diff --git a/libavformat/yuv4mpegdec.c b/libavformat/yuv4mpegdec.c
index eff7fc518e..855fadbb31 100644
--- a/libavformat/yuv4mpegdec.c
+++ b/libavformat/yuv4mpegdec.c
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ static int yuv4_read_header(AVFormatContext *s)
     enum AVPixelFormat pix_fmt = AV_PIX_FMT_NONE, alt_pix_fmt = AV_PIX_FMT_NONE;
     enum AVChromaLocation chroma_sample_location = AVCHROMA_LOC_UNSPECIFIED;
     enum AVFieldOrder field_order = AV_FIELD_UNKNOWN;
+    enum AVColorRange color_range = AVCOL_RANGE_UNSPECIFIED;
     AVStream *st;
 
     for (i = 0; i < MAX_YUV4_HEADER; i++) {
@@ -220,6 +221,12 @@ static int yuv4_read_header(AVFormatContext *s)
                     alt_pix_fmt = AV_PIX_FMT_YUV422P;
                 else if (strncmp("444", tokstart, 3) == 0)
                     alt_pix_fmt = AV_PIX_FMT_YUV444P;
+            } else if (strncmp("COLORRANGE=", tokstart, 11) == 0) {
+              tokstart += 11;
+              if (strncmp("FULL",tokstart, 4) == 0)
+                  color_range = AVCOL_RANGE_JPEG;
+              else if (strncmp("LIMITED", tokstart, 7) == 0)
+                  color_range = AVCOL_RANGE_MPEG;
             }
             while (tokstart < header_end && *tokstart != 0x20)
                 tokstart++;
@@ -263,6 +270,7 @@ static int yuv4_read_header(AVFormatContext *s)
     st->codecpar->codec_id            = AV_CODEC_ID_RAWVIDEO;
     st->sample_aspect_ratio           = (AVRational){ aspectn, aspectd };
     st->codecpar->chroma_location     = chroma_sample_location;
+    st->codecpar->color_range         = color_range;
     st->codecpar->field_order         = field_order;
     s->packet_size = av_image_get_buffer_size(st->codecpar->format, width, height, 1) + Y4M_FRAME_MAGIC_LEN;
     if ((int) s->packet_size < 0)
diff --git a/libavformat/yuv4mpegenc.c b/libavformat/yuv4mpegenc.c
index 44f40bbad9..e84dbf9568 100644
--- a/libavformat/yuv4mpegenc.c
+++ b/libavformat/yuv4mpegenc.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ static int yuv4_generate_header(AVFormatContext *s, char* buf)
     int raten, rated, aspectn, aspectd, n;
     char inter;
     const char *colorspace = "";
+    const char *colorrange = "";
     int field_order;
 
     st     = s->streams[0];
@@ -57,6 +58,17 @@ static int yuv4_generate_header(AVFormatContext *s, char* buf)
     FF_ENABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS
 #endif
 
+    switch(st->codecpar->color_range) {
+    case AVCOL_RANGE_MPEG:
+        colorrange = " XCOLORRANGE=LIMITED";
+        break;
+    case AVCOL_RANGE_JPEG:
+        colorrange = " XCOLORRANGE=FULL";
+        break;
+    default:
+        break;
+    }
+
     switch (field_order) {
     case AV_FIELD_TB:
     case AV_FIELD_TT: inter = 't'; break;
@@ -84,6 +96,18 @@ static int yuv4_generate_header(AVFormatContext *s, char* buf)
     case AV_PIX_FMT_YUV411P:
         colorspace = " C411 XYSCSS=411";
         break;
+    case AV_PIX_FMT_YUVJ420P:
+        colorspace = " C420jpeg XYSCSS=420JPEG";
+        colorrange = " XCOLORRANGE=FULL";
+        break;
+    case AV_PIX_FMT_YUVJ422P:
+        colorspace = " C422 XYSCSS=422";
+        colorrange = " XCOLORRANGE=FULL";
+        break;
+    case AV_PIX_FMT_YUVJ444P:
+        colorspace = " C444 XYSCSS=444";
+        colorrange = " XCOLORRANGE=FULL";
+        break;
     case AV_PIX_FMT_YUV420P:
         switch (st->codecpar->chroma_location) {
         case AVCHROMA_LOC_TOPLEFT: colorspace = " C420paldv XYSCSS=420PALDV"; break;
@@ -145,13 +169,14 @@ static int yuv4_generate_header(AVFormatContext *s, char* buf)
     }
 
     /* construct stream header, if this is the first frame */
-    n = snprintf(buf, Y4M_LINE_MAX, "%s W%d H%d F%d:%d I%c A%d:%d%s\n",
+    n = snprintf(buf, Y4M_LINE_MAX, "%s W%d H%d F%d:%d I%c A%d:%d%s%s\n",
                  Y4M_MAGIC, width, height, raten, rated, inter,
-                 aspectn, aspectd, colorspace);
+                 aspectn, aspectd, colorspace, colorrange);
 
     return n;
 }
 
+
 static int yuv4_write_packet(AVFormatContext *s, AVPacket *pkt)
 {
     AVStream *st = s->streams[pkt->stream_index];
@@ -192,6 +217,10 @@ static int yuv4_write_packet(AVFormatContext *s, AVPacket *pkt)
     case AV_PIX_FMT_YUV420P:
     case AV_PIX_FMT_YUV422P:
     case AV_PIX_FMT_YUV444P:
+    // TODO: remove YUVJ pixel formats when they are completely removed from the codebase.
+    case AV_PIX_FMT_YUVJ420P:
+    case AV_PIX_FMT_YUVJ422P:
+    case AV_PIX_FMT_YUVJ444P:
         break;
     case AV_PIX_FMT_GRAY9:
     case AV_PIX_FMT_GRAY10:
@@ -271,6 +300,10 @@ static int yuv4_write_header(AVFormatContext *s)
     case AV_PIX_FMT_YUV420P:
     case AV_PIX_FMT_YUV422P:
     case AV_PIX_FMT_YUV444P:
+    // TODO: remove YUVJ pixel formats when they are completely removed from the codebase.
+    case AV_PIX_FMT_YUVJ420P:
+    case AV_PIX_FMT_YUVJ422P:
+    case AV_PIX_FMT_YUVJ444P:
         break;
     case AV_PIX_FMT_GRAY9:
     case AV_PIX_FMT_GRAY10: