diff --git a/src/ch/blinkenlights/android/medialibrary/MediaMetadataExtractor.java b/src/ch/blinkenlights/android/medialibrary/MediaMetadataExtractor.java
index e13d2733..b53e34cd 100644
--- a/src/ch/blinkenlights/android/medialibrary/MediaMetadataExtractor.java
+++ b/src/ch/blinkenlights/android/medialibrary/MediaMetadataExtractor.java
@@ -214,6 +214,10 @@ public class MediaMetadataExtractor extends HashMap<String, ArrayList<String>> {
 	 * True if we consider the file to be a good media item
 	 */
 	private boolean mIsMediaFile = false;
+	/**
+	 * True if we should try bastp for 'experimental' formats
+	 */
+	private boolean mForceBastp = false;
 
 	/**
 	 * Constructor for MediaMetadataExtractor
@@ -221,6 +225,17 @@ public class MediaMetadataExtractor extends HashMap<String, ArrayList<String>> {
 	 * @param path the path to scan
 	 */
 	public MediaMetadataExtractor(String path) {
+		this(path, false);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Constructor for MediaMetadataExtractor
+	 *
+	 * @param path the path to scan
+	 * @param forceBastp always prefer bastp if possible
+	 */
+	public MediaMetadataExtractor(String path, boolean forceBastp) {
+		mForceBastp = forceBastp;
 		extractMetadata(path);
 	}
 
@@ -293,10 +308,17 @@ public class MediaMetadataExtractor extends HashMap<String, ArrayList<String>> {
 			case "OPUS":
 				populateSelf(bastpTags);
 				break;
+			case "MP3/ID3v2":
+				// ^-- these tagreaders are not fully stable, but can be enabled on demand
+				if(mForceBastp) {
+					populateSelf(bastpTags);
+					break;
+				}
+				// else: fallthrough
 			default:
 				populateSelf(mediaTags);
-				convertNumericGenre();
 		}
+		convertNumericGenre();
 
 		// We consider this a media file if it has some common tags OR
 		// if bastp was able to parse it (which is stricter than Androids own parser)
diff --git a/src/ch/blinkenlights/android/medialibrary/MediaScanner.java b/src/ch/blinkenlights/android/medialibrary/MediaScanner.java
index 543c3658..eb8ac7f9 100644
--- a/src/ch/blinkenlights/android/medialibrary/MediaScanner.java
+++ b/src/ch/blinkenlights/android/medialibrary/MediaScanner.java
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ public class MediaScanner implements Handler.Callback {
 			hasChanged = true;
 		}
 
-		MediaMetadataExtractor tags = new MediaMetadataExtractor(path);
+		MediaMetadataExtractor tags = new MediaMetadataExtractor(path, prefs.forceBastp);
 		if (!tags.isMediaFile()) {
 			mustInsert = false; // does not have any useable metadata: won't insert even if it is a playable file
 		}
diff --git a/src/ch/blinkenlights/bastp/ID3v2File.java b/src/ch/blinkenlights/bastp/ID3v2File.java
index 126a35ef..b24eb7f8 100644
--- a/src/ch/blinkenlights/bastp/ID3v2File.java
+++ b/src/ch/blinkenlights/bastp/ID3v2File.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (C) 2013-2016 Adrian Ulrich <adrian@blinkenlights.ch>
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 Google Inc.
  *
  * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -115,6 +116,10 @@ public class ID3v2File extends Common {
 		lu.put("TIT2", "TITLE");
 		lu.put("TALB", "ALBUM");
 		lu.put("TPE1", "ARTIST");
+		lu.put("TYER", "YEAR");
+		lu.put("TRCK", "TRACKNUMBER");
+		lu.put("TCON", "GENRE");
+		lu.put("TCOM", "COMPOSER");
 		
 		if(lu.containsKey(k)) {
 			/* A normal, known key: translate into Ogg-Frame name */