diff --git a/src/lib/openjp2/cio.c b/src/lib/openjp2/cio.c
index e6ba8362..8fce9812 100644
--- a/src/lib/openjp2/cio.c
+++ b/src/lib/openjp2/cio.c
@@ -195,6 +195,21 @@ void OPJ_CALLCONV opj_stream_destroy(opj_stream_t* p_stream)
 	}
 }
 
+void OPJ_CALLCONV opj_stream_destroy_v3(opj_stream_t* p_stream)
+{
+    opj_stream_private_t* l_stream = (opj_stream_private_t*) p_stream;
+    
+    if (l_stream) {
+        FILE *fp = (FILE*)l_stream->m_user_data;
+        if(fp) 
+            fclose(fp);
+        
+        opj_free(l_stream->m_stored_data);
+        l_stream->m_stored_data = 00;
+        opj_free(l_stream);
+    }
+}
+
 void OPJ_CALLCONV opj_stream_set_read_function(opj_stream_t* p_stream, opj_stream_read_fn p_function)
 {
 	opj_stream_private_t* l_stream = (opj_stream_private_t*) p_stream;
diff --git a/src/lib/openjp2/openjpeg.c b/src/lib/openjp2/openjpeg.c
index 0ed7e67a..ec9746f7 100644
--- a/src/lib/openjp2/openjpeg.c
+++ b/src/lib/openjp2/openjpeg.c
@@ -1037,6 +1037,11 @@ opj_stream_t* OPJ_CALLCONV opj_stream_create_default_file_stream (FILE * p_file,
 	return opj_stream_create_file_stream(p_file,OPJ_J2K_STREAM_CHUNK_SIZE,p_is_read_stream);
 }
 
+opj_stream_t* OPJ_CALLCONV opj_stream_create_default_file_stream_v3 (const char *fname, OPJ_BOOL p_is_read_stream)
+{
+    return opj_stream_create_file_stream_v3(fname, OPJ_J2K_STREAM_CHUNK_SIZE, p_is_read_stream);
+}
+
 opj_stream_t* OPJ_CALLCONV opj_stream_create_file_stream (	FILE * p_file, 
 															OPJ_SIZE_T p_size, 
 															OPJ_BOOL p_is_read_stream)
@@ -1052,12 +1057,49 @@ opj_stream_t* OPJ_CALLCONV opj_stream_create_file_stream (	FILE * p_file,
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	opj_stream_set_user_data(l_stream, p_file);
-	opj_stream_set_user_data_length(l_stream, opj_get_data_length_from_file(p_file));
-	opj_stream_set_read_function(l_stream, (opj_stream_read_fn) opj_read_from_file);
-	opj_stream_set_write_function(l_stream, (opj_stream_write_fn) opj_write_from_file);
-	opj_stream_set_skip_function(l_stream, (opj_stream_skip_fn) opj_skip_from_file);
-	opj_stream_set_seek_function(l_stream, (opj_stream_seek_fn) opj_seek_from_file);
-
-	return l_stream;
+    opj_stream_set_user_data(l_stream, p_file);
+    opj_stream_set_user_data_length(l_stream, opj_get_data_length_from_file(p_file));
+    opj_stream_set_read_function(l_stream, (opj_stream_read_fn) opj_read_from_file);
+    opj_stream_set_write_function(l_stream, (opj_stream_write_fn) opj_write_from_file);
+    opj_stream_set_skip_function(l_stream, (opj_stream_skip_fn) opj_skip_from_file);
+    opj_stream_set_seek_function(l_stream, (opj_stream_seek_fn) opj_seek_from_file);
+    
+    return l_stream;
+}
+
+opj_stream_t* OPJ_CALLCONV opj_stream_create_file_stream_v3 (
+        const char *fname, 
+		OPJ_SIZE_T p_size, 
+        OPJ_BOOL p_is_read_stream)
+{
+    opj_stream_t* l_stream = 00;
+    FILE *p_file;
+    const char *mode;
+
+    if (! fname) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    
+    if(p_is_read_stream) mode = "rb"; else mode = "wb";
+
+    p_file = fopen(fname, mode);
+
+    if (! p_file) {
+	    return NULL;
+    }
+
+    l_stream = opj_stream_create(p_size,p_is_read_stream);
+    if (! l_stream) {
+        fclose(p_file);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    opj_stream_set_user_data(l_stream, p_file);
+    opj_stream_set_user_data_length(l_stream, opj_get_data_length_from_file(p_file));
+    opj_stream_set_read_function(l_stream, (opj_stream_read_fn) opj_read_from_file);
+    opj_stream_set_write_function(l_stream, (opj_stream_write_fn) opj_write_from_file);
+    opj_stream_set_skip_function(l_stream, (opj_stream_skip_fn) opj_skip_from_file);
+    opj_stream_set_seek_function(l_stream, (opj_stream_seek_fn) opj_seek_from_file);
+
+    return l_stream;
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/openjp2/openjpeg.h b/src/lib/openjp2/openjpeg.h
index 9a2f1073..e2657ae4 100644
--- a/src/lib/openjp2/openjpeg.h
+++ b/src/lib/openjp2/openjpeg.h
@@ -387,7 +387,8 @@ typedef struct opj_cparameters {
 	char tcp_mct;
 	/** Enable JPIP indexing*/
 	OPJ_BOOL jpip_on;
-	/** Naive implementation of MCT restricted to a single reversible array based encoding without offset concerning all the components. */
+	/** Naive implementation of MCT restricted to a single reversible array based 
+        encoding without offset concerning all the components. */
 	void * mct_data;
 } opj_cparameters_t;  
 
