diff --git a/libavformat/rtpdec.h b/libavformat/rtpdec.h
index 5389bcc27a..8548459d85 100644
--- a/libavformat/rtpdec.h
+++ b/libavformat/rtpdec.h
@@ -72,6 +72,11 @@ void rtp_send_punch_packets(URLContext* rtp_handle);
  */
 int rtp_check_and_send_back_rr(RTPDemuxContext *s, int count);
 
+/**
+ * Get the file handle for the RTCP socket.
+ */
+int rtp_get_rtcp_file_handle(URLContext *h);
+
 // these statistics are used for rtcp receiver reports...
 typedef struct {
     uint16_t max_seq;           ///< highest sequence number seen
diff --git a/libavformat/rtpproto.c b/libavformat/rtpproto.c
index 289a253f9e..ef4602dfeb 100644
--- a/libavformat/rtpproto.c
+++ b/libavformat/rtpproto.c
@@ -373,6 +373,11 @@ static int rtp_get_file_handle(URLContext *h)
     return s->rtp_fd;
 }
 
+int rtp_get_rtcp_file_handle(URLContext *h) {
+    RTPContext *s = h->priv_data;
+    return s->rtcp_fd;
+}
+
 URLProtocol rtp_protocol = {
     "rtp",
     rtp_open,