diff --git a/libavformat/Makefile b/libavformat/Makefile
index 28836128ff..06c6ad8509 100644
--- a/libavformat/Makefile
+++ b/libavformat/Makefile
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ OBJS-$(CONFIG_MATROSKA_DEMUXER)          += matroskadec.o matroska.o  \
                                             isom.o rmsipr.o
 OBJS-$(CONFIG_MATROSKA_MUXER)            += matroskaenc.o matroska.o \
                                             isom.o avc.o \
-                                            flacenc_header.o avlanguage.o
+                                            flacenc_header.o avlanguage.o wv.o
 OBJS-$(CONFIG_MD5_MUXER)                 += md5enc.o
 OBJS-$(CONFIG_MJPEG_DEMUXER)             += rawdec.o
 OBJS-$(CONFIG_MJPEG_MUXER)               += rawenc.o
diff --git a/libavformat/matroskaenc.c b/libavformat/matroskaenc.c
index c521ed3926..9f7b5f9b52 100644
--- a/libavformat/matroskaenc.c
+++ b/libavformat/matroskaenc.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include "isom.h"
 #include "matroska.h"
 #include "riff.h"
+#include "wv.h"
 
 #include "libavutil/avstring.h"
 #include "libavutil/dict.h"
@@ -450,6 +451,15 @@ static int put_xiph_codecpriv(AVFormatContext *s, AVIOContext *pb, AVCodecContex
     return 0;
 }
 
+static int put_wv_codecpriv(AVIOContext *pb, AVCodecContext *codec)
+{
+    if (codec->extradata && codec->extradata_size == 2)
+        avio_write(pb, codec->extradata, 2);
+    else
+        avio_wl16(pb, 0x403); // fallback to the version mentioned in matroska specs
+    return 0;
+}
+
 static void get_aac_sample_rates(AVFormatContext *s, AVCodecContext *codec, int *sample_rate, int *output_sample_rate)
 {
     MPEG4AudioConfig mp4ac;
@@ -479,6 +489,8 @@ static int mkv_write_codecprivate(AVFormatContext *s, AVIOContext *pb, AVCodecCo
             ret = put_xiph_codecpriv(s, dyn_cp, codec);
         else if (codec->codec_id == AV_CODEC_ID_FLAC)
             ret = ff_flac_write_header(dyn_cp, codec, 1);
+        else if (codec->codec_id == AV_CODEC_ID_WAVPACK)
+            ret = put_wv_codecpriv(dyn_cp, codec);
         else if (codec->codec_id == AV_CODEC_ID_H264)
             ret = ff_isom_write_avcc(dyn_cp, codec->extradata, codec->extradata_size);
         else if (codec->codec_id == AV_CODEC_ID_ALAC) {
@@ -1054,6 +1066,59 @@ static int mkv_write_ass_blocks(AVFormatContext *s, AVIOContext *pb, AVPacket *p
     return max_duration;
 }
 
+static int mkv_strip_wavpack(const uint8_t *src, uint8_t **pdst, int *size)
+{
+    uint8_t *dst;
+    int srclen = *size;
+    int offset = 0;
+    int ret;
+
+    dst = av_malloc(srclen);
+    if (!dst)
+        return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
+
+    while (srclen >= WV_HEADER_SIZE) {
+        WvHeader header;
+
+        ret = ff_wv_parse_header(&header, src);
+        if (ret < 0)
+            goto fail;
+        src    += WV_HEADER_SIZE;
+        srclen -= WV_HEADER_SIZE;
+
+        if (srclen < header.blocksize) {
+            ret = AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
+            goto fail;
+        }
+
+        if (header.initial) {
+            AV_WL32(dst + offset, header.samples);
+            offset += 4;
+        }
+        AV_WL32(dst + offset,     header.flags);
+        AV_WL32(dst + offset + 4, header.crc);
+        offset += 8;
+
+        if (!(header.initial && header.final)) {
+            AV_WL32(dst + offset, header.blocksize);
+            offset += 4;
+        }
+
+        memcpy(dst + offset, src, header.blocksize);
+        src    += header.blocksize;
+        srclen -= header.blocksize;
+        offset += header.blocksize;
+    }
+
+    *pdst = dst;
+    *size = offset;
+
+    return 0;
+fail:
+    av_freep(&dst);
+    return ret;
+}
+
 static void mkv_write_block(AVFormatContext *s, AVIOContext *pb,
                             unsigned int blockid, AVPacket *pkt, int flags)
 {
@@ -1069,7 +1134,13 @@ static void mkv_write_block(AVFormatContext *s, AVIOContext *pb,
     if (codec->codec_id == AV_CODEC_ID_H264 && codec->extradata_size > 0 &&
         (AV_RB24(codec->extradata) == 1 || AV_RB32(codec->extradata) == 1))
         ff_avc_parse_nal_units_buf(pkt->data, &data, &size);
-    else
+    else if (codec->codec_id == AV_CODEC_ID_WAVPACK) {
+        int ret = mkv_strip_wavpack(pkt->data, &data, &size);
+        if (ret < 0) {
+            av_log(s, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Error stripping a WavPack packet.\n");
+            return;
+        }
+    } else
         data = pkt->data;
 
