diff --git a/include/avif/avif.h b/include/avif/avif.h
index c0cc0182f7..ab0d853384 100644
--- a/include/avif/avif.h
+++ b/include/avif/avif.h
@@ -264,6 +264,12 @@ AVIF_API avifResult avifGetExifTiffHeaderOffset(const uint8_t * exif, size_t exi
 // If the offset is set to exifSize, there was no parsing error but no orientation tag was found.
 AVIF_API avifResult avifGetExifOrientationOffset(const uint8_t * exif, size_t exifSize, size_t * offset);
 
+// Returns the offset and size of the data payload of the first top-level 'uuid' box with
+// the corresponding 'usertype' in the ISOBMFF file represented by dataSize bytes of data.
+// Returns AVIF_RESULT_NO_CONTENT if there is no such box.
+AVIF_API avifResult
+avifGetTopLevelUUID(const uint8_t * fileData, size_t fileSize, const uint8_t usertype[16], size_t * uuidOffset, size_t * uuidSize);
+
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // avifPixelFormat
 //
diff --git a/src/read.c b/src/read.c
index 7a848c7f5a..0f03936892 100644
--- a/src/read.c
+++ b/src/read.c
@@ -6893,3 +6893,45 @@ avifResult avifDecoderReadFile(avifDecoder * decoder, avifImage * image, const c
     }
     return avifDecoderRead(decoder, image);
 }
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+avifResult avifGetTopLevelUUID(const uint8_t * fileData, size_t fileSize, const uint8_t usertype[16], size_t * uuidOffset, size_t * uuidSize)
+{
+    if (uuidOffset != NULL) {
+        *uuidOffset = 0;
+    }
+    if (uuidSize != NULL) {
+        *uuidSize = 0;
+    }
+    AVIF_CHECKERR(fileData != NULL, AVIF_RESULT_INVALID_ARGUMENT);
+    AVIF_CHECKERR(fileSize != 0, AVIF_RESULT_INVALID_ARGUMENT);
+    AVIF_CHECKERR(usertype != NULL, AVIF_RESULT_INVALID_ARGUMENT);
+
+    for (size_t fileOffset = 0; fileOffset < fileSize;) {
+        // Parse the header, and find out how many bytes it actually was
+        BEGIN_STREAM(headerStream, fileData + fileOffset, fileSize - fileOffset, NULL, "File-level box header");
+        avifBoxHeader header;
+        AVIF_CHECKERR(avifROStreamReadBoxHeaderPartial(&headerStream, &header, /*topLevel=*/AVIF_TRUE), AVIF_RESULT_BMFF_PARSE_FAILED);
+        AVIF_CHECKERR(fileOffset <= SIZE_MAX - headerStream.offset, AVIF_RESULT_BMFF_PARSE_FAILED);
+        fileOffset += headerStream.offset;
+        AVIF_ASSERT_OR_RETURN(fileOffset <= fileSize);
+        const size_t remainingBytes = fileSize - fileOffset;
+        if (header.isSizeZeroBox) {
+            header.size = remainingBytes;
+        } else {
+            AVIF_CHECKERR(header.size <= remainingBytes, AVIF_RESULT_TRUNCATED_DATA);
+        }
+        if (!memcmp(header.type, "uuid", 4) && !memcmp(header.usertype, usertype, 16)) {
+            if (uuidOffset != NULL) {
+                *uuidOffset = fileOffset;
+            }
+            if (uuidSize != NULL) {
+                *uuidSize = header.size;
+            }
+            return AVIF_RESULT_OK;
+        }
+        fileOffset += header.size;
+    }
+    return AVIF_RESULT_NO_CONTENT;
+}