diff --git a/Slim/Player/TranscodingHelper.pm b/Slim/Player/TranscodingHelper.pm
index afab929d90c..837f040e117 100644
--- a/Slim/Player/TranscodingHelper.pm
+++ b/Slim/Player/TranscodingHelper.pm
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ sub init {
 our %commandTable = ();
 our %capabilities = ();
 our %binaries = ();
+my %proxies = ();
 
 sub Conversions {
 	return \%commandTable;
@@ -85,7 +86,10 @@ sub loadConversionTables {
 			$line =~ s/^\s*//o;
 			$line =~ s/\s*$//o;
 
-			if ($line =~ /^(\S+)\s+(\S+)\s+(\S+)\s+(\S+)$/) {
+			if ($line =~ /^proxy\s+(\S+)\s+(\S+)/i) {
+				$proxies{$1} = $2;
+			}
+			elsif ($line =~ /^(\S+)\s+(\S+)\s+(\S+)\s+(\S+)$/) {
 
 				my $inputtype  = $1;
 				my $outputtype = $2;
@@ -361,10 +365,11 @@ sub getConvertCommand2 {
 	}
 
 	if ($prefs->get('prioritizeNative')) {
-		my @types = $type eq 'wav' ? ('pcm', $type) : ($type);
+		my $proxy = $proxies{$type} || $type;
+		my @types = $proxy eq 'wav' ? ('pcm', $proxy) : ($proxy);
 		foreach my $type (@types) {
 			my ($format) = grep /$type/, @supportedformats;
-			@supportedformats = ($format, grep { $_ !~ $type } @supportedformats) if $format;
+			@supportedformats = ($format, grep { $_ !~ $proxy } @supportedformats) if $format;
 		}	
 	}
 
diff --git a/convert.conf b/convert.conf
index 0c8fa3b62e8..21bc42d9089 100644
--- a/convert.conf
+++ b/convert.conf
@@ -86,6 +86,14 @@
 # %q, $QUALITY$    - quality
 # %Q,              - quality ( fractal notation: if = '0' return '01' )
 #     ${FILENAME}$ - contents of {FILENAME} (may contain other $*$ substitutions )
+#
+# It's also possible to define "proxies" who tell rules matcher what format a helper
+# spits out. This is useful to use player's native format whenever possible. 
+# 	proxy <helper_format> <output_format>
+# For example if a plugin has created a new format named 'spt' whose helper's output
+# is always 'ogg', you would use
+# 	proxy spt ogg
+
 
 # specific combinations match before wildcards