diff --git a/doc/APIchanges b/doc/APIchanges
index 33c549ab67..eb8e2351ba 100644
--- a/doc/APIchanges
+++ b/doc/APIchanges
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ libavutil:     2015-08-28
 
 API changes, most recent first:
 
+2016-11-10 - xxxxxxx - lavu 55.36.100 - pixfmt.h
+  Add AV_PIX_FMT_GRAY12(LE/BE).
+
 -------- 8< --------- FFmpeg 3.2 was cut here -------- 8< ---------
 
 2016-10-24 - 73ead47 - lavf 57.55.100 - avformat.h
diff --git a/libavutil/pixdesc.c b/libavutil/pixdesc.c
index b715fce15d..f104091861 100644
--- a/libavutil/pixdesc.c
+++ b/libavutil/pixdesc.c
@@ -560,6 +560,27 @@ static const AVPixFmtDescriptor av_pix_fmt_descriptors[AV_PIX_FMT_NB] = {
         },
         .flags = AV_PIX_FMT_FLAG_RGB,
     },
+    [AV_PIX_FMT_GRAY12BE] = {
+        .name = "gray12be",
+        .nb_components = 1,
+        .log2_chroma_w = 0,
+        .log2_chroma_h = 0,
+        .comp = {
+            { 0, 2, 0, 0, 12, 1, 11, 1 },       /* Y */
+        },
+        .flags = AV_PIX_FMT_FLAG_BE,
+        .alias = "y12be",
+    },
+    [AV_PIX_FMT_GRAY12LE] = {
+        .name = "gray12le",
+        .nb_components = 1,
+        .log2_chroma_w = 0,
+        .log2_chroma_h = 0,
+        .comp = {
+            { 0, 2, 0, 0, 12, 1, 11, 1 },       /* Y */
+        },
+        .alias = "y12le",
+    },
     [AV_PIX_FMT_GRAY16BE] = {
         .name = "gray16be",
         .nb_components = 1,
diff --git a/libavutil/pixfmt.h b/libavutil/pixfmt.h
index 7a3f68be7e..9f761e63fe 100644
--- a/libavutil/pixfmt.h
+++ b/libavutil/pixfmt.h
@@ -306,6 +306,9 @@ enum AVPixelFormat {
 
     AV_PIX_FMT_MEDIACODEC, ///< hardware decoding through MediaCodec
 
+    AV_PIX_FMT_GRAY12BE,   ///<        Y        , 12bpp, big-endian
+    AV_PIX_FMT_GRAY12LE,   ///<        Y        , 12bpp, little-endian
+
     AV_PIX_FMT_NB         ///< number of pixel formats, DO NOT USE THIS if you want to link with shared libav* because the number of formats might differ between versions
 };
 
@@ -322,6 +325,7 @@ enum AVPixelFormat {
 #define AV_PIX_FMT_0RGB32  AV_PIX_FMT_NE(0RGB, BGR0)
 #define AV_PIX_FMT_0BGR32  AV_PIX_FMT_NE(0BGR, RGB0)
 
+#define AV_PIX_FMT_GRAY12 AV_PIX_FMT_NE(GRAY12BE, GRAY12LE)
 #define AV_PIX_FMT_GRAY16 AV_PIX_FMT_NE(GRAY16BE, GRAY16LE)
 #define AV_PIX_FMT_YA16   AV_PIX_FMT_NE(YA16BE,   YA16LE)
 #define AV_PIX_FMT_RGB48  AV_PIX_FMT_NE(RGB48BE,  RGB48LE)
diff --git a/libavutil/version.h b/libavutil/version.h
index 13838d7eeb..f3a98e6d04 100644
--- a/libavutil/version.h
+++ b/libavutil/version.h
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
  */
 
 #define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MAJOR  55
-#define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MINOR  35
+#define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MINOR  36
 #define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MICRO 100
 
 #define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_INT   AV_VERSION_INT(LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MAJOR, \