diff --git a/stream/stream_dvb.c b/stream/stream_dvb.c
index e04bb73d06..aae9c9fd7a 100644
--- a/stream/stream_dvb.c
+++ b/stream/stream_dvb.c
@@ -351,7 +351,18 @@ static dvb_channels_list_t *dvb_get_channels(struct mp_log *log,
                         vpid_str, apid_str, tpid_str, &ptr->service_id,
                         &num_chars);
 
-        if (num_chars == strlen(&line[k])) {
+        bool is_vdr_conf = (num_chars == strlen(&line[k]));
+        mp_verbose(log, "This does look like a VDR style channel config file.\n");
+
+        // Special case: DVB-T style ZAP config also has 13 columns.
+        // Most columns should have non-numeric content, but some channel list generators insert 0
+        // if a value is not used. However, INVERSION_* should always set after frequency.
+        if (is_vdr_conf && !strncmp(vdr_par_str, "INVERSION_", 10)) {
+            is_vdr_conf = false;
+            mp_verbose(log, "Found INVERSION field after frequency, assuming ZAP style channel config file.\n");
+        }
+
+        if (is_vdr_conf) {
             // Modulation parsed here, not via old xine-parsing path.
             mod[0] = '\0';
             // It's a VDR-style config line.
@@ -435,6 +446,7 @@ static dvb_channels_list_t *dvb_get_channels(struct mp_log *log,
                 break;
             }
         } else {
+            // ZAP style channel config file.
             switch (delsys) {
             case SYS_DVBT:
             case SYS_DVBT2: