diff --git a/gst/qtdemux/qtdemux.c b/gst/qtdemux/qtdemux.c
index b8576cef43..40744185f9 100644
--- a/gst/qtdemux/qtdemux.c
+++ b/gst/qtdemux/qtdemux.c
@@ -9072,6 +9072,12 @@ qtdemux_audio_caps (GstQTDemux * qtdemux, QtDemuxStream * stream,
           "mpegversion", G_TYPE_INT, 1, NULL);
       break;
     case 0x20736d:
+    case GST_MAKE_FOURCC ('e', 'c', '-', '3'):
+      _codec ("EAC-3 audio");
+      caps = gst_caps_new_simple ("audio/x-eac3",
+          "framed", G_TYPE_BOOLEAN, TRUE, NULL);
+      stream->sampled = TRUE;
+      break;
     case GST_MAKE_FOURCC ('a', 'c', '-', '3'):
       _codec ("AC-3 audio");
       caps = gst_caps_new_simple ("audio/x-ac3",