diff --git a/mediafileinfo.cpp b/mediafileinfo.cpp
index 0de12d3..0fae5c8 100644
--- a/mediafileinfo.cpp
+++ b/mediafileinfo.cpp
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ MediaFileInfo::MediaFileInfo() :
     m_forceFullParse(MEDIAINFO_CPP_FORCE_FULL_PARSE),
     m_minPadding(0),
     m_maxPadding(0),
+    m_preferredPadding(0),
     m_tagPosition(TagPosition::BeforeData),
     m_forceTagPosition(true)
 {}
@@ -98,6 +99,7 @@ MediaFileInfo::MediaFileInfo(const string &path) :
     m_forceFullParse(MEDIAINFO_CPP_FORCE_FULL_PARSE),
     m_minPadding(0),
     m_maxPadding(0),
+    m_preferredPadding(0),
     m_tagPosition(TagPosition::BeforeData),
     m_forceTagPosition(true)
 {}
diff --git a/mediafileinfo.h b/mediafileinfo.h
index 382ece4..f7d87f3 100644
--- a/mediafileinfo.h
+++ b/mediafileinfo.h
@@ -145,6 +145,8 @@ public:
     void setMinPadding(size_t minPadding);
     size_t maxPadding() const;
     void setMaxPadding(size_t maxPadding);
+    size_t preferredPadding() const;
+    void setPreferredPadding(size_t preferredPadding);
     TagPosition tagPosition() const;
     void setTagPosition(TagPosition tagPosition);
     bool forceTagPosition() const;
@@ -180,6 +182,7 @@ private:
     bool m_forceFullParse;
     size_t m_minPadding;
     size_t m_maxPadding;
+    size_t m_preferredPadding;
     TagPosition m_tagPosition;
     bool m_forceTagPosition;
 };
@@ -430,6 +433,27 @@ inline void MediaFileInfo::setMaxPadding(size_t maxPadding)
     m_maxPadding = maxPadding;
 }
 
+/*!
+ * \brief Returns the padding to be written before the data block when applying changes and the file needs to be rewritten anyways.
+ *
+ * Padding in front of the file allows adding additional fields afterwards whithout needing
+ * to rewrite the entire file or to put tag information at the end of the file.
+ */
+inline size_t MediaFileInfo::preferredPadding() const
+{
+    return m_preferredPadding;
+}
+
+/*!
+ * \brief Sets the padding to be written before the data block when applying changes and the file needs to be rewritten anyways.
+ * \remarks This value might be ignored if not supported by the container/tag format or the corresponding implementation.
+ * \sa preferredPadding()
+ */
+inline void MediaFileInfo::setPreferredPadding(size_t preferredPadding)
+{
+    m_preferredPadding = preferredPadding;
+}
+
 /*!
  * \brief Returns the position (in the output file) where the tag information is written when applying changes.
  * \sa setTagPosition()