diff --git a/Changelog b/Changelog
index 3639e60d0c..23d9f7eabb 100644
--- a/Changelog
+++ b/Changelog
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ version <next>:
 - ISMV (Smooth Streaming) muxer
 - CDXL demuxer and decoder
 - Apple ProRes encoder
+- Sun Rasterfile Encoder
 
 
 version 0.8:
diff --git a/doc/general.texi b/doc/general.texi
index 7471802d2a..c61951ac71 100644
--- a/doc/general.texi
+++ b/doc/general.texi
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ following image formats are supported:
     @tab V.Flash PTX format
 @item SGI          @tab X @tab X
     @tab SGI RGB image format
-@item Sun Rasterfile  @tab   @tab X
+@item Sun Rasterfile  @tab X @tab X
     @tab Sun RAS image format
 @item TIFF         @tab X @tab X
     @tab YUV, JPEG and some extension is not supported yet.
diff --git a/libavcodec/Makefile b/libavcodec/Makefile
index 298b521cc6..92a5c13b76 100644
--- a/libavcodec/Makefile
+++ b/libavcodec/Makefile
@@ -356,6 +356,7 @@ OBJS-$(CONFIG_SOL_DPCM_DECODER)        += dpcm.o
 OBJS-$(CONFIG_SP5X_DECODER)            += sp5xdec.o mjpegdec.o mjpeg.o
 OBJS-$(CONFIG_SRT_DECODER)             += srtdec.o ass.o
 OBJS-$(CONFIG_SUNRAST_DECODER)         += sunrast.o
+OBJS-$(CONFIG_SUNRAST_ENCODER)         += sunrastenc.o
 OBJS-$(CONFIG_SVQ1_DECODER)            += svq1dec.o svq1.o h263.o \
                                           mpegvideo.o error_resilience.o
 OBJS-$(CONFIG_SVQ1_ENCODER)            += svq1enc.o svq1.o    \
diff --git a/libavcodec/allcodecs.c b/libavcodec/allcodecs.c
index de37083d17..c5a96ebc30 100644
--- a/libavcodec/allcodecs.c
+++ b/libavcodec/allcodecs.c
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ void avcodec_register_all(void)
     REGISTER_DECODER (SMC, smc);
     REGISTER_ENCDEC  (SNOW, snow);
     REGISTER_DECODER (SP5X, sp5x);
-    REGISTER_DECODER (SUNRAST, sunrast);
+    REGISTER_ENCDEC  (SUNRAST, sunrast);
     REGISTER_ENCDEC  (SVQ1, svq1);
     REGISTER_DECODER (SVQ3, svq3);
     REGISTER_ENCDEC  (TARGA, targa);
diff --git a/libavcodec/sunrast.h b/libavcodec/sunrast.h
index 111e4942f8..d9fe307b67 100644
--- a/libavcodec/sunrast.h
+++ b/libavcodec/sunrast.h
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@
 
 #define RAS_MAGIC 0x59a66a95
 
+#define RMT_NONE      0
+#define RMT_EQUAL_RGB 1
+#define RMT_RAW       2 ///< the data layout of this map type is unknown
+
 /* The Old and Standard format types indicate that the image data is
  * uncompressed. There is no difference between the two formats. */
 #define RT_OLD          0
@@ -32,6 +36,7 @@
 /* The Byte-Encoded format type indicates that the image data is compressed
  * using a run-length encoding scheme. */
 #define RT_BYTE_ENCODED 2
+#define RLE_TRIGGER 0x80
 
 /* The RGB format type indicates that the image is uncompressed with reverse
  * component order from Old and Standard (RGB vs BGR). */
diff --git a/libavcodec/sunrastenc.c b/libavcodec/sunrastenc.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..21d6fc47a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libavcodec/sunrastenc.c
@@ -0,0 +1,225 @@
+/*
+ * Sun Rasterfile (.sun/.ras/im{1,8,24}/.sunras) image encoder
+ * Copyright (c) 2012 Aneesh Dogra (lionaneesh) <lionaneesh@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * This file is part of Libav.
