diff --git a/src/decode.h b/src/decode.h
index ca44cacbf7..0a4e5cb7ca 100644
--- a/src/decode.h
+++ b/src/decode.h
@@ -1069,6 +1069,9 @@ int DecoderParseDataFromFileSerie(char *fileprefix, DecoderFunc Decoder);
 #define LINKTYPE_LINUX_SLL  113
 #define LINKTYPE_PPP        9
 #define LINKTYPE_RAW        DLT_RAW
+/* http://www.tcpdump.org/linktypes.html defines DLT_RAW as 101, yet others don't.
+ * Libpcap on at least OpenBSD returns 101 as datalink type for RAW pcaps though. */
+#define LINKTYPE_RAW2       101
 #define PPP_OVER_GRE        11
 #define VLAN_OVER_GRE       13
 
diff --git a/src/source-pcap-file.c b/src/source-pcap-file.c
index db1ec63fec..fb29773d1e 100644
--- a/src/source-pcap-file.c
+++ b/src/source-pcap-file.c
@@ -327,6 +327,7 @@ TmEcode ReceivePcapFileThreadInit(ThreadVars *tv, const void *initdata, void **d
             pcap_g.Decoder = DecodePPP;
             break;
         case LINKTYPE_RAW:
+        case LINKTYPE_RAW2:
             pcap_g.Decoder = DecodeRaw;
             break;
         case LINKTYPE_NULL: