diff --git a/doc/eval.texi b/doc/eval.texi
index 92fdc6d0a6..b481bfe17f 100644
--- a/doc/eval.texi
+++ b/doc/eval.texi
@@ -106,6 +106,13 @@ the evaluation of @var{y}, return 0 otherwise.
 @item ifnot(x, y)
 Evaluate @var{x}, and if the result is zero return the result of the
 evaluation of @var{y}, return 0 otherwise.
+
+@item taylor(expr, x)
+Evaluate a taylor series at x.
+expr represents the LD(0)-th derivates of f(x) at 0.
+note, when you have the derivatives at y instead of 0
+taylor(expr, x-y) can be used
+When the series does not converge the results are undefined.
 @end table
 
 The following constants are available:
diff --git a/libavutil/eval.c b/libavutil/eval.c
index 1a18bf9ec5..fda099734c 100644
--- a/libavutil/eval.c
+++ b/libavutil/eval.c
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ struct AVExpr {
         e_squish, e_gauss, e_ld, e_isnan,
         e_mod, e_max, e_min, e_eq, e_gt, e_gte,
         e_pow, e_mul, e_div, e_add,
-        e_last, e_st, e_while, e_floor, e_ceil, e_trunc,
+        e_last, e_st, e_while, e_taylor, e_floor, e_ceil, e_trunc,
         e_sqrt, e_not, e_random, e_hypot, e_gcd,
         e_if, e_ifnot,
     } type;
@@ -181,6 +181,23 @@ static double eval_expr(Parser *p, AVExpr *e)
                 d=eval_expr(p, e->param[1]);
             return d;
         }
+        case e_taylor: {
+            double t = 1, d = 0, v;
+            double x = eval_expr(p, e->param[1]);
+            int i;
+            double var0 = p->var[0];
+            for(i=0; i<1000; i++) {
+                double ld = d;
+                p->var[0] = i;
+                v = eval_expr(p, e->param[0]);
+                d += t*v;
+                if(ld==d && v)
+                    break;
+                t *= x / (i+1);
+            }
+            p->var[0] = var0;
+            return d;
+        }
         default: {
             double d = eval_expr(p, e->param[0]);
             double d2 = eval_expr(p, e->param[1]);
@@ -318,6 +335,7 @@ static int parse_primary(AVExpr **e, Parser *p)
     else if (strmatch(next, "isnan" )) d->type = e_isnan;
     else if (strmatch(next, "st"    )) d->type = e_st;
     else if (strmatch(next, "while" )) d->type = e_while;
+    else if (strmatch(next, "taylor")) d->type = e_taylor;
     else if (strmatch(next, "floor" )) d->type = e_floor;
     else if (strmatch(next, "ceil"  )) d->type = e_ceil;
     else if (strmatch(next, "trunc" )) d->type = e_trunc;
@@ -698,6 +716,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
         "if(1, 2)",
         "ifnot(0, 23)",
         "ifnot(1, NaN) + if(0, 1)",
+        "taylor(1, 1)",
+        "taylor(eq(mod(ld(0),4),1)-eq(mod(ld(0),4),3), PI/2)",
         NULL
     };
 
diff --git a/tests/ref/fate/eval b/tests/ref/fate/eval
index 09e310f25d..e5e796c5c7 100644
--- a/tests/ref/fate/eval
+++ b/tests/ref/fate/eval
@@ -169,5 +169,11 @@ Evaluating 'ifnot(0, 23)'
 Evaluating 'ifnot(1, NaN) + if(0, 1)'
 'ifnot(1, NaN) + if(0, 1)' -> 0.000000
 
+Evaluating 'taylor(1, 1)'
+'taylor(1, 1)' -> 2.718282
+
+Evaluating 'taylor(eq(mod(ld(0),4),1)-eq(mod(ld(0),4),3), PI/2)'
+'taylor(eq(mod(ld(0),4),1)-eq(mod(ld(0),4),3), PI/2)' -> 1.000000
+
 12.700000 == 12.7
 0.931323 == 0.931322575