     if (codec->codec_id == AV_CODEC_ID_PRORES) {
diff --git a/tests/Makefile b/tests/Makefile
index 0951bdec3e..e32320dc9c 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile
+++ b/tests/Makefile
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ ENCDEC2 = $(call ALLYES, $(firstword $(1))_ENCODER $(lastword $(1))_DECODER  \
 DEMDEC  = $(call ALLYES, $(1)_DEMUXER $(2:%=%_DECODER))
 ENCMUX  = $(call ALLYES, $(1:%=%_ENCODER) $(2)_MUXER)
 
+DEMMUX  = $(call ALLYES, $(1)_DEMUXER $(2)_MUXER)
+
 FILTERDEMDEC       = $(call ALLYES, $(1)_FILTER $(2)_DEMUXER $(3)_DECODER)
 FILTERDEMDECMUX    = $(call ALLYES, $(1)_FILTER $(2)_DEMUXER $(3)_DECODER $(4)_MUXER)
 FILTERDEMDECENCMUX = $(call ALLYES, $(1)_FILTER $(2)_DEMUXER $(3)_DECODER $(4)_ENCODER $(5)_MUXER)
diff --git a/tests/fate/wavpack.mak b/tests/fate/wavpack.mak
index 64bc7a8800..4ed3f2804f 100644
--- a/tests/fate/wavpack.mak
+++ b/tests/fate/wavpack.mak
@@ -88,5 +88,15 @@ FATE_WAVPACK-$(call DEMDEC, WV, WAVPACK) += $(FATE_WAVPACK)
 FATE_WAVPACK-$(call DEMDEC, MATROSKA, WAVPACK) += fate-wavpack-matroskamode
 fate-wavpack-matroskamode: CMD = md5 -i $(TARGET_SAMPLES)/wavpack/special/matroska_mode.mka -f s16le
 
+FATE_WAVPACK-$(call DEMMUX, WV, MATROSKA) += fate-wavpack-matroska_mux-mono
+fate-wavpack-matroska_mux-mono: CMD = md5 -i $(TARGET_SAMPLES)/wavpack/num_channels/mono_16bit_int.wv -c copy -flags +bitexact -f matroska
+fate-wavpack-matroska_mux-mono: CMP = oneline
+fate-wavpack-matroska_mux-mono: REF = f471da7c71cd01d5fb81efb1d740504f
+
+FATE_WAVPACK-$(call DEMMUX, WV, MATROSKA) += fate-wavpack-matroska_mux-61
+fate-wavpack-matroska_mux-61: CMD = md5 -i $(TARGET_SAMPLES)/wavpack/num_channels/eva_2.22_6.1_16bit-partial.wv -c copy -flags +bitexact -f matroska
+fate-wavpack-matroska_mux-61: CMP = oneline
+fate-wavpack-matroska_mux-61: REF = cbbd0ce7eabef52235bcdd2cb0690f24
+
 FATE_SAMPLES_AVCONV += $(FATE_WAVPACK-yes)
 fate-wavpack: $(FATE_WAVPACK-yes)