diff --git a/gst/typefind/gsttypefindfunctions.c b/gst/typefind/gsttypefindfunctions.c
index 244815c810..5f4659ff0a 100644
--- a/gst/typefind/gsttypefindfunctions.c
+++ b/gst/typefind/gsttypefindfunctions.c
@@ -111,6 +111,16 @@ data_scan_ctx_ensure_data (GstTypeFind * tf, DataScanCtx * c, gint min_len)
   return FALSE;
 }
 
+static inline gboolean
+data_scan_ctx_memcmp (GstTypeFind * tf, DataScanCtx * c, guint offset,
+    const gchar * data, guint len)
+{
+  if (!data_scan_ctx_ensure_data (tf, c, offset + len))
+    return FALSE;
+
+  return (memcmp (c->data + offset, data, len) == 0);
+}
+
 /*** text/plain ***/
 static gboolean xml_check_first_element (GstTypeFind * tf,
     const gchar * element, guint elen, gboolean strict);
@@ -2568,24 +2578,109 @@ swf_type_find (GstTypeFind * tf, gpointer unused)
 
 /*** image/jpeg ***/
 
+#define JPEG_MARKER_IS_START_OF_FRAME(x) \
+    ((x)>=0xc0 && (x) <= 0xcf && (x)!=0xc4 && (x)!=0xc8 && (x)!=0xcc)
+
 static GstStaticCaps jpeg_caps = GST_STATIC_CAPS ("image/jpeg");
 
 #define JPEG_CAPS (gst_static_caps_get(&jpeg_caps))
 static void
 jpeg_type_find (GstTypeFind * tf, gpointer unused)
 {
-  guint8 *data = gst_type_find_peek (tf, 0, 10);
-  guint8 header[2] = { 0xFF, 0xD8 };
+  GstTypeFindProbability prob = GST_TYPE_FIND_POSSIBLE;
+  DataScanCtx c = { 0, NULL, 0 };
+  GstCaps *caps;
+  guint num_markers;
 
-  if (data && memcmp (data, header, 2) == 0) {
-    if (memcmp (data + 6, "JFIF", 4) == 0) {
-      gst_type_find_suggest (tf, GST_TYPE_FIND_MAXIMUM, JPEG_CAPS);
-    } else if (memcmp (data + 6, "Exif", 4) == 0) {
-      gst_type_find_suggest (tf, GST_TYPE_FIND_MAXIMUM, JPEG_CAPS);
+  if (G_UNLIKELY (!data_scan_ctx_ensure_data (tf, &c, 2)))
+    return;
+
+  if (c.data[0] != 0xff || c.data[1] != 0xd8)
+    return;
+
+  num_markers = 1;
+  data_scan_ctx_advance (tf, &c, 2);
+
+  caps = gst_caps_copy (JPEG_CAPS);
+
+  while (data_scan_ctx_ensure_data (tf, &c, 4) && c.offset < (200 * 1024)) {
+    guint16 len;
+    guint8 marker;
+
+    if (c.data[0] != 0xff)
+      break;
+
+    marker = c.data[1];
+    if (G_UNLIKELY (marker == 0xff)) {
+      data_scan_ctx_advance (tf, &c, 1);
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    data_scan_ctx_advance (tf, &c, 2);
+
+    /* we assume all markers we'll see before SOF have a payload length; if
+     * that's not the case we'll just detect a false sync and bail out, but
+     * still report POSSIBLE probability */
+    len = GST_READ_UINT16_BE (c.data);
+
+    GST_LOG ("possible JPEG marker 0x%02x (@0x%04x), segment length %u",
+        marker, c.offset, len);
+
+    if (!data_scan_ctx_ensure_data (tf, &c, len))
+      break;
+
+    if (marker == 0xc4 ||       /* DEFINE_HUFFMAN_TABLES          */
+        marker == 0xcc ||       /* DEFINE_ARITHMETIC_CONDITIONING */
+        marker == 0xdb ||       /* DEFINE_QUANTIZATION_TABLES     */
+        marker == 0xdd ||       /* DEFINE_RESTART_INTERVAL        */
+        marker == 0xfe) {       /* COMMENT                        */
+      data_scan_ctx_advance (tf, &c, len);
+      ++num_markers;
+    } else if (marker == 0xe0 && len >= (2 + 4) &&      /* APP0 */
+        data_scan_ctx_memcmp (tf, &c, 2, "JFIF", 4)) {
+      GST_LOG ("found JFIF tag");
+      prob = GST_TYPE_FIND_MAXIMUM;
+      data_scan_ctx_advance (tf, &c, len);
+      ++num_markers;
+      /* we continue until we find a start of frame marker */
+    } else if (marker == 0xe1 && len >= (2 + 4) &&      /* APP1 */
+        data_scan_ctx_memcmp (tf, &c, 2, "Exif", 4)) {
+      GST_LOG ("found Exif tag");
+      prob = GST_TYPE_FIND_MAXIMUM;
+      data_scan_ctx_advance (tf, &c, len);
+      ++num_markers;
+      /* we continue until we find a start of frame marker */
+    } else if (marker >= 0xe0 && marker <= 0xef) {      /* APPn */
+      data_scan_ctx_advance (tf, &c, len);
+      ++num_markers;
+    } else if (JPEG_MARKER_IS_START_OF_FRAME (marker) && len >= (2 + 8)) {
+      int h, w;
+
+      h = GST_READ_UINT16_BE (c.data + 2 + 1);
+      w = GST_READ_UINT16_BE (c.data + 2 + 1 + 2);
+      if (h == 0 || w == 0) {
+        GST_WARNING ("bad width %u and/or height %u in SOF header", w, h);
+        break;
+      }
+
+      GST_LOG ("SOF at offset %" G_GUINT64_FORMAT ", num_markers=%d, "
+          "WxH=%dx%d", c.offset - 2, num_markers, w, h);
+
+      if (num_markers >= 5 || prob == GST_TYPE_FIND_MAXIMUM)
+        prob = GST_TYPE_FIND_MAXIMUM;
+      else
+        prob = GST_TYPE_FIND_LIKELY;
+
+      gst_caps_set_simple (caps, "width", G_TYPE_INT, w,
+          "height", G_TYPE_INT, h, NULL);
     } else {
-      gst_type_find_suggest (tf, GST_TYPE_FIND_POSSIBLE, JPEG_CAPS);
+      GST_WARNING ("bad length or unexpected JPEG marker 0xff 0x%02x", marker);
+      break;
     }
   }
+
+  gst_type_find_suggest (tf, prob, caps);
+  gst_caps_unref (caps);
 }
 
 /*** image/bmp ***/