diff --git a/libavutil/avutil.h b/libavutil/avutil.h
index 204286a762..4dc6eb0875 100644
--- a/libavutil/avutil.h
+++ b/libavutil/avutil.h
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
  */
 
 #define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MAJOR 51
-#define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MINOR 32
+#define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MINOR 33
 #define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MICRO 100
 
 #define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_INT   AV_VERSION_INT(LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MAJOR, \
diff --git a/libavutil/mem.c b/libavutil/mem.c
index 4acc43b2ef..f965339ce9 100644
--- a/libavutil/mem.c
+++ b/libavutil/mem.c
@@ -65,7 +65,11 @@ void  free(void *ptr);
    memory allocator. You do not need to suppress this file because the
    linker will do it automatically. */
 
-#define MAX_MALLOC_SIZE INT_MAX
+static size_t max_alloc_size= INT_MAX;
+
+void av_max_alloc(size_t max){
+    max_alloc_size = max;
+}
 
 void *av_malloc(size_t size)
 {
@@ -75,7 +79,7 @@ void *av_malloc(size_t size)
 #endif
 
     /* let's disallow possible ambiguous cases */
-    if (size > (MAX_MALLOC_SIZE-32))
+    if (size > (max_alloc_size-32))
         return NULL;
 
 #if CONFIG_MEMALIGN_HACK
@@ -130,7 +134,7 @@ void *av_realloc(void *ptr, size_t size)
 #endif
 
     /* let's disallow possible ambiguous cases */
-    if (size > (MAX_MALLOC_SIZE-16))
+    if (size > (max_alloc_size-32))
         return NULL;
 
 #if CONFIG_MEMALIGN_HACK
diff --git a/libavutil/mem.h b/libavutil/mem.h
index f148c637bb..c6c907ea08 100644
--- a/libavutil/mem.h
+++ b/libavutil/mem.h
@@ -176,6 +176,11 @@ static inline int av_size_mult(size_t a, size_t b, size_t *r)
     return 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Set the maximum size that may me allocated in one block.
+ */
+void av_max_alloc(size_t max);
+
 /**
  * @}
  */