diff --git a/doc/APIchanges b/doc/APIchanges
index 26271c86da..ec1816a66b 100644
--- a/doc/APIchanges
+++ b/doc/APIchanges
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ libavutil:     2013-12-xx
 
 API changes, most recent first:
 
+2014-04-xx - xxxxxxx - lavu 53.11.0 - pixfmt.h
+  Add AV_PIX_FMT_YVYU422 pixel format.
+
 2014-04-xx - xxxxxxx - lavu 53.10.0 - replaygain.h
   Full scale for peak values is now 100000 (instead of UINT32_MAX) and values
   may overflow.
diff --git a/libavutil/pixdesc.c b/libavutil/pixdesc.c
index 1b34fc9f1c..80c97b0096 100644
--- a/libavutil/pixdesc.c
+++ b/libavutil/pixdesc.c
@@ -152,6 +152,17 @@ const AVPixFmtDescriptor av_pix_fmt_descriptors[AV_PIX_FMT_NB] = {
             { 0, 3, 4, 0, 7 },        /* V */
         },
     },
+    [AV_PIX_FMT_YVYU422] = {
+        .name = "yvyu422",
+        .nb_components = 3,
+        .log2_chroma_w = 1,
+        .log2_chroma_h = 0,
+        .comp = {
+            { 0, 1, 1, 0, 7 },        /* Y */
+            { 0, 3, 2, 0, 7 },        /* V */
+            { 0, 3, 4, 0, 7 },        /* U */
+        },
+    },
     [AV_PIX_FMT_RGB24] = {
         .name = "rgb24",
         .nb_components = 3,
diff --git a/libavutil/pixfmt.h b/libavutil/pixfmt.h
index e86ec7ee79..bfd16e64e2 100644
--- a/libavutil/pixfmt.h
+++ b/libavutil/pixfmt.h
@@ -196,6 +196,8 @@ enum AVPixelFormat {
     AV_PIX_FMT_BGRA64BE,     ///< packed RGBA 16:16:16:16, 64bpp, 16B, 16G, 16R, 16A, the 2-byte value for each R/G/B/A component is stored as big-endian
     AV_PIX_FMT_BGRA64LE,     ///< packed RGBA 16:16:16:16, 64bpp, 16B, 16G, 16R, 16A, the 2-byte value for each R/G/B/A component is stored as little-endian
 
+    AV_PIX_FMT_YVYU422,   ///< packed YUV 4:2:2, 16bpp, Y0 Cr Y1 Cb
+
     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
 
 #if FF_API_PIX_FMT
diff --git a/libavutil/version.h b/libavutil/version.h
index e920653e8b..8fd90bccc2 100644
--- a/libavutil/version.h
+++ b/libavutil/version.h
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
  */
 
 #define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MAJOR 53
-#define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MINOR 10
+#define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MINOR 11
 #define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MICRO  0
 
 #define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_INT   AV_VERSION_INT(LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MAJOR, \