diff --git a/src/coders/rle.cpp b/src/coders/rle.cpp
index a13454a5..f049492e 100644
--- a/src/coders/rle.cpp
+++ b/src/coders/rle.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #include "rle.hpp"
 
+#include "util/data_io.hpp"
+
 size_t rle::decode(const ubyte* src, size_t srclen, ubyte* dst) {
     size_t offset = 0;
     for (size_t i = 0; i < srclen;) {
@@ -40,8 +42,8 @@ size_t rle::decode16(const ubyte* src, size_t srclen, ubyte* dst) {
     auto dst16 = reinterpret_cast<uint16_t*>(dst);
     size_t offset = 0;
     for (size_t i = 0; i < srclen / 2;) {
-        uint16_t len = src16[i++];
-        uint16_t c = src16[i++];
+        uint16_t len = dataio::le2h(src16[i++]);
+        uint16_t c = dataio::le2h(src16[i++]);
         for (size_t j = 0; j <= len; j++) {
             dst16[offset++] = c;
         }
@@ -61,16 +63,16 @@ size_t rle::encode16(const ubyte* src, size_t srclen, ubyte* dst) {
     for (size_t i = 1; i < srclen / 2; i++) {
         uint16_t cnext = src16[i];
         if (cnext != c || counter == 0xFFFF) {
-            dst16[offset++] = counter;
-            dst16[offset++] = c;
+            dst16[offset++] = dataio::h2le(counter);
+            dst16[offset++] = dataio::h2le(c);
             c = cnext;
             counter = 0;
         } else {
             counter++;
         }
     }
-    dst16[offset++] = counter;
-    dst16[offset++] = c;
+    dst16[offset++] = dataio::h2le(counter);
+    dst16[offset++] = dataio::h2le(c);
     return offset * 2;
 }
 
@@ -80,7 +82,7 @@ size_t extrle::decode(const ubyte* src, size_t srclen, ubyte* dst) {
         uint len = src[i++];
         if (len & 0x80) {
             len &= 0x7F;
-            len |= ((uint)src[i++]) << 7;
+            len |= (static_cast<uint>(src[i++])) << 7;
         }
         ubyte c = src[i++];
         for (size_t j = 0; j <= len; j++) {
@@ -122,3 +124,70 @@ size_t extrle::encode(const ubyte* src, size_t srclen, ubyte* dst) {
     dst[offset++] = c;
     return offset;
 }
+
+size_t extrle::decode16(const ubyte* src, size_t srclen, ubyte* dst8) {
+    auto dst = reinterpret_cast<uint16_t*>(dst8);
+    size_t offset = 0;
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < srclen;) {
+        uint len = src[i++];
+        bool widechar = len & 0x40;
+        if (len & 0x80) {
+            len &= 0x3F;
+            len |= (static_cast<uint>(src[i++])) << 6;
+        } else {
+            len &= 0x3F;
+        }
+        uint16_t c = src[i++];
+        if (widechar) {
+            c |= ((static_cast<uint>(src[i++])) << 8);
+        }
+        for (size_t j = 0; j <= len; j++) {
+            dst[offset++] = c;
+        }
+    }
+    return offset * 2;
+}
+
+size_t extrle::encode16(const ubyte* src8, size_t srclen, ubyte* dst) {
+    if (srclen == 0) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+    auto src = reinterpret_cast<const uint16_t*>(src8);
+    size_t offset = 0;
+    uint counter = 0;
+    uint16_t c = src[0];
+    for (size_t i = 1; i < srclen/2; i++) {
+        uint16_t cnext = src[i];
+        if (cnext != c || counter == max_sequence) {
+            if (counter >= 0x40) {
+                dst[offset++] = 0x80 | ((c > 255) << 6) | (counter & 0x3F);
+                dst[offset++] = counter >> 6;
+            } else {
+                dst[offset++] = counter | ((c > 255) << 6);
+            }
+            if (c > 255) {
+                dst[offset++] = c & 0xFF;
+                dst[offset++] = c >> 8;
+            } else {
+                dst[offset++] = c;
+            }
+            c = cnext;
+            counter = 0;
+        } else {
+            counter++;
+        }
+    }
+    if (counter >= 0x40) {
+        dst[offset++] = 0x80 | ((c > 255) << 6) | (counter & 0x3F);
+        dst[offset++] = counter >> 6;
+    } else {
+        dst[offset++] = counter | ((c > 255) << 6);
+    }
+    if (c > 255) {
+        dst[offset++] = c & 0xFF;
+        dst[offset++] = c >> 8;
+    } else {
+        dst[offset++] = c;
+    }
+    return offset;
+}
diff --git a/src/coders/rle.hpp b/src/coders/rle.hpp
index eb6c5b1d..c087ac69 100644
--- a/src/coders/rle.hpp
+++ b/src/coders/rle.hpp
@@ -14,4 +14,8 @@ namespace extrle {
     constexpr uint max_sequence = 0x7FFF;
     size_t encode(const ubyte* src, size_t length, ubyte* dst);
     size_t decode(const ubyte* src, size_t length, ubyte* dst);
+
+    constexpr uint max_sequence16 = 0x3FFF;
+    size_t encode16(const ubyte* src, size_t length, ubyte* dst);
+    size_t decode16(const ubyte* src, size_t length, ubyte* dst);
 }
diff --git a/src/util/data_io.hpp b/src/util/data_io.hpp
index 4d2d69ab..abf5bfa2 100644
--- a/src/util/data_io.hpp
+++ b/src/util/data_io.hpp
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ namespace dataio {
     /// @param value source integer
     /// @return integer with hardware byte-order
     template <typename T>
-    T be2h(T value){
+    inline T be2h(T value){
         if (is_big_endian()) {
             return value;
         } else {
diff --git a/test/coders/rle.cpp b/test/coders/rle.cpp
index 4ce06d1a..3790fdb1 100644
--- a/test/coders/rle.cpp
+++ b/test/coders/rle.cpp
@@ -39,3 +39,7 @@ TEST(RLE16, EncodeDecode) {
 TEST(ExtRLE, EncodeDecode) {
     test_encode_decode(extrle::encode, extrle::decode);
 }
+
+TEST(ExtRLE16, EncodeDecode) {
+    test_encode_decode(extrle::encode16, extrle::decode16);
+}