+ *
+ * Libav is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * Libav is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with Libav; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+ */
+
+#include "avcodec.h"
+#include "bytestream.h"
+#include "internal.h"
+#include "sunrast.h"
+
+typedef struct SUNRASTContext {
+    AVFrame picture;
+    PutByteContext p;
+    int depth;      ///< depth of pixel
+    int length;     ///< length (bytes) of image
+    int type;       ///< type of file
+    int maptype;    ///< type of colormap
+    int maplength;  ///< length (bytes) of colormap
+    int size;
+} SUNRASTContext;
+
+static void sunrast_image_write_header(AVCodecContext *avctx)
+{
+    SUNRASTContext *s = avctx->priv_data;
+
+    bytestream2_put_be32u(&s->p, RAS_MAGIC);
+    bytestream2_put_be32u(&s->p, avctx->width);
+    bytestream2_put_be32u(&s->p, avctx->height);
+    bytestream2_put_be32u(&s->p, s->depth);
+    bytestream2_put_be32u(&s->p, s->length);
+    bytestream2_put_be32u(&s->p, s->type);
+    bytestream2_put_be32u(&s->p, s->maptype);
+    bytestream2_put_be32u(&s->p, s->maplength);
+}
+
+static void sunrast_image_write_image(AVCodecContext *avctx,
+                                      const uint8_t *pixels,
+                                      const uint32_t *palette_data,
+                                      int linesize)
+{
+    SUNRASTContext *s = avctx->priv_data;
+    const uint8_t *ptr;
+    int len, alen, x;
+
+    if (s->maplength) {     // palettized
+        PutByteContext pb_r, pb_g;
+        int len = s->maplength / 3;
+
+        pb_r = s->p;
+        bytestream2_skip_p(&s->p, len);
+        pb_g = s->p;
+        bytestream2_skip_p(&s->p, len);
+
+        for (x = 0; x < len; x++) {
+            uint32_t pixel = palette_data[x];
+
+            bytestream2_put_byteu(&pb_r, (pixel >> 16) & 0xFF);
+            bytestream2_put_byteu(&pb_g, (pixel >> 8)  & 0xFF);
+            bytestream2_put_byteu(&s->p,  pixel        & 0xFF);
+        }
+    }
+
+    len  = (s->depth * avctx->width + 7) >> 3;
+    alen = len + (len & 1);
+    ptr  = pixels;
+
+     if (s->type == RT_BYTE_ENCODED) {
+        uint8_t value, value2;
+        int run;
+        const uint8_t *end = pixels + avctx->height * linesize;
+
+        ptr = pixels;
+
+#define GET_VALUE ptr >= end ? 0 : x >= len ? ptr[len-1] : ptr[x]
+
+        x = 0;
+        value2 = GET_VALUE;
+        while (ptr < end) {
+            run = 1;
+            value = value2;
+            x++;
+            if (x >= alen) {
+                x = 0;
+                ptr += linesize;
+            }
+
+            value2 = GET_VALUE;
+            while (value2 == value && run < 256 && ptr < end) {
+                x++;
+                run++;
+                if (x >= alen) {
+                    x = 0;
+                    ptr += linesize;
+                }
+                value2 = GET_VALUE;
+            }
+
+            if (run > 2 || value == RLE_TRIGGER) {
+                bytestream2_put_byteu(&s->p, RLE_TRIGGER);
+                bytestream2_put_byteu(&s->p, run - 1);
+                if (run > 1)
+                    bytestream2_put_byteu(&s->p, value);
+            } else if (run == 1) {
+                bytestream2_put_byteu(&s->p, value);
+            } else
+                bytestream2_put_be16u(&s->p, (value << 8) | value);
+        }
+
+        // update data length for header
+        s->length = bytestream2_tell_p(&s->p) - 32 - s->maplength;
+    } else {
+        int y;
+        for (y = 0; y < avctx->height; y++) {
+            bytestream2_put_buffer(&s->p, ptr, len);
+            if (len < alen)
+                bytestream2_put_byteu(&s->p, 0);
