diff --git a/libavformat/hls.c b/libavformat/hls.c
index d8b00204dc..82aa7647ae 100644
--- a/libavformat/hls.c
+++ b/libavformat/hls.c
@@ -700,7 +700,7 @@ static int hls_probe(AVProbeData *p)
 }
 
 AVInputFormat ff_hls_demuxer = {
-    .name           = "hls",
+    .name           = "hls,applehttp",
     .long_name      = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL("Apple HTTP Live Streaming format"),
     .priv_data_size = sizeof(HLSContext),
     .read_probe     = hls_probe,