diff --git a/libavformat/avformat.h b/libavformat/avformat.h
index a2fe7c6bb2..669ddb423e 100644
--- a/libavformat/avformat.h
+++ b/libavformat/avformat.h
@@ -1926,6 +1926,13 @@ typedef struct AVFormatContext {
      * - decoding: set by user
      */
     int max_streams;
+
+    /**
+     * Skip duration calcuation in estimate_timings_from_pts.
+     * - encoding: unused
+     * - decoding: set by user
+     */
+    int skip_estimate_duration_from_pts;
 } AVFormatContext;
 
 #if FF_API_FORMAT_GET_SET
diff --git a/libavformat/options_table.h b/libavformat/options_table.h
index 7c4d84798e..b7a5b3c054 100644
--- a/libavformat/options_table.h
+++ b/libavformat/options_table.h
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ static const AVOption avformat_options[] = {
 {"protocol_whitelist", "List of protocols that are allowed to be used", OFFSET(protocol_whitelist), AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, { .str = NULL },  CHAR_MIN, CHAR_MAX, D },
 {"protocol_blacklist", "List of protocols that are not allowed to be used", OFFSET(protocol_blacklist), AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, { .str = NULL },  CHAR_MIN, CHAR_MAX, D },
 {"max_streams", "maximum number of streams", OFFSET(max_streams), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, { .i64 = 1000 }, 0, INT_MAX, D },
+{"skip_estimate_duration_from_pts", "skip duration calculation in estimate_timings_from_pts", OFFSET(skip_estimate_duration_from_pts), AV_OPT_TYPE_BOOL, {.i64 = 0}, 0, 1, D},
 {NULL},
 };
 
diff --git a/libavformat/utils.c b/libavformat/utils.c
index c25eab4d49..636fae3779 100644
--- a/libavformat/utils.c
+++ b/libavformat/utils.c
@@ -2812,6 +2812,11 @@ static void estimate_timings_from_pts(AVFormatContext *ic, int64_t old_offset)
         }
     }
 
+    if (ic->skip_estimate_duration_from_pts) {
+        av_log(ic, AV_LOG_INFO, "Skipping duration calculation in estimate_timings_from_pts\n");
+        goto skip_duration_calc;
+    }
+
     av_opt_set(ic, "skip_changes", "1", AV_OPT_SEARCH_CHILDREN);
     /* estimate the end time (duration) */
     /* XXX: may need to support wrapping */
@@ -2896,6 +2901,7 @@ static void estimate_timings_from_pts(AVFormatContext *ic, int64_t old_offset)
             }
         }
     }
+skip_duration_calc:
     fill_all_stream_timings(ic);
 
     avio_seek(ic->pb, old_offset, SEEK_SET);