@@ -1004,7 +1005,8 @@ OPJ_API opj_stream_t* OPJ_CALLCONV opj_stream_create(OPJ_SIZE_T p_buffer_size, O
  * @param	p_stream	the stream to destroy.
  */
 OPJ_API void OPJ_CALLCONV opj_stream_destroy(opj_stream_t* p_stream);
-
+OPJ_API void OPJ_CALLCONV opj_stream_destroy_v3(opj_stream_t* p_stream);
+ 
 /**
  * Sets the given function to be used as a read function.
  * @param		p_stream	the stream to modify
@@ -1055,15 +1057,21 @@ OPJ_API void OPJ_CALLCONV opj_stream_set_user_data_length(opj_stream_t* p_stream
  * @param p_is_read_stream  whether the stream is a read stream (true) or not (false)
 */
 OPJ_API opj_stream_t* OPJ_CALLCONV opj_stream_create_default_file_stream (FILE * p_file, OPJ_BOOL p_is_read_stream);
-
+OPJ_API opj_stream_t* OPJ_CALLCONV opj_stream_create_default_file_stream_v3 (const char *fname, OPJ_BOOL p_is_read_stream);
+ 
 /**
  * FIXME DOC
  * @param p_file            the file stream to operate on
  * @param p_buffer_size     size of the chunk used to stream
  * @param p_is_read_stream  whether the stream is a read stream (true) or not (false)
 */
-OPJ_API opj_stream_t* OPJ_CALLCONV opj_stream_create_file_stream (FILE * p_file, OPJ_SIZE_T p_buffer_size, OPJ_BOOL p_is_read_stream);
-
+OPJ_API opj_stream_t* OPJ_CALLCONV opj_stream_create_file_stream (FILE * p_file, 
+                                                                  OPJ_SIZE_T p_buffer_size,
+                                                                  OPJ_BOOL p_is_read_stream);
+OPJ_API opj_stream_t* OPJ_CALLCONV opj_stream_create_file_stream_v3 (const char *fname, 
+                                                                     OPJ_SIZE_T p_buffer_size,
+                                                                     OPJ_BOOL p_is_read_stream);
+ 
 /* 
 ==========================================================
    event manager functions definitions
@@ -1217,7 +1225,8 @@ OPJ_API OPJ_BOOL OPJ_CALLCONV opj_set_decoded_resolution_factor(opj_codec_t *p_c
  * @param	p_codec		        the jpeg2000 codec.
  * @param	p_tile_index		the index of the tile to write. At the moment, the tiles must be written from 0 to n-1 in sequence.
  * @param	p_data				pointer to the data to write. Data is arranged in sequence, data_comp0, then data_comp1, then ... NO INTERLEAVING should be set.
- * @param	p_data_size			this value os used to make sure the data being written is correct. The size must be equal to the sum for each component of tile_width * tile_height * component_size. component_size can be 1,2 or 4 bytes, depending on the precision of the given component.
+ * @param	p_data_size			this value os used to make sure the data being written is correct. The size must be equal to the sum for each component of 
+ *                              tile_width * tile_height * component_size. component_size can be 1,2 or 4 bytes, depending on the precision of the given component.
  * @param	p_stream			the stream to write data to.
  *
  * @return	true if the data could be written.