diff --git a/doc/demuxers.texi b/doc/demuxers.texi
index 2a6f7790fc..2867538860 100644
--- a/doc/demuxers.texi
+++ b/doc/demuxers.texi
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ following directive is recognized:
 Path to a file to read; special characters and spaces must be escaped with
 backslash or single quotes.
 
+@item @code{ffconcat version 1.0}
+Identify the script type and version. It also sets the @option{safe} option
+to 1 if it was to its default -1.
+
 @end table
 
 @subsection Options
diff --git a/libavformat/concatdec.c b/libavformat/concatdec.c
index bba99d8e66..b99ec5c15c 100644
--- a/libavformat/concatdec.c
+++ b/libavformat/concatdec.c
@@ -173,6 +173,15 @@ static int concat_read_header(AVFormatContext *avf)
             }
             if ((ret = add_file(avf, filename, &file, &nb_files_alloc)) < 0)
                 FAIL(ret);
+        } else if (!strcmp(keyword, "ffconcat")) {
+            char *ver_kw  = get_keyword(&cursor);
+            char *ver_val = get_keyword(&cursor);
+            if (strcmp(ver_kw, "version") || strcmp(ver_val, "1.0")) {
+                av_log(avf, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Line %d: invalid version\n", line);
+                FAIL(AVERROR_INVALIDDATA);
+            }
+            if (cat->safe < 0)
+                cat->safe = 1;
         } else {
             av_log(avf, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Line %d: unknown keyword '%s'\n",
                    line, keyword);