+            ptr += linesize;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+static av_cold int sunrast_encode_init(AVCodecContext *avctx)
+{
+    SUNRASTContext *s = avctx->priv_data;
+
+    switch (avctx->coder_type) {
+    case FF_CODER_TYPE_RLE:
+        s->type = RT_BYTE_ENCODED;
+        break;
+    case FF_CODER_TYPE_RAW:
+        s->type = RT_STANDARD;
+        break;
+    default:
+        av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "invalid coder_type\n");
+        return AVERROR(EINVAL);
+    }
+
+    avctx->coded_frame            = &s->picture;
+    avctx->coded_frame->key_frame = 1;
+    avctx->coded_frame->pict_type = AV_PICTURE_TYPE_I;
+    s->maptype                    = RMT_NONE;
+    s->maplength                  = 0;
+
+    switch (avctx->pix_fmt) {
+    case PIX_FMT_MONOWHITE:
+        s->depth = 1;
+        break;
+    case PIX_FMT_PAL8 :
+        s->maptype   = RMT_EQUAL_RGB;
+        s->maplength = 3 * 256;
+    case PIX_FMT_GRAY8:
+        s->depth = 8;
+        break;
+    case PIX_FMT_BGR24:
+        s->depth = 24;
+        break;
+    default:
+        return AVERROR_BUG;
+    }
+    s->length = avctx->height * (FFALIGN(avctx->width * s->depth, 16) >> 3);
+    s->size   = 32 + s->maplength +
+                s->length * (s->type == RT_BYTE_ENCODED ? 2 : 1);
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static int sunrast_encode_frame(AVCodecContext *avctx,  AVPacket *avpkt,
+                                const AVFrame *frame, int *got_packet_ptr)
+{
+    SUNRASTContext *s = avctx->priv_data;
+    int ret;
+
+    if ((ret = ff_alloc_packet(avpkt, s->size)) < 0)
+        return ret;
+
+    bytestream2_init_writer(&s->p, avpkt->data, avpkt->size);
+    sunrast_image_write_header(avctx);
+    sunrast_image_write_image(avctx, frame->data[0],
+                              (const uint32_t *)frame->data[1],
+                              frame->linesize[0]);
+    // update data length in header after RLE
+    if (s->type == RT_BYTE_ENCODED)
+        AV_WB32(&avpkt->data[16], s->length);
+
+    *got_packet_ptr = 1;
+    avpkt->size = bytestream2_tell_p(&s->p);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static const AVCodecDefault sunrast_defaults[] = {
+     { "coder", "rle" },
+     { NULL },
+};
+
+AVCodec ff_sunrast_encoder = {
+    .name           = "sunrast",
+    .type           = AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO,
+    .id             = CODEC_ID_SUNRAST,
+    .priv_data_size = sizeof(SUNRASTContext),
+    .init           = sunrast_encode_init,
+    .encode2        = sunrast_encode_frame,
+    .defaults       = sunrast_defaults,
+    .pix_fmts       = (const enum PixelFormat[]){ PIX_FMT_BGR24,
+                                                  PIX_FMT_PAL8,
+                                                  PIX_FMT_GRAY8,
+                                                  PIX_FMT_MONOWHITE,
+                                                  PIX_FMT_NONE },
+    .long_name      = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL("Sun Rasterfile image"),
+};
diff --git a/libavformat/img2.c b/libavformat/img2.c
index f7a9fa5e30..d7a749cde5 100644
--- a/libavformat/img2.c
+++ b/libavformat/img2.c
@@ -491,7 +491,8 @@ AVOutputFormat ff_image2_muxer = {
     .name           = "image2",
     .long_name      = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL("image2 sequence"),
     .extensions     = "bmp,dpx,jpeg,jpg,ljpg,pam,pbm,pcx,pgm,pgmyuv,png,"
-                      "ppm,sgi,tga,tif,tiff,jp2,xwd",
+                      "ppm,sgi,tga,tif,tiff,jp2,xwd,sun,ras,rs,im1,im8,im24,"
+                      "sunras",
     .priv_data_size = sizeof(VideoData),
     .video_codec    = CODEC_ID_MJPEG,
     .write_header   = write_header,