6312..a63fb84bcf 100644
--- a/libavutil/avstring.c
+++ b/libavutil/avstring.c
@@ -307,6 +307,24 @@ int av_isxdigit(int c)
     return av_isdigit(c) || (c >= 'a' && c <= 'f');
 }
 
+int av_match_name(const char *name, const char *names)
+{
+    const char *p;
+    int len, namelen;
+
+    if (!name || !names)
+        return 0;
+
+    namelen = strlen(name);
+    while ((p = strchr(names, ','))) {
+        len = FFMAX(p - names, namelen);
+        if (!av_strncasecmp(name, names, len))
+            return 1;
+        names = p + 1;
+    }
+    return !av_strcasecmp(name, names);
+}
+
 int av_utf8_decode(int32_t *codep, const uint8_t **bufp, const uint8_t *buf_end,
                    unsigned int flags)
 {
diff --git a/libavutil/avstring.h b/libavutil/avstring.h
index de2f71d12b..616c0662fc 100644
--- a/libavutil/avstring.h
+++ b/libavutil/avstring.h
@@ -268,6 +268,14 @@ const char *av_basename(const char *path);
  */
 const char *av_dirname(char *path);
 
+/**
+ * Match instances of a name in a comma-separated list of names.
+ * @param name  Name to look for.
+ * @param names List of names.
+ * @return 1 on match, 0 otherwise.
+ */
+int av_match_name(const char *name, const char *names);
+
 enum AVEscapeMode {
     AV_ESCAPE_MODE_AUTO,      ///< Use auto-selected escaping mode.
     AV_ESCAPE_MODE_BACKSLASH, ///< Use backslash escaping.
diff --git a/libavutil/version.h b/libavutil/version.h
index 6d8d6f0ced..0c69a7893b 100644
--- a/libavutil/version.h
+++ b/libavutil/version.h
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@
  */
 
 #define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MAJOR  52
-#define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MINOR  92
-#define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MICRO 101
+#define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MINOR  93
+#define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MICRO 100
 
 #define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_INT   AV_VERSION_INT(LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MAJOR, \
                                                LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MINOR, \