diff --git a/libheif/box.cc b/libheif/box.cc
index 1779db120d..0d21bff240 100644
--- a/libheif/box.cc
+++ b/libheif/box.cc
@@ -610,9 +610,14 @@ Error Box::read(BitstreamRange& range, std::shared_ptr<Box>* result)
       box = std::make_shared<Box_mskC>();
       break;
 
-    default:
+    case fourcc("mdat"):
+      // avoid generating a 'Box_other'
       box = std::make_shared<Box>();
       break;
+
+    default:
+      box = std::make_shared<Box_other>(hdr.get_short_type());
+      break;
   }
 
   box->set_short_header(hdr);
@@ -849,6 +854,77 @@ void Box::derive_box_version_recursive()
 }
 
 
+Error Box_other::parse(BitstreamRange& range)
+{
+  if (has_fixed_box_size()) {
+    size_t len = get_box_size() - get_header_size();
+    m_data.resize(len);
+    range.read(m_data.data(), len);
+  }
+  else {
+    // TODO: boxes until end of file (we will probably never need this)
+  }
+
+  return range.get_error();
+}
+
+
+Error Box_other::write(StreamWriter& writer) const
+{
+  size_t box_start = reserve_box_header_space(writer);
+
+  writer.write(m_data);
+
+  prepend_header(writer, box_start);
+
+  return Error::Ok;
+}
+
+
+std::string Box_other::dump(Indent& indent) const
+{
+  std::ostringstream sstr;
+
+  sstr << BoxHeader::dump(indent);
+
+  // --- show raw box content
+
+  sstr << std::hex << std::setfill('0');
+
+  size_t len = get_box_size() - get_header_size();
+
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+    if (i % 16 == 0) {
+      // start of line
+
+      if (i == 0) {
+        sstr << indent << "data: ";
+      }
+      else {
+        sstr << indent << "      ";
+      }
+      sstr << std::setw(4) << i << ": "; // address
+    }
+    else if (i % 16 == 8) {
+      // space in middle
+      sstr << "  ";
+    }
+    else {
+      // space between bytes
+      sstr << " ";
+    }
+
+    sstr << std::setw(2) << ((int) m_data[i]);
+
+    if (i % 16 == 15 || i == len - 1) {
+      sstr << "\n";
+    }
+  }
+
+  return sstr.str();
+}
+
+
 Error Box_ftyp::parse(BitstreamRange& range)
 {
   m_major_brand = range.read32();
diff --git a/libheif/box.h b/libheif/box.h
index 6e0ae70546..a2b2829c58 100644
--- a/libheif/box.h
+++ b/libheif/box.h
@@ -258,6 +258,27 @@ class FullBox : public Box
 };
 
 
+class Box_other : public Box
+{
+public:
+  Box_other(uint32_t short_type)
+  {
+    set_short_type(short_type);
+  }
+
+  Error write(StreamWriter& writer) const override;
+
+  std::string dump(Indent&) const override;
+
+protected:
+  Error parse(BitstreamRange& range) override;
+
+  std::vector<uint8_t> m_data;
+};
+
+
+
+
 class Box_ftyp : public Box
 {
 public: