diff --git a/libavformat/internal.h b/libavformat/internal.h
index d665cbdab0..f90df90242 100644
--- a/libavformat/internal.h
+++ b/libavformat/internal.h
@@ -410,6 +410,11 @@ enum AVCodecID ff_get_pcm_codec_id(int bps, int flt, int be, int sflags);
  */
 AVRational ff_choose_timebase(AVFormatContext *s, AVStream *st, int min_precision);
 
+/**
+ * Chooses a timebase for muxing the specified stream.
+ */
+enum AVChromaLocation ff_choose_chroma_location(AVFormatContext *s, AVStream *st);
+
 /**
  * Generate standard extradata for AVC-Intra based on width/height and field
  * order.
diff --git a/libavformat/mux.c b/libavformat/mux.c
index a39c5347a3..f99dbd9c07 100644
--- a/libavformat/mux.c
+++ b/libavformat/mux.c
@@ -115,6 +115,36 @@ AVRational ff_choose_timebase(AVFormatContext *s, AVStream *st, int min_precisio
     return q;
 }
 
+enum AVChromaLocation ff_choose_chroma_location(AVFormatContext *s, AVStream *st)
+{
+    AVCodecContext *avctx = st->codec;
+    const AVPixFmtDescriptor *pix_desc = av_pix_fmt_desc_get(avctx->pix_fmt);
+
+    if (avctx->chroma_sample_location != AVCHROMA_LOC_UNSPECIFIED)
+        return avctx->chroma_sample_location;
+
+    if (pix_desc) {
+        if (pix_desc->log2_chroma_h == 0) {
+            return AVCHROMA_LOC_TOPLEFT;
+        } else if (pix_desc->log2_chroma_w == 1 && pix_desc->log2_chroma_h == 1) {
+            if (avctx->field_order == AV_FIELD_UNKNOWN || avctx->field_order == AV_FIELD_PROGRESSIVE) {
+                switch (avctx->codec_id) {
+                case AV_CODEC_ID_MJPEG:
+                case AV_CODEC_ID_MPEG1VIDEO: return AVCHROMA_LOC_CENTER;
+                }
+            }
+            if (avctx->field_order == AV_FIELD_UNKNOWN || avctx->field_order != AV_FIELD_PROGRESSIVE) {
+                switch (avctx->codec_id) {
+                case AV_CODEC_ID_MPEG2VIDEO: return AVCHROMA_LOC_LEFT;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    return AVCHROMA_LOC_UNSPECIFIED;
+
+}
+
 int avformat_alloc_output_context2(AVFormatContext **avctx, AVOutputFormat *oformat,
                                    const char *format, const char *filename)
 {