diff --git a/libavformat/mpegtsenc.c b/libavformat/mpegtsenc.c
index 3c56830d00..6f35d6fb44 100644
--- a/libavformat/mpegtsenc.c
+++ b/libavformat/mpegtsenc.c
@@ -128,6 +128,8 @@ static int mpegts_write_section1(MpegTSSection *s, int tid, int id,
 {
     uint8_t section[1024], *q;
     unsigned int tot_len;
+    /* reserved_future_use field must be set to 1 for SDT */
+    unsigned int flags = tid == SDT_TID ? 0xf000 : 0xb000;
 
     tot_len = 3 + 5 + len + 4;
     /* check if not too big */
@@ -136,7 +138,7 @@ static int mpegts_write_section1(MpegTSSection *s, int tid, int id,
 
     q = section;
     *q++ = tid;
-    put16(&q, 0xb000 | (len + 5 + 4)); /* 5 byte header + 4 byte CRC */
+    put16(&q, flags | (len + 5 + 4)); /* 5 byte header + 4 byte CRC */
     put16(&q, id);
     *q++ = 0xc1 | (version << 1); /* current_next_indicator = 1 */
     *q++ = sec_num;