diff --git a/libavformat/dashenc.c b/libavformat/dashenc.c
index 478a384..8797959 100644
--- a/libavformat/dashenc.c
+++ b/libavformat/dashenc.c
@@ -760,7 +760,7 @@ static int write_manifest(AVFormatContext *s, int final)
             AVStream *st = s->streams[i];
             get_hls_playlist_name(playlist_file, sizeof(playlist_file), NULL, i);
             ff_hls_write_stream_info(st, out, st->codecpar->bit_rate,
-                    playlist_file, NULL);
+                    playlist_file, NULL, NULL);
         }
         avio_close(out);
         if (use_rename)
diff --git a/libavformat/hlsenc.c b/libavformat/hlsenc.c
index 74f66ce..bb442f5 100644
--- a/libavformat/hlsenc.c
+++ b/libavformat/hlsenc.c
@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@ typedef enum {
   HLS_START_SEQUENCE_AS_FORMATTED_DATETIME = 2,  // YYYYMMDDhhmmss
 } StartSequenceSourceType;
 
+typedef enum {
+    CODEC_ATTRIBUTE_WRITTEN = 0,
+    CODEC_ATTRIBUTE_WILL_NOT_BE_WRITTEN,
+} CodecAttributeStatus;
+
 #define KEYSIZE 16
 #define LINE_BUFFER_SIZE 1024
 #define HLS_MICROSECOND_UNIT   1000000
@@ -142,6 +147,8 @@ typedef struct VariantStream {
     int fmp4_init_mode;
 
     AVStream **streams;
+    char codec_attr[128];
+    CodecAttributeStatus attr_status;
     unsigned int nb_streams;
     int m3u8_created; /* status of media play-list creation */
     char *agroup; /* audio group name */
@@ -296,6 +303,51 @@ static void set_http_options(AVFormatContext *s, AVDictionary **options, HLSCont
 
 }
 
+static void write_codec_attr(AVStream *st, VariantStream *vs) {
+    int codec_strlen = strlen(vs->codec_attr);
+    char attr[32];
+
+    if (st->codecpar->codec_type == AVMEDIA_TYPE_SUBTITLE)
+        return;
+    if (vs->attr_status == CODEC_ATTRIBUTE_WILL_NOT_BE_WRITTEN)
+        return;
+
+    if (st->codecpar->codec_id == AV_CODEC_ID_H264) {
+        uint8_t *data = st->codecpar->extradata;
+        if ((data[0] | data[1] | data[2]) == 0 && data[3] == 1 && (data[4] & 0x1F) == 7) {
+            snprintf(attr, sizeof(attr),
+                     "avc1.%02x%02x%02x", data[5], data[6], data[7]);
+        } else {
+            goto fail;
+        }
+    } else if (st->codecpar->codec_id == AV_CODEC_ID_MP2) {
+        snprintf(attr, sizeof(attr), "mp4a.40.33");
+    } else if (st->codecpar->codec_id == AV_CODEC_ID_MP3) {
+        snprintf(attr, sizeof(attr), "mp4a.40.34");
+    } else if (st->codecpar->codec_id == AV_CODEC_ID_AAC) {
+        /* TODO : For HE-AAC, HE-AACv2, the last digit needs to be set to 5 and 29 respectively */
+        snprintf(attr, sizeof(attr), "mp4a.40.2");
+    } else if (st->codecpar->codec_id == AV_CODEC_ID_AC3) {
+        snprintf(attr, sizeof(attr), "ac-3");
+    } else if (st->codecpar->codec_id == AV_CODEC_ID_EAC3) {
+        snprintf(attr, sizeof(attr), "ec-3");
+    } else {
+        goto fail;
+    }
+    // Don't write the same attribute multiple times
+    if (!av_stristr(vs->codec_attr, attr)) {
+        snprintf(vs->codec_attr + codec_strlen,
+                 sizeof(vs->codec_attr) - codec_strlen,
+                 "%s%s", codec_strlen ? "," : "", attr);
+    }
+    return;
+
+fail:
+    vs->codec_attr[0] = '\0';
+    vs->attr_status = CODEC_ATTRIBUTE_WILL_NOT_BE_WRITTEN;
+    return;
+}
+
 static int replace_int_data_in_filename(char *buf, int buf_size, const char *filename, char placeholder, int64_t number)
 {
     const char *p;
@@ -1235,7 +1287,7 @@ static int create_master_playlist(AVFormatContext *s,
         bandwidth += bandwidth / 10;
 
         ff_hls_write_stream_info(vid_st, hls->m3u8_out, bandwidth, m3u8_rel_name,
-                aud_st ? vs->agroup : NULL);
+                aud_st ? vs->agroup : NULL, vs->codec_attr);
 
         av_freep(&m3u8_rel_name);
     }
@@ -1764,6 +1816,19 @@ static int hls_write_header(AVFormatContext *s)
                 continue;
             }
             avpriv_set_pts_info(outer_st, inner_st->pts_wrap_bits, inner_st->time_base.num, inner_st->time_base.den);
+            write_codec_attr(outer_st, vs);
+
+        }
+        /* Update the Codec Attr string for the mapped audio groups */
+        if (vs->has_video && vs->agroup) {
+            for (j = 0; j < hls->nb_varstreams; j++) {
+                VariantStream *vs_agroup = &(hls->var_streams[j]);
+                if (!vs_agroup->has_video && !vs_agroup->has_subtitle &&
+                    vs_agroup->agroup &&
+                    !av_strcasecmp(vs_agroup->agroup, vs->agroup)) {
+                    write_codec_attr(vs_agroup->streams[0], vs);
+                }
+            }
         }
     }
 fail:
diff --git a/libavformat/hlsplaylist.c b/libavformat/hlsplaylist.c
index 42f059a..99231c9 100644
--- a/libavformat/hlsplaylist.c
+++ b/libavformat/hlsplaylist.c
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ void ff_hls_write_playlist_version(AVIOContext *out, int version) {
 }
 
 void ff_hls_write_stream_info(AVStream *st, AVIOContext *out,
-                              int bandwidth, char *filename, char *agroup) {
+                              int bandwidth, char *filename, char *agroup,
+                              char *codecs) {
     if (!out || !filename)
         return;
 
@@ -50,6 +51,8 @@ void ff_hls_write_stream_info(AVStream *st, AVIOContext *out,
     if (st && st->codecpar->width > 0 && st->codecpar->height > 0)
         avio_printf(out, ",RESOLUTION=%dx%d", st->codecpar->width,
                 st->codecpar->height);
+    if (codecs && strlen(codecs) > 0)
+        avio_printf(out, ",CODECS=\"%s\"", codecs);
     if (agroup && strlen(agroup) > 0)
         avio_printf(out, ",AUDIO=\"group_%s\"", agroup);
     avio_printf(out, "\n%s\n\n", filename);
diff --git a/libavformat/hlsplaylist.h b/libavformat/hlsplaylist.h
index ac03550..5bbdf86 100644
--- a/libavformat/hlsplaylist.h
+++ b/libavformat/hlsplaylist.h
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ typedef enum {
 
 void ff_hls_write_playlist_version(AVIOContext *out, int version);
 void ff_hls_write_stream_info(AVStream *st, AVIOContext *out,
-                              int bandwidth, char *filename, char *agroup);
+                              int bandwidth, char *filename, char *agroup,
+                              char *codecs);
 void ff_hls_write_playlist_header(AVIOContext *out, int version, int allowcache,
                                   int target_duration, int64_t sequence,
                                   uint32_t playlist_type);
