diff --git a/libavformat/avio.h b/libavformat/avio.h
index acdd0c1bd0..a998808788 100644
--- a/libavformat/avio.h
+++ b/libavformat/avio.h
@@ -473,6 +473,12 @@ int avio_put_str16le(AVIOContext *s, const char *str);
  */
 int64_t avio_seek(AVIOContext *s, int64_t offset, int whence);
 
+/**
+ * Skip given number of bytes forward
+ * @return new position or AVERROR.
+ */
+#define avio_skip(s, offset) avio_seek(s, offset, SEEK_CUR)
+
 /**
  * ftell() equivalent for AVIOContext.
  * @return position or AVERROR.