diff --git a/doc/APIchanges b/doc/APIchanges
index 5fdfc82cde..6875aede93 100644
--- a/doc/APIchanges
+++ b/doc/APIchanges
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ libavutil:     2014-08-09
 
 API changes, most recent first:
 
+2015-03-xx - xxxxxxx - lavf 56.24.100
+  Add avio_put_str16be()
+
 2015-xx-xx - xxxxxxx - lavc 56.13
   Add width, height, coded_width, coded_height and format to
   AVCodecParserContext.
diff --git a/libavformat/avio.h b/libavformat/avio.h
index b9b4017fb3..8fc7e27d4e 100644
--- a/libavformat/avio.h
+++ b/libavformat/avio.h
@@ -233,6 +233,12 @@ int avio_put_str(AVIOContext *s, const char *str);
  */
 int avio_put_str16le(AVIOContext *s, const char *str);
 
+/**
+ * Convert an UTF-8 string to UTF-16BE and write it.
+ * @return number of bytes written.
+ */
+int avio_put_str16be(AVIOContext *s, const char *str);
+
 /**
  * Passing this as the "whence" parameter to a seek function causes it to
  * return the filesize without seeking anywhere. Supporting this is optional.
diff --git a/libavformat/aviobuf.c b/libavformat/aviobuf.c
index 8fd04668c0..537c11f6b4 100644
--- a/libavformat/aviobuf.c
+++ b/libavformat/aviobuf.c
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ int avio_put_str(AVIOContext *s, const char *str)
     return len;
 }
 
-int avio_put_str16le(AVIOContext *s, const char *str)
+static inline int put_str16(AVIOContext *s, const char *str, const int be)
 {
     const uint8_t *q = str;
     int ret = 0;
@@ -353,19 +353,34 @@ int avio_put_str16le(AVIOContext *s, const char *str)
         uint16_t tmp;
 
         GET_UTF8(ch, *q++, goto invalid;)
-        PUT_UTF16(ch, tmp, avio_wl16(s, tmp); ret += 2;)
+        PUT_UTF16(ch, tmp, be ? avio_wb16(s, tmp) : avio_wl16(s, tmp);
+                  ret += 2;)
         continue;
 invalid:
-        av_log(s, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Invaid UTF8 sequence in avio_put_str16le\n");
+        av_log(s, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Invaid UTF8 sequence in avio_put_str16%s\n", be ? "be" : "le");
         err = AVERROR(EINVAL);
     }
-    avio_wl16(s, 0);
+    if (be)
+        avio_wb16(s, 0);
+    else
+        avio_wl16(s, 0);
     if (err)
         return err;
     ret += 2;
     return ret;
 }
 
+#define PUT_STR16(type, big_endian)                          \
+int avio_put_str16 ## type(AVIOContext *s, const char *str)  \
+{                                                            \
+return put_str16(s, str, big_endian);                        \
+}
+
+PUT_STR16(le, 0)
+PUT_STR16(be, 1)
+
+#undef PUT_STR16
+
 int ff_get_v_length(uint64_t val)
 {
     int i = 1;
diff --git a/libavformat/version.h b/libavformat/version.h
index 248cd3cbb0..08ab50be6f 100644
--- a/libavformat/version.h
+++ b/libavformat/version.h
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@
 #include "libavutil/version.h"
 
 #define LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MAJOR 56
-#define LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MINOR  23
-#define LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MICRO 106
+#define LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MINOR  24
+#define LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MICRO 100
 
 #define LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_INT AV_VERSION_INT(LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MAJOR, \
                                                LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MINOR, \