diff --git a/libavutil/audioconvert.c b/libavutil/audioconvert.c
index 9e2f812d7c..36d07ee5a4 100644
--- a/libavutil/audioconvert.c
+++ b/libavutil/audioconvert.c
@@ -202,3 +202,14 @@ int av_get_channel_layout_channel_index(uint64_t channel_layout,
     channel_layout &= channel - 1;
     return av_get_channel_layout_nb_channels(channel_layout);
 }
+
+const char *av_get_channel_name(uint64_t channel)
+{
+    int i;
+    if (av_get_channel_layout_nb_channels(channel) != 1)
+        return NULL;
+    for (i = 0; i < 64; i++)
+        if ((1ULL<<i) & channel)
+            return get_channel_name(i);
+    return NULL;
+}
diff --git a/libavutil/audioconvert.h b/libavutil/audioconvert.h
index 6f6b4447ef..e516ae8296 100644
--- a/libavutil/audioconvert.h
+++ b/libavutil/audioconvert.h
@@ -155,6 +155,13 @@ uint64_t av_get_default_channel_layout(int nb_channels);
 int av_get_channel_layout_channel_index(uint64_t channel_layout,
                                         uint64_t channel);
 
+/**
+ * Get the name of a given channel.
+ *
+ * @return channel name on success, NULL on error.
+ */
+const char *av_get_channel_name(uint64_t channel);
+
 /**
  * @